WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Farmers who participated in U.S. crop subsidy programs reported “prevented plantings” of 3.573 million acres of corn and 1.687 million acres of soybeans this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “We did see the prevent planted acres go up a little and the numbers are probably a little bit supportive […] Read more
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U.S. program reduces corn acres by 3.5 million
Short, focused UN climate reports urged
Reforms to be discussed | Lengthy reports produced every six years are often outdated
OSLO, Norway (Reuters) — Climate experts on a United Nations panel should focus more on shorter reports on specialty subjects such as extreme weather, many scientists and governments say. It would be a shift from sweeping overviews of the kind that are now being prepared in Stockholm, Sweden. The big studies about global warming, produced […] Read moreSaskatchewan to hostinternational trade summit
Canada, Mexico, U.S. | Goal of meeting is to increase province’s exports
Saskatchewan will host an agricultural trade summit next year as part of its goal to increase exports. The Feb. 4-5 event in Saskatoon will bring together producers, trade experts and people involved in trade to talk about market access and how to increase the province’s agricultural exports. The province’s growth plan calls for agri-food exports […] Read moreFarmers protest restrictions that limit drilling
Farmers who own their mineral rights near a potash mine in southeastern Saskatchewan want to be able to take advantage of them. But a provincial policy enacted almost 20 years ago restricts drilling for oil on 72 sections of farmland around potash mines for safety reasons. Landowners who still own their mineral rights aren’t able […] Read more
CP to close test centre in Calgary
The company conducted locomotive repair and maintenance work at the yard
Canadian Pacific Railway will close its Locomotive Reliability Centre at Alyth Yard in Calgary. The closure will result in the elimination of 130 local jobs, the company announced last month. CP’s decision is the result of a Canadian Transportation Agency order directing the railway to stop load testing and idling operations in proximity to the […] Read moreFreight service planned for B.C. rail line
KPR shortline in receivership | CN will serve Campbell Creek, Vernon, Lumby Junction and Lumby, B.C.
Canadian National Railway plans to launch a new freight service on 150 kilometres of track in central British Columbia. CN announced Sept 26 that it will offer service on track that was previously operated by bankrupt short-line company Kelowna Pacific Railway. KPR entered an agreement to lease the rail facilities from CN in 1999. A […] Read moreAgrium looks to U.S.
(Reuters) — Canada’s Agrium Inc., the biggest U.S. retail seller of fertilizer, chemicals and seed, sees further room for growth, chief operating officer Chuck Magro said. “There’s still a lot of room in the United States to grow,” Magro said, speaking at the Scotiabank Agriculture and Fertilizers conference in Toronto. “We don’t see a big-bang […] Read more
Crop report
MANITOBA Rain and cool temperatures in September have slowed harvest progression, and frost in some areas has damaged corn, sunflower and soybean crops. Winter wheat seeding is wrapping up and early seeded fields are starting to emerge. Southwest Significant crop damage followed a storm in the Shoal Lake and Oakburn areas and frost has also […] Read more
AG Notes
Hereford association hires new executive director Stephen Scott is the Canadian Hereford Association’s new executive director-general manager, starting in December. Scott was raised on a traditional dairy, beef and cash crop farm in southwestern Ontario. He received a bachelor of science in animal biology and a master’s of science in dairy health management, both from […] Read more
Consuming soft, raw milk cheese poses risk: experts
Since an outbreak of E. coli connected to contaminated raw milk cheese from British Columbia last month, several media outlets and blogs have indicated it was an isolated incident. The Canadian Consumer Raw Milk Advocacy Group noted on its website that illnesses related to raw milk cheese are rare and there’s no need to label […] Read more
