A new transportation hub is in the works for the town of Oyen, in south-eastern Alberta. Sources in Oyen say construction on the Oyen Rail Yard and Logistics Park is expected to begin this fall. The 155-acre facility will be managed by Alberta’s Special Areas Board, the Town of Oyen and the Palliser Economic Partnership. […] Read more
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Logistics hub planned for east-central Alta.
Alta. meat inspection improves
Alberta’s new meat inspection program has made progress, so much so that the province’s auditor general says any potential gaps in the system have now been significantly reduced. The provincial auditor general’s report released on Oct. 12 shows Alberta Agriculture and Forestry and Alberta Health Services are working well collaboratively when doing inspections. While Alberta […] Read more
Bunge/Glencore truce ending?
(Reuters) — Shares of Bunge Ltd. rose on news that an agreement that temporarily stopped Glencore from making a hostile bid will expire early next year. The Wall Street Journal reported on the existence of the agreement and noted it might signal that Glencore is still interested in Bunge but is biding its time. Bunge […] Read more
France seeks glyphosate expertise
(Reuters) — France and the European Union need independent scientific experts to guide them on divisive environmental issues such as pesticides, French President Emmanuel Macron said, criticizing some research as prone to lobbying pressures. The EU has struggled to find a consensus on key farming questions such as pesticides and genetically modified crops, and is […] Read more
U.S. unveils new rules on dicamba
(Reuters) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency un-veiled new restrictions recently on the use of the weed killer dicamba, which has caused widespread crop damage in the Midwest for the past two years. The EPA said in a statement that only certified pesticide applicators, or people under their supervision, will be allowed to spray dicamba, […] Read more
Iconic species may hold clues on low quality forage digestion
The busy beaver is known for its ability to chew through trees and build elaborate lodges. But the beaver also has a lesser known skill: it can survive on a diet of branches and twigs. Scientists with Agriculture Canada want to know how the beaver pulls off that trick, because the knowledge could be used […] Read more
Late-seeded crop dodges harvest bullet
Farmers have made tremendous harvest progress in the northern Prairies and it now appears the vast majority of the crop will make it to the bin, say crop watchers. The market was particularly concerned about the late-seeded crop in Alberta’s Peace region, but farmers made great strides last week. “My agronomist contacts and the farmers […] Read more
Got telematics?
I’ll bet you have telematics that you don’t even know about, or at least you don’t think of them that way. The tools are everywhere, from a lost smartphone that tells you which one of the farm parts stores you left it in to that lo-jack device you hid in the pickup you let your […] Read more
Russian crop expected to exceed 127 million tonne record
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — A desire to support local grain prices has been a key factor in the rare situation of Russian officials being among the last in the global agriculture industry to say their 2017 grain crop would hit a record, analysts and sources said. Some countries are routinely suspected of understating their commodities’ […] Read more
Lack of rain may see Brazilian corn acres plummet
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — Scarce rain over key Brazilian grain growing regions in September may cause an unexpectedly bigger reduction in the area planted with corn during the summer, according to an Oct. 2 weather report. The summer corn planted area was initially expected to fall 20 to 25 percent because of a drop […] Read more
