Crop Management
HANNOVER, Germany — Designed to help organic farmers keep weeds at bay and reduce pesticide use on other farms, the new Horsch Cura ST was launched at Agritechnica. This three-point hitch harrow comes in widths ranging from 18 to 50 feet and comprises a six bar design with tine spacing of 1.1 inches. The support […] Read more
Crop Management
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A virtual look at 2020 implement trends
What’s trending next year in the world of farm machinery? That question is being asked by a Wisconsin company called Ag Equipment Intelligence, and it wants you to help find the answer. Looking into farm equipment trends is all AEI does. It is its only job. To help it gather information for the upcoming 2020 […] Read more
Fermentation costs protein and sugar while stabilizing feed
WOODSTOCK, Ont. — The Austrian Haytec system is based on the premise that quality hay preserves protein and sugars better than silage and stretches the milking life of a cow by two years. Haytec factory rep Klaus Wannenmacher was at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in September to introduce his company’s innovative haying system to Canadian […] Read more
StatCan lowers production numbers of Ontario’s major crops
WINNIPEG,(MarketsFarm) – Ontario farmers saw most of their crop production reduced in Statistics Canada’s latest crop report that was released on Dec. 6. Surveys for the report were carried out from Oct. 9 to Nov. 17 and are the final production numbers for 2019. Wet conditions this spring in southern Ontario was likely to have […] Read more
Chicago Board of Trade: Headlines, geopolitics driving prices
WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – To Terry Reilly, analyst for Futures International in Chicago, Ill., about the only things driving the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are headlines and geopolitics developments. “Traders are trading headlines,” Reilly said in reference to the latest developments in United States/China trade talks. Reports on Wednesday morning said the two countries were […] Read more
Canadians to spend more on food in 2020: report
Winnipeg, (MarketsFarm) – Canadians will spend two to four per cent more on food in 2020, according to the latest Canada Food Price Report from researchers at Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab and the University of Guelph. The average family in the country will see their total food bill for groceries and restaurant meals rise […] Read more
‘Indiana Jones’ scientists collect seeds in wild for climate change fight
LONDON, (Reuters) – Braving perils from blood-sucking leeches to tigers and using transport as basic as elephants, scientists have journeyed like “Indiana Jones” to remote locations to collect wild cousins of crop seeds in a project to help tackle climate change. A report released on Tuesday presented the results of a six-year quest to collect […] Read more
Watershed year for AGT
WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – This year has been a watershed year for AGT Food and Ingredients, according to the company’s president and CEO Murad Al-Katib, who spoke at the recent Grain World Conference in Saskatoon, Sask. Earlier in 2019, AGT was delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange, as Al-Katib moved to take the company private after […] Read more
Great opportunities exist for Canadian pulses, says AGT president
WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – To Murad Al-Katib the opportunities for Canadian pulse exports to India are amazing, provided one correctly understands the context of India’s tariffs on pulses. Also, he said those Canadian exporters must realize they need to switch from being solely dependent on commodities to adding value by shipping food and ingredients. “We need […] Read more
Canada still exporting lots to China: analyst
Winnipeg,(MarketsFarm) – Ivy Li brought a much different perspective about China to the Grain World Conference in Saskatoon, Sask. Specializing in Chinese agricultural markets, the Beijing-based independent analyst veered away from the usual statements that often cast China as the bad guy on the world stage. Also, Li pointed out that Canada has been doing […] Read more
