Denser plant stands might have improved canola yields this year, but a thicker crop doesn’t protect individual plants from scorching heat, says a Canola Council of Canada agronomist. The canola council urges growers to target a crop density of five plants per sq. foot or higher because plant stands below that figure will hamper yield. […] Read more
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Denser canola advised, but it can only do so much
CWB pleased with early delivery pool participation
CWB officials say they are pleased with the amount of grain committed to the early delivery pool, or EDP. Gord Flaten, CWB’s vice-president of grain procurement, said volumes committed to the EDP are in line with the agency’s expectations. The original deadline to commit grain to the pool was Sept. 28 but a high volume […] Read more
Canada Beef selects new directors
Chuck MacLean of Bow Island, Alta., is the new chair of Canada Beef Inc. He was selected during the agency’s annual meeting in Calgary. Working in partnership with his sons, he operates Porter and MacLean Livestock Management near Medicine Hat and South Island Farms, a feedlot and farm, near Bow Island. He is a past […] Read more
Early reports indicate above average Man. corn yields
He just began combining yesterday, but Lorne Loeppky expects corn yields to be above average on his farm near Niverville, Man. “It’s real early … but I’m thinking we’re going to end up (at) 120 to 130 (bushels per acre),” said Loeppky, who has 1,280 acres of corn to harvest this fall. Depending on the […] Read more
Former Sask. lieutenant governor dies
Former Saskatchewan lieutenant governor Sylvia Fedoruk died yesterday at age 85. Born in Canora, Sask., in 1927, Fedoruk was a physicist who worked on the cutting edge of cancer treatment through radiation. She was involved in the development of the world’s first cobalt 60 therapy machine. Along with a distinguished academic career, she was also […] Read more
Sask. harvest well ahead of average
Warm, dry and windy weather has allowed Saskatchewan producers to combine 89 percent of the 2012 crop as of Sept. 24. The province’s weekly crop report said another eight percent is ready to combine or swath. The five-year average is 70 percent combined and 21 percent ready for harvest. Southern areas are furthest advanced with […] Read more
Chinese delays hold up Viterra-Glencore deal
Glencore International’s proposed $6.1 billion takeover of Viterra, Canada’s largest grain handling company, may not take place until mid-November. Viterra officials said this week that the Glencore-Viterra deal is still waiting for regulatory approval from China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). MOFCOM approval is the last regulatory approval required before the deal can proceed. “Glencore and […] Read more
Antler seizure in Alberta results in charges
More than 500 sets of deer, moose, elk and caribou antlers were seized by Alberta fish and wildlife officers last month and a central Alberta man has been charged with unlawfully trafficking in wildlife in connection with the find. Garland Larry Poyser of Sedgewick, Alta., is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 16 to face […] Read more
Feds watching hog situation closely
WINNIPEG — Federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz says it’s critical to maintain hog supply going into Canadian packing plants but he said ad hoc payments to troubled producers aren’t the way to make that happen. The minister told the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation annual conference he was closely monitoring the pork industry after the recent […] Read more
Ground beef recall expands
A ground beef recall has expanded across Canada and into the United States. More than 210 products from an XL Foods facility in Edmonton are included in this voluntary recall. It covers products processed from Sept. 16-22. The first recall involved beef products going back to Aug. 16 when tests detected E. coli O157:H7. The […] Read more
