The University of Manitoba plans to build a $18.7 million Prairie Crops and Soil Research facility on its main campus in Winnipeg. The university hopes to break ground near the site of the old Agriculture Canada rust laboratory next year. “I can say we’re beyond two-thirds of the way (for fundraising),” said Martin Scanlon, dean […] Read more
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Farm transfer law gains support, moves to Senate
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Climatolgists ring drought alarm
Farmers should not underestimate the drought of 2021, says a North Dakota climatologist. Data from NASA shows that millions of…
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India buying lentils again
Canada’s lentil trade with India is resuming and that bodes well for prices, say industry executives. “I’ve heard that four…
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Soybean oil now drives crop price
Soybean values have always been driven by the meal side of the crush, but that relationship is changing, say analysts. “We’re going to be crushing for oil,” said Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist with StoneX. “It seems strange to say that, but these are the changing dynamics.” Mac Marshall, vice-president of market intelligence with the […] Read more
Feds pathway to permanent residency program under fire
Migrant farm workers will be able to apply for permanent residency through a new federal program, but critics say the Liberals plan is flawed. Essential temporary foreign workers and international graduates from Canadian schools will be able to apply for one of the 90,000 new permanent residences. There are 30,000 spots dedicated to temporary workers […] Read more
Farm transfer law gains support, moves to Senate
Farm groups are praising MPs who voted in favour of a law aiming to amend tax laws and make it easier for producers to sell their operations to family members. Bill C-208, introduced by Conservative MP Larry Maguire for the first time in September 2020, is off to the senate for review after receiving approval […] Read more
Canada, Indonesia prepare for trade talks
Canada may soon engage Indonesia in trade talks. The two nations have long flirted with the idea of a trade agreement, and Canada launched consultations of the subject in January. That consultation ended in February — a summary is expected to be published by Global Affairs this spring — but already Canadian trade officials are […] Read more
Climatolgists ring drought alarm
Farmers should not underestimate the drought of 2021, says a North Dakota climatologist. Data from NASA shows that millions of acres of farmland, in northern North Dakota and across the border into Manitoba and Saskatchewan, have extremely low soil moisture this spring. As of the middle of May, NASA rates the soil moisture in the […] Read more
‘We are not in dire straits yet’
But rain is needed | Farmers across Western Canada face dry conditions and little subsoil moisture: ‘a rain within the next two weeks would be great’
ST. FRANCOIS XAVIER, Man. — As his daughter Fiona passes with the seeder, Gunter Jochum has his knee on the ground and his eyes and finger on a smaller but even more vital farming structure: the soil. “It’s moist right to the very top,” he says with approval of this patch of wheat-stubble-covered soil that […] Read more
India buying lentils again
Canada’s lentil trade with India is resuming and that bodes well for prices, say industry executives. “I’ve heard that four or five vessels of lentils have already been traded by the big companies,” said Vivek Agrawal, director of JLV Agro. The vessels are supposedly booked for shipment in May or June. G. Chandrashekhar, senior editor […] Read more
Alberta research projects approved
Research projects looking at a range of topics from climate change to soil and fertilizer inefficiencies will receive funding from Alberta’s Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) fund through its Accelerating Agricultural Innovations program. Eight projects have been approved, with more expected. In a statement, RDAR said that of the more than $5.7 million provided to […] Read more
Research to probe weeds for genetic treasure
International project hopes to develop high-quality genome maps for some of the world’s most costly and invasive species
Chemical manufacturers, life science companies and scientists specializing in weed biology and genomics are teaming up to learn more about the genetic makeup of some of the world’s most ubiquitous and costly weeds. The International Weed Genomics Consortium will be led by weed scientists at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., and will involve […] Read more
