Crop quality is becoming an issue as harvest begins in Saskatchewan. “We are seeing fusarium,” said Daryl Beswitherick, program manager for quality assurance at the Canadian Grain Commission. “Enough to downgrade to a No. 2, some to a No. 3 but not extremely high amounts as we’ve seen in the past when you get feed […] Read more
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B.C. launches ‘buy local’ campaign British Columbia farmers and food processors are receiving $2 million from the provincial government to promote local food. The funding will allow local businesses and organizations to launch or expand their marketing campaigns so that different sectors of the province’s diverse food industry can use customized promotions specific to their […] Read more
Manitoba happy with yield, quality of wheat crop
Solid performance | Sask., Alta. harvests haven’t progressed enough for adequate reading
Spring wheat is shaping up to be the king of crops in Manitoba this year. However, a complete picture of spring wheat yields and quality has yet to emerge in Saskatchewan and Alberta, where significant acres are still in the field. In Manitoba, where the spring wheat harvest is all but complete, reports suggest that […] Read moreManitoba paper mill proposal receives federal support
Ag Canada investment | The pulp and paper plant will get $385,000
A proposed paper mill and an existing bioproducts centre in Manitoba has received a financial boost from the federal government. Agriculture Canada will invest $385,000 in Prairie Pulp & Paper, which intends to build a wheat and flax straw paper mill in Manitoba. Prairie Pulp & Paper produces straw based paper at a plant in […] Read moreShould you invest in an RRSP or TSFA?
If you have limited investment funds available and can contribute only to a tax-free savings account or a registered retirement savings plan, which one offers the better tax savings? A TFSA is funded with after-tax dollars, so you don’t receive a tax deduction for contributions. You can make withdrawals from a TFSA without paying taxes, […] Read more
Quality updates now filed earlier
Canadian Grain Commission | Weekly updates on the quality and protein level of spring wheat and durum will be filed as they are harvested
Beginning this month, the western Canadian grain industry will receive weekly updates on the quality of this year’s new wheat crop. The Canadian Grain Commission will provide weekly information on the quality and protein content of red spring and durum wheat crops as they are harvested. The information will be collected through the commission’s Harvest […] Read moreSupply management costs public: report
The latest in a long string of anti-supply management salvos comes from a one-time influential Quebec ally of the system. For many years, Mario Dumais worked as an economist for Quebec’s powerful farm organization Union des Producteurs Agricoles and then as secretary general for the Coopérative Fédérée de Québec, which both strongly support marketing boards. […] Read more
‘Exciting time’ in pulse sector
Legumex Walker | The company calms fears about power concentration after recent acquisitions
Since merging to form a publicly traded company last summer, the managers of Legumex Walker have had a busy 14 months. The Winnipeg-based processor of pulses, special crops and canola has gone on a buying spree, purchasing processing plants in the United States and Canada. Despite its run of acquisitions and a trend towards consolidation […] Read moreSeed treatments hot topic for corn growers, beekeepers
New study in progress | Researchers examining whether seed coatings boost yields, kill bees
Purdue University entomologist Christian Krupke is seeking an answer to a question that he believes scientists have ignored for too long: do seed treatments really protect corn crops from insects? Last year, Krupke and his colleagues conducted a pilot study in which they grew corn coated with an insecticide next to corn without a seed […] Read moreCargill president has warm outlook
McLENNAN, Alta. — Canadian farmers will be helped by the drought in the American Midwest, but they shouldn’t assume they can nab lucrative American markets, said the president of Cargill Ltd. “It won’t be as simple as Canadian grain replacing American grain,” said Len Penner in an interview during the grand opening of a new […] Read more
