Bird repellent gets emergency approval for sunflowers
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Bird repellent gets emergency approval for sunflowers
Manitoba sunflower growers can now apply Avian Control bird repellent to keep blackbirds away during their 2025 harvest season
NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense
The National Farmers Union is pushing back against changes to the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act that would narrow the scope of farmers’ right to save seed or propagate crops from cuttings and tubers.
Powdery mildew can be combine fire risk
Dust from the disease can ignite to cause combine fires; producers advised to frequently clean their equipment
Dust from powdery mildew can cause fires in combines.
U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said Mexico has not adequately enacted protocols to curb the spread of New World screwworm.
Worm devastates northern wild rice harvest
Researchers look for ways to help Indigenous wild rice harvesters who are losing crop to wild rice worms
In the past five years, harvesters in various parts of northern Saskatchewan have been affected by wild rice worms, which destroy crop and devastate peoples’ livelihoods.
Charges laid after cattle theft
Animals were found at a nearby rural property in southeastern Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan RCMP lay two charges against a man after six cattle went missing.
Canola used in only quarter of Canadian biofuel
Report finds crop was feedstock for 21 per cent of domestic biodiesel and 24 per cent of renewable diesel last year
Less than one-quarter of the biodiesel and renewable diesel used in Canada in 2024 was made from canola oil feedstock
August grain deliveries down from 2024: StatCan
Statistics Canada reported on Sept. 25, 2025 that August major grain deliveries were down from a year earlier.
Canadian oilseeds monthly crush – August 2025
Crushing statistics of major oilseeds in Canada for the month of August 2025, reported by Statistics Canada.
Canada to boost Indonesia exports to diversify non-U.S. trade, says minister
Canada aims to establish duty-free access for up to 95 per cent of its exports to Indonesia over the next eight to 12 months, International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said, after signing a trade agreement with one of Southeast Asia’s biggest markets and a major importer of Canadian wheat.
