HALIFAX, N.S. — Members of Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia will vote Aug. 5 on whether to abandon a four-year-old deal that has capped dairy quota values in five provinces. If farmers at a DFNS special meeting in Truro decide to pull out of the 2009 deal between members of the P5 (Ontario, Quebec, New […] Read more
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Nova Scotia to vote on dairy quota
Geese may accidentally spread GMO
The possibility that genetically modified wheat seed escaped from Agriculture Canada fields in Ottawa via the digestive tracts of Canadian geese is proof that GMOs cannot be contained, says an anti-GM campaigner. According to a July 26 statement from Agriculture Canada, researchers at the Central Experimental Farm had a plot of experimental wheat last year […] Read more
Young voice heard at auctioneering competition
Fast talking rancher | Calgary Stampede’s grand champion auctioneer familiar in winners’ circle
Justin Gattey of Consort, Alta., was the grand champion auctioneer at the annual international livestock auctioneers’ competition held during the Calgary Stampede The win earned him $5,000 in cash, a silver belt buckle and a berth at the world auctioneer’s competition next year. The 28-year-old was up against competitors who were selling livestock before he […] Read moreFines urged for water use violations
A leading environmental protection organization wants the Manitoba government to aggressively fine farms that breach water licence conditions. It says the fines could fund more water licence policing in a time of severe budget cutbacks. “If we have problems with the government not having money to send people out to monitor this when there are […] Read more
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New funding for research and commercialization Applications are now available for new funding in British Columbia’s agricultural industry. The Investment Agriculture Foundation is providing $3 million to the Canada-B.C. Agri-Innovation Program to help advance agricultural innovation and competitiveness in the province. The funding is available to industry, academia, value-added food processors and retailers for projects […] Read more
Officials look for additional herbicide options
Alfalfa fields | Trial results show Authority, a Group 14 herbicide, might help control kochia
ENCHANT, Alta. — The Group 14 herbicide Authority may be effective against kochia in seed alfalfa fields, according to early data from a southern Alberta plot trial. Though not registered for use in alfalfa, the chemical killed kochia and outperformed Edge and Velpa. The latter two also showed good results. The findings may lead researchers […] Read more
CWB: one year in an open market
Farmers weigh in | Has the transition from a single desk to an open market been good for farmers?
It’s been one year since the western Canadian grain industry took its first steps into the world of open wheat marketing. For some farmers, the transition away from single desk marketing has been a positive step forward. But according to others, those first steps were more akin to stepping off a cliff. Glenn Tait, a […] Read moreWorld in brief
Conservation U.S. Conservation Reserve smallest in 25 years WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) — An American program that pays farmers to idle fragile cropland soon will protect the smallest amount of land in a quarter century, the United States government said. It cited high commodity prices that have encouraged farmers to plant as much as possible. The […] Read more
Maple Leaf Foods loss, sales disappoint
WINNIPEG (Reuters) — Maple Leaf Foods reported a disappointing quarterly loss today, hurt by weak returns on raising pigs. Shares fell 3.6 percent, or 55 cents, to $14.95 in early trading in Toronto. North American hog farmers have been hard pressed to survive losses in the past year because of weak pig prices and at-times […] Read more
Glyphosate resistant kochia suspected in Manitoba
Growers and provincial agriculture specialists suspect that glyphosate resistant kochia has arrived in Manitoba. After applying glyphosate this year, several soybean growers found that the herbicide did not kill kochia plants in their fields. They alerted provincial employees, including Dennis Lange, a Manitoba Agriculture crop production adviser in Altona. Lange, who spoke at a field […] Read more
