Crop Management
WINNIPEG (MarketsFarm) – Thanks to warm and dry weather farmers in Saskatchewan were able to make headway into this year’s harvest, according to the province’s latest crop report released Thursday. Overall, 39 percent of the harvest has been completed for the week ended Sept. 23, for a gain of 16 points from the previous week. […] Read more
Crop Management
Agri-food exporters frustrated with CETA
SubtitleCanada has $3.5 billion deficit in food trade with Europe
This summer, French politicians spent many hours defending the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union. The French National Assembly ratified the trade deal in late July and politicians, at least those in the governing party, spoke in favour of the deal and the economic value to France. But some of […] Read more
Consumer curiosity expands mushroom sector
Specialty mushroom production makes up only two percent of total Canadian production, but interest is growing
The specialty mushroom market has been growing steadily for years. Ryan Koeslag, chief executive officer of Mushrooms Canada, said figures indicate a 25 percent increase annually in specialty mushroom production, although given there are relatively few growers, the numbers aren’t as large as that figure might suggest. Statistics Canada data indicates specialty mushroom production makes […] Read more
Farm finds demand for gourmet mushrooms
Red Fox Farms Fungi produces 200 pounds of oyster mushrooms a week, selling them to consumers and restaurants
STRATHMORE, Alta. — Those who watch carefully can actually see mushrooms emit spores, tiny filaments that look like spider webs floating on a breeze. The presence of those delicate threads indicates the mushrooms are ready for harvest. It’s a sight regularly welcomed by Janine Aube and Brad Wandzura, the owners and operators of Red Fox […] Read more
Indoor farm started in a shipping container
An Alberta family’s mushroom operation sells its produce to wholesale markets, restaurants, hotels and specialty stores
NISKU, Alta. — The Gruger Family Fungi farm has come a long way since its beginning in a metal shipping container. Today the mushroom farm is in a warehouse in an oilfield industrial park. There may not be soil, gravel roads and quarter sections of land, but Rachel Yadlowski believes their warehouse bay is a […] Read more
Steering a suspended slurry trailer
Engineers upgrade wagons to be more gentle on the soil, safer on the road with new hydraulic guidance
WOODSTOCK, Ont. — Hauling massive loads of slurry, while minimizing soil compaction and avoiding getting the trailer stuck, is a big challenge for dairy and hog farmers. To help meet that challenge, nearly all manufacturers of slurry haulers incorporate suspension systems and steering on their wagons, says John Vandehoef of Melbourne Farm Automation. Vandehoef was […] Read more
Seeding attachment developed for Pro-Till
Degelman Industries says the unit can control residue, get the crop seeded and allow cover crops to start growing
DECATUR, Ill. — Regina’s Degelman Industries launched a seeding attachment for its Pro-Till at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois. “Pro-Cast can be linked in with all of our Pro-Till machines and can be hooked in with all of our Strawmasters as well,” said Paul Degelman of Degelman Industries. He said it was largely […] Read more
Next-gen satellites to boost ag imaging
St. Louis, Mo. — Airbus is no newcomer to agricultural imagery, but with the upcoming launch of its next generation of satellites the company is set to become an even bigger player. “We are one year away from launching our next system, which will be Pleiades Neo,” said Sky Rubin of Airbus Defense and Space […] Read more
Delayed harvest slows grain movement
Slow harvest progress in Western Canada is delaying the movement of grain to prairie elevators and export terminals on the West Coast and at Thunder Bay. John Brooks, executive vice-president with Canadian Pacific Railway, told investors in Montreal that the western Canadian harvest is as much as 30 percent behind normal this year. Poor harvest […] Read more
CBOT Weekly: Strong dollar, good weather hurting prices
WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – Growing strength in the United States dollar has hurt commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), according to Terry Reilly, grains analyst for Futures International in Chicago, Ill. The impetus for the gain was comments from U.S. President Donald Trump, who remarked a trade deal with China could come sooner […] Read more
