Owners of the winning steer disqualified for drug use from the Calgary Stampede Steer Classic competition plan to appeal. Riley Chalack and Royden Anderson said they followed the rules and a Calgary Stampede accredited veterinarian’s recommendations to use the painkiller Banamine on their show steer and shouldn’t be penalized. “If the vet said it’s OK […] Read more
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Owners of steer disqualified from Stampede for illegal drug use plan appeal
ABIC to take practical approach
The word biotechnology is often associated with genetically modified organisms but the industry is out to show it is more than that. The Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference planned for Sept. 15-18 in Calgary hopes to draw about 300 scientists, agribusiness and farmers who want to learn more about how to feed the estimated nine billion […] Read more
VIDEO: Matius Ruffo talks agronomy
The Mosaic Company’s worldwide agronomy manager, Matius Ruffo, was a featured presenter at InfoAg, one of North America’s premier precision agriculture conferences. WP managing editor Michael Raine caught up with Ruffo during the July 16 – 18, 2013 conference in Springfield, Illinois, and talked to him about precision ag and other key agronomy topics.
Back-to-school online toolkit designed
With approximately three weeks of summer vacation left, Alberta Education has developed a back-to-school online toolkit designed to help parents and children prepare for the coming school year. The site, at www.education.alberta.ca/backtoschool, has information on curriculum, study tips and bullying prevention. Curriculum information is divided by grade and subject so both parents and students can […] Read more
Northern B.C. port boasts strong year
Grain and oilseed shipments through the Port of Prince Rupert are on a roll. Statistics released last week by the Prince Rupert Port Authority show a 15.5 percent year-over-year increase in shipments of cereal grains, canola and grain pellets during the first seven months of 2013. Between Jan. 1 and July 31, 2013 Prince Rupert […] Read more
Australia changes grading to better compete in international markets
The Australian grain industry has increased bushel weights for top quality milling wheat — a move aimed at increasing the competitiveness of Australian grain that is sold on international markets. Grain Trade Australia announced earlier this year that minimum test weights for Australian milling wheat will increase to 76 kilograms per hectolitre from 74 kg/hl […] Read more
Canola flattens in advance of Monday’s USDA reports
Friday seemed like a settling down day in the canola markets, with jumpy early action flattening into a wait-and-see pattern in the lee of the looming U.S. Department of Agriculture reports due Monday. November Winnipeg canola futures closed about four cents per bushel below where they started the session, ending the week at $483.10 per […] Read more
Grain exporters watching as Britain harvests smallest wheat crop since 2001
LONDON (Reuters) — The smallest wheat harvest in Britain for more than a decade should get underway in key growing regions this week, as disastrous wet weather hit a second successive crop, opening the way for a flood of imports in coming months. Planting last autumn was wrecked by rain, which also ruined the quality […] Read more
German farmers forecast bigger rapeseed crop for 2013
HAMBURG (Reuters) — Germany is likely to harvest 5.5 million tonnes of rapeseed in summer 2013, up from 4.82 million tonnes in 2012 when crops were hit by repeated rain, the German Farmers’ Association said on Wednesday. Rapeseed is the European Union’s most important oilseed for edible oil and biodiesel production and is also a […] Read more
Yara sees bigger synergies from Brazilian deal
OSLO (Reuters) — Norwegian fertilizer maker Yara expects synergies worth $50 million a year from a Brazilian acquisition, around twice as much as it predicted earlier, the firm said on Friday. “When we first announced the deal, we went with a more conservative estimate of the synergies, but raised the figure after having more time […] Read more
