The Prairie Pest Monitoring Network (PPMN) has launched a new website to help farmers and agronomists predict insect risks, monitor insect populations, and find information to help scout for pests, time their scouting activities, and to make decisions about using chemical controls. The site, Prairiepest.ca, expands the functionality of the previous PPMN blog, says Jennifer... Read More
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Ontario's fruits and vegetable farms are labour intensive and highly dependent on seasonal agricultural workers. COVID-19 has interrupted regular flows of worker travel and has resulted in some gaps in labour availability. COVID-19 outbreaks at a few large horticulture businesses has put further pressure on labour availability. The labour shortage could mean some crops go... Read More
Ashburton, New Zealand farmer Eric Watson has set a Guinness World Record for wheat yield — a second time. Finishing up at 258.8 bushels per acre, the feed wheat paddock produced 17.398 tonnes per hectare in a region that averages about 12 tonnes/hectare. Watson's farm grew a record 16.791 tonnes per hectare wheat crop in... Read More
A state-of-the-art grain export terminal at the Port of Vancouver has become the latest component of G3's growing network, and officially opened this week. "G3 began with the vision of building a more efficient path from farmers' fields to global markets," says president and CEO of G3, Don Chapman. "We are very proud to see... Read More
A new Oat Procurement Program from Richardson Pioneer will change which pre-harvest aid products are used on milling oats, which could impact oat producers on the Prairies. Last month, a newsletter to Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) members contained a notice that Richardson Pioneer would be focusing on sourcing Canadian oats that have not been... Read More
Bayer has hit a snag with the part of its $10 billion Roundup settlement that applies to future legal claims of the common herbicide causing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The massive settlement announced on June 24, 2020 not only addressed thousands of existing court claims regarding Roundup, but it also included a deal regarding future litigation and... Read More
John Deere has announced several updates and additions to its lineup of 7R and 8R tractors for the 2021 model year, with deliveries starting in November. The new 7R 350 from John Deere has a 20 horsepower increase over the largest MY20 7R tractor and has a base weight of 24,700 pounds. It comes standard... Read More
Canada’s Food Price Report, currently jointly released by Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph, will go national in 2021, with members of the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) added to the project team. “When we started this project a decade ago, we always wanted to make it fully... Read More
July has hit Ontario hot and dry; a continuation of the dry bias, but a welcome change from the unseasonably cool start to the season. While corn and soybean fields aren't as negatively impacted by dry weather this early in the season, much of the wheat crop and spring cereals are either filling or about... Read More
The Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI) has presented two members with leadership awards as recognition for their work in the livestock health industry. Jean Szkotnicki received the Industry Leadership Award for her many years of service to the Canadian animal health industry. As an early supporter of a harmonized global approach to the technical requirements... Read More