Crop Management
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. livestock producers are urging the Department of Agriculture to let them defer or adjust payments for government loans as the COVID-19 virus hits the already struggling farm economy, the largest U.S. farmer trade group said. The American Farm Bureau Federation’s request was made in a March 17 letter outlining a wide […] Read more
Crop Management
COVID-19 won’t disrupt fertilizer availability
Garth Whyte exhaled a sigh of relief when he read Agriculture Canada’s statement about the transportation of agricultural commodities. “The continued movement of agri-food products and inputs, both home and abroad, and the ongoing delivery of essential food-delivery services, are essential to Canada’s plan to manage COVID-19,” federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said in a […] Read more
Interruptions are inevitable, grain transportation needs backup plan
Canada needs a transportation resiliency plan, says a senior executive of a major agricultural commodity group. This shipping season has highlighted how vulnerable the system is to a myriad of disruptions, said Pulse Canada president Greg Cherewyk. There has been a “perfect storm” of obstacles in 2019-20. But there will always be something interrupting the […] Read more
COVID-19 sinks ag containerized shipments
COVID-19 is having a profound impact on containerized shipments of Canadian agricultural products, say industry officials. There have been 33 “blank sailings” from Asia to the Port of Vancouver since the beginning of January. That is 33 container vessels that have been cancelled and 33 fewer ships sailing back to Asia loaded with Canadian products. […] Read more
Western Canadian wheat: Battle between weaker loonie, lower U.S. prices
WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – Wheat bids in Western Canada for the week ended March 12 saw prices Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat (CWRS) on either side of steady. Prices for Canada Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) saw a greater range of losses and gains, while prices for Canadian Western Amber Durum (CWAD) were steady to higher. There […] Read more
Is this the magic metal of the future?
A U.S. research company is figuring out how to turn nanocrystalline metal alloys into high-value products and parts
Imagine the benefits to farm implements if they were made of a metal five times stronger than today’s steel. As well, implement weight could be cut in half and would last longer. That metal is waiting over the horizon. Veloxint is an alloy research company in Massachusetts specializing in developing and commercializing nanocrystalline (NC) metal […] Read more
Strong alloy could eventually make ag implements lighter
Manufacturers are looking to shave every possible pound from seeding equipment, sprayers, combines, swathers and grain trucks. Less weight in ag implements translates to more payload or less soil compaction. New nanocrystalline super-alloys from a Massachusetts company called Veloxint may some day cut the weight of farm implements in half. We’ve already accepted spray booms […] Read more
Plug pulled on RNA signal to kill enemy insects
GreenLight Biosciences uses the biology of RNA signals to disrupt the messages that insects receive to eat certain plants
Most of society today wants farmers to reduce or eliminate chemicals they use to protect crops. Farmers want that, too. RNA signals hold the answer. Scientists are facing a major challenge trying to figure out how to provide non-chemical crop protection remedies so farmers can continue to increase the volume of food required to feed […] Read more
Corteva introduces non-neonic seed treatment
The company recommends applying the product with a standard fungicide seed treatment rather than using it on its own
Corteva Agriscience has launched a new seed treatment for use on cereals, peas, and lentils that targets wireworm larvae, cutworm larvae, pea leaf weevil, and armyworm. Lumivia CPL is a non-neonicotinoid-based product that uses a new mode of action to control pests. “It is a mode of action that works on the muscles of the […] Read more
Fungicide lineup uses new molecule
Syngenta just dropped a new molecule onto the Canadian crop protection market that provides growers with another option in their fight against costly plant diseases. “The adepidyn molecule, which is a new carboxamide, or SDHI (succinate hydrogenase inhibitor), or Group 7 from Syngenta, is a molecule that is going to have activity in a whole […] Read more
