Three calves less than one week old were stolen from a pasture in the Ormiston, Sask., district on March 16. Coronach RCMP report that a rancher saw two people stealing calves from his pasture at about 3:30 a.m. using a “dark coloured Ford extended cab truck,” said the RCMP in a news release. When the […] Read more
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Calves stolen in southern Sask.
Cattle hit new highs on technical buying, beef gains
CHICAGO, March 17 (Reuters) – U.S. live cattle futures climbed to a fresh seven-week high on Friday while feeder cattle reached the highest levels since August on support from technical buying and gains in wholesale beef prices, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures tracked gains earlier this week in Plains cash cattle markets, with meat […] Read more
Canadian hog prices to rise by summer
WINNIPEG, March 17 (CNS) – Inexpensive feed and a softer Canadian dollar have helped keep Canadian hog prices aloft in 2017. “Right now producers are looking at C$180 to $184 a pig,” said Andrew Dickson, the general manger of Manitoba Pork. “Prices are looking pretty good for June, July, August.” He says by July producers […] Read more
Canola falls 3.7 pct on week as exports slow, but wheat rallies
Canola futures fell for a seventh straight session on Friday, weakened by a slower pace of exports, general weakness in oilseeds and this week’s rally in the Canadian dollar. May closed at $503.70, down $2.10 or 0.42 percent. New crop November fell $1.40 to $489.80, down 0.29 percent For the week, May fell $19.20 or […] Read more
CFIA report to weigh in on glyphosate debate
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is about to release a report that could change the public perception of glyphosate. Since 2015, CFIA scientists have been testing food for residues of glyphosate, a product best known by the Roundup brand name, although other brands and generic exist. It is the most popular herbicide in the world. […] Read more
Canola council changes emphasis on clubroot message
DAUPHIN, Man. — In an ideal world, every Canadian would jog, bike or swim four days a week. But that’s unlikely to happen so it’s probably better to recommend something easy, like ordering a salad instead of poutine at lunch. Similarly, for years plant pathologists and agronomists have told prairie farmers to thoroughly wash and […] Read more
Clubroot control could be helped by adding field exits
DAUPHIN, Man. — In February, Dan Orchard had a eureka moment. Orchard, a Canola Council of Canada agronomist in central Alberta, spends a lot of time thinking and talking about clubroot because the disease affects hundreds of farms in his area. Earlier this winter, after speaking to a grower on the phone, an idea popped […] Read more
Bird flu hits another U.S. farm that supplies Tyson Foods
CHICAGO, March 16 (Reuters) – Bird flu that is highly lethal to poultry has infected a second commercial chicken farm in Tennessee that supplies Tyson Foods Inc., company and state officials said on Thursday. The finding expands an outbreak near the major chicken-producing states of Alabama and Georgia, and is the second in the type […] Read more
Demand, rejections from grain giant Egypt shrouded in speculation
Winnipeg, March 17 – The world’s biggest buyer of wheat, Egypt, rejected three cargoes of the grain last week, the first time since overhauling its inspection system and following laxer import policy. Last week, inspectors rejected three cargoes of wheat purchased by grain buyer GASC at the port of origin, two Russian and one Argentinian, […] Read more
The one percent clause
High vomitoxin levels in last year’s wheat crop have prairie growers re-reading their delivery contracts. “When a farmer makes a call around to different elevators and such, the DON (vomitoxin) is never really discussed. It hasn’t been in the past, at least,” said Derek Falk of Snowflake, Man., who is facing discounts for rail cars […] Read more
