Canada and South Korea have reached a deal that could see Canadian beef enter the market within months. The announcement follows almost eight years of negotiations and a World Trade Organization standoff. South Korea was Canada’s fourth largest beef export market when the market slammed shut in 2003 after BSE was discovered in an Alberta […] Read more
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South Korea opens door to Canadian beef
Politicians to vote for Celebrity’s Choice Award
Calgary MP Michelle Rempel and Alberta Wildrose Alliance leader Danielle Smith will select this year’s Celebrity’s Choice award winner during the Stampede Parade. The parade will be held July 8 as part of the Calgary Stampede. Enter the Canadian Wildlife Federation “Water’s Worth It!” video contest and help conserve your local water body.
Water quality key to chemical effectiveness
Most farmers know that water with a pH level higher than seven can affect the performance of insecticides, said Jason Deveau, an application technology specialist with the Ontario agriculture ministry. However, he said only a few producers know how to treat alkaline water so that it’s suitable to mix with pesticides. “If it’s outside of […] Read more
G20 countries to share crop information
Federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz said agreements reached during European meetings last week on research investment and creation of ways to control volatile food prices will help Canadian farmers. In Paris at the first agriculture ministerial meeting of the G20 global group June 23, ministers agreed to create an information network that will inform members […] Read more
Consumer group backs irradiation
Canada’s largest consumer lobby has reversed three decades of opposition to food irradiation by urging Ottawa to increase use of the technology on imported food. The proposal came from Consumers’ Association of Canada president Bruce Cran during a recent consumer discussion held with agriculture minister Gerry Ritz and officials from Agriculture Canada and the Canadian […] Read more
Well users have false sense of water safety: survey
How well is your water well? An Alberta study on rural water wells found that most people don’t know. Responses from 1,014 surveys returned in 2010 showed only 10 percent of Alberta water well users test their water well quality at least annually and only 30 percent regularly shock chlorinate it, which involves flushing large […] Read more
Wheat initials rise to $42 per tonne
Initial payments for 2010-11 wheat have increased. The Canadian Wheat Board said initials will increase by $21.30 to $42 per tonne, depending on grade and class. For example, the payment for No. 1 CWRS 12.5 percent protein will increase by $27.50 to $286 per tonne at port. Adjustment payments for grain delivered will be paid […] Read more
Floods damage roads, buildings in Estevan area
ESTEVAN, Sask. — Ray Frehlick has operated Prairie Mud Service for more than 40 years in the southeastern Saskatchewan oil fields, but it’s mud of a different sort that concerns him this year. Frehlick also farms 14,000 acres in the area. “We thought we had about 2,500 seeded but that has dropped,” he said last […] Read more
Maltless brewing may see maltsters crying in beer
Canada’s barley, malting and brewing industries are keeping tabs on a new brewing process that could reduce demand for high quality malt as an essential brewing ingredient. Enzyme-assisted brewing uses commercial enzymes to promote fermentation in malted or unmalted barley, meaning brewers can reduce their reliance on finished malt or, in some cases, eliminate it […] Read more
GM cow milk subs for human milk
BEIJING, China (Reuters) – Mooove over, Mom. Chinese scientists have produced a herd of genetically modified cows that produce milk that could substitute for human breast milk, a possible alternative to baby formula in a nation rocked by tainted milk powder scandals. Researchers at the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology at the China Agricultural University […] Read more
