The BIXS beef information platform has signed a deal with one of the biggest data-holders in Canada's beef industry. Cargill — one of the country's two largest beef packers — has agreed to provide beef carcass information to the rest of the supply chain through the online data exchange. "Carcass data has been a major... Read More
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If you are looking to upgrade your farm’s drying capabilities for 2016 you can always buy the latest model dryer – or just go retro. Real Agriculture caught up with GSI’s Conditioning Applications Manager Gary Woodruff at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky to discuss what’s new in the company’s grain storage and... Read More
A coalition of Alberta farm groups formed in response to the province's new farm labour legislation is getting itself organized. The Alberta Agriculture Farm and Ranch Safety Coalition, or the "AgCoalition" as it's known, announced a formalized governance structure, communications protocol and plans for involvement in provincial consultations today. The group's mandate is to "unify... Read More
Canada's Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna and United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy have announced a joint commitment to reduce the amount of phosphorus entering Lake Erie. The 40 percent targets announced on Monday in Washington are meant to "minimize the extent of low oxygen dead zones in the central basin... Read More
Canadian farm income hit a record high in 2015, and is expected to drop slightly in 2016, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The impact of a weaker Canadian dollar supporting domestic prices is evident throughout the department's 2016 Canadian Agricultural Outlook, which was published on Friday. Here are some highlights: Net cash income on... Read More
Nuffield Canada has announced two new partners coming on board with funding for the agriculture leadership development program in 2016. The Western Grains Research Foundation will be sponsoring a new scholarship for individuals looking to build their understanding of agriculture through international studies. The funding will be available to scholars directly involved in the Western... Read More
Real Agriculture first reported on the new Fendt 1000 Vario tractors at Agritechnica 2015 in Germany last November. Earlier this month, we were on hand for the North American debut at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky. At the launch, Real Agriculture’s Bernard Tobin waded through a crowd of farmers to take a... Read More
SeCan says it has reached a $150,000 settlement with a farm near Moose Jaw, Sask. regarding unauthorized sales of flax and durum varieties protected by Plant Breeders' Rights legislation. Harvey Marcil of Pasqua Farms has agreed to the cash settlement and a declaration that there will be no additional unauthorized sales. The case involved CDC... Read More
It's been a week of two weather extremes, with parts of the east getting record snowfall this week and a whole lot of brown in the west. We’ve learned people really, really like model farms, as we heard from the pair behind the world’s largest toy farm at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville,... Read More
The Western Grains Research Foundation announced more than $7 million in funding for public wheat breeding at the Universities of Saskatchewan and Manitoba today. $5.2 million in producer check-off funds will go toward the wheat breeding program at the U of S Crop Development Centre over the next five years. The CDC has released and... Read More