Potato research is poised to get a boost in Alberta with the ap-pointment of a research chair in potato science at the University of Lethbridge. Dmytro Yevtushenko, a plant biologist, has been studying potatoes for more than 25 years. He started his new role at the U of L Jan. 4. According to a university […] Read more
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Lethbridge hires potato scientist
Pesticide- bee decline link worries watchdog
OTTAWA (Reuters) — Canada’s official environmental watchdog has expressed concern that authorities were allowing the long-term use of pesticides linked to bee deaths despite not having enough information about the products. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency, which is responsible for pesticide regulation, can grant a five-year provisional license to some products to give manufacturers time […] Read more
Dry spring in the forecast
EDMONTON — Farmers across Western Canada will likely see a continuation of dry, mild conditions for the rest of the winter and extending into spring as the lingering effects of El Nino continue to be felt in North America and around the world. That was one of the messages delivered last week at FarmTech by […] Read more
Truckers honour friend
A group of farmers who organized a convoy of trucks to haul grain 100 kilometres to honour a friend say they were only doing what he would have done. Matthew Frere, 22, of Trochu, Alta., died in a snowmobile accident Jan. 16 near his farm. Frere, the main truck driver on the family farm, had […] Read more
AG Notes
Outstanding Young Farmers Chilliwack poultry and egg producers Brian and Jewel Pauls have been named the 2016 British Columbia and Yukon Outstanding Young Farmers. Brian’s parents, Frank and Elma Pauls, earned the same award in 1990. This is the first time in the program’s 36-year history that a second generation winner has been recognized. The […] Read more
Group declares ‘pasta war’ as dumped noodles enter Canada
WINNIPEG — An industry group says a pasta war is heating up as a predatory trade practice hurts Canada’s domestic market, affecting both pasta processors and durum producers. Millions of kilograms of subsidized Turkish pasta are allegedly being sold at a discount into the Canadian market, which unfairly competes with domestic processors and producers, according […] Read more
Weak Canadian dollar boosts Saputo’s adjusted profit
(Reuters) — Saputo Inc. has reported higher than expected adjusted earnings, helped by weakness in the Canadian dollar. Adjusted net income rose 13.5 percent to $175.4 million, or 44 cents a share, for the company’s fiscal third quarter. Revenue during the quarter, which ended Dec. 31, rose 2.8 percent to $2.9 billion. Analysts were expecting […] Read more
Canola stocks bigger than expected, wheat less ample
By Rod Nickel and Simon Doyle Feb 4 – Canadian stockpiles of canola were larger than expected at the end of 2015, but wheat was less abundant, and supplies of both shrank year over year, according to a Statistics Canada report on Thursday and an industry poll. The Dec. 31 stocks report was of particular […] Read more
Canadian producers celebrate TPP signing
Farmers will see real gains from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, said a happy and relieved Canola Council of Canada vice-president Feb. 3, the day the deal was signed. It was a sentiment shared by multiple Canadian farm sectors that produce commodities that are exported, and by food producers who ship goods outside of Canada’s tiny domestic […] Read more
TPP signed on high. Get ready for ugly politicking down low
Any of you not looking forward to most of a year of endless, ugly U.S. presidential and congressional politics might also have to avert your eyes from the Trans Pacific Partnership issue. The deal was signed in Aukland, New Zealand last night and the proponents are delighted. I chatted with the Canola Council of Canada’s […] Read more
