Online tools are available to help producers get a better handle on what it costs them to bring in their crops in the fall
Glacier FarmMedia – “You have to spend money to make money,” says the old adage, but failing to track harvest costs may tip farmers to the wrong side of that transaction. Darren Bond, farm management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, has some provincially backed tools that can help, he said during an Aug. 21 webinar hosted […] Read moreNews
Damage assessed as railways resume operations
Glacier FarmMedia – Canada narrowly averted a transportation disaster in August. Now legal experts are digesting the repercussions of the recent labour dispute at the nation’s two major railways. When the conflict between the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union and both Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway came to a head Aug. 22, […] Read more
Diverse rotations seen as production booster
Diverse crop rotations can benefit the performance of individual crops and the total performance of the rotation when growing conditions are difficult, says a new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. However, the study also found it takes a long time to see the benefits of crop diversity, and significant barriers prevent farmers from […] Read more
Analyst confident canola can weather anti-dumping storm
SASKATOON — Canada is well equipped to handle the latest canola dispute with China, says an analyst. For one thing, the industry has become far less export dependent the last couple of years, said Chuck Penner, analyst with LeftField Commodity Research. Related stories: He is forecasting that crushers will process 11 to 12 million tonnes […] Read more
Focus turns to improving rail
When the elephants fight, the grass suffers. — African proverb Farmers can feel like they’re a badly bashed patch of turf whenever the three elephants of the rail system — the railway companies, the unions and the government — lock tusks and fight for dominance. Related stories: WP rail labour dispute coverage Despite that feeling, […] Read more
China hits Canadian canola with anti-dumping probe
UPDATED: September 4, 2024 – 0840 CST – BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China said today it plans to start an anti-dumping investigation into canola imports from Canada after Ottawa moved to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. Canada has followed the lead of the United States and European Union by announcing last week a 100 […] Read more
Canola crushing doubles productivity
WINNIPEG — When compared to other parts of Canada’s food industry, oilseed crushing is a superstar. From 2003-23, the productivity growth in grain and oilseed milling was 107.4 per cent.In comparison, productivity growth in Canada’s dairy processing industry during the same period was only six per cent. Those figures come from a Farm Credit Canada […] Read more
Canola flies into soybean headwinds
A large soybean crop in the United States and sluggish exports have not allowed the canola market to make a move SASKATOON — The soybean market is wrestling with a couple of bearish factors that are preventing the oilseed from rallying, says an analyst, and that is weighing down a canola market desperately attempting to […] Read more
Rail union launches court challenge to back-to-work order
OTTAWA — The union representing workers at Canada’s two main rail companies said today it had filed four court challenges against a ruling by the country’s industrial labour board that forced them back to work. The board on Saturday accepted a request from the government to order more than 9,000 Teamsters members back to work […] Read more
Several factors can contribute to heavy rainfall
Several factors must come together for an extreme rainfall event to occur. Sometimes you need more than one factor and other times, if the factor is strong enough, you just need one. Let’s look at those factors. Atmospheric moisture: For heavy rain, there must be a significant supply of moisture in the atmosphere. When warm, […] Read more
