From the USDA’s surprise for the grain markets to harvest conditions to the Blue Jays’ amazing run — here’s this week’s ag news highlights: Get the latest #cdnag news delivered to your inbox — sign up for RealAg’s free newsletters! Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS
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A ranching family from southern British Columbia has been chosen as the 2015 recipient of the “The Environmental Stewardship Award” from the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Darrell and Doris Squair, along with their son Travis and daughter-in-law Katie, operate Squaw Valley Ranch near Lumby. They received the TESA recognition at the CCA’s Semi-Annual Meeting in Winnipeg on Wednesday…. Read More
Cereals Canada is reminding producers and the grain industry to take steps to keep unwanted products and material out of Canadian grain. The group, which represents stakeholders from the wheat, barley and oat supply chains, has launched the “Keep it Clean — Cereals” campaign, building off similar messaging from the Canola Council of Canada. “There is a growing… Read More
The USDA took grain markets by surprise with the numbers in its August supply/demand report on Wednesday morning. Corn, soybeans and canola futures dropped sharply following the much larger than expected production and ending stock estimates. Soybean ending stocks for 2015-16 were pegged at 470 million bushels — up from the USDA’s estimate of 425 million, and significantly higher than… Read More
There’s been renewed interest in using producer cars to ship grain to customers in recent years, in part due to the backlog in the Western Canadian grain handling system following the bumper crop in 2013, as well as the entrance of new grain buyers after the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly in 2012. As… Read More
The Ontario government is announcing more than $2.6 million in provincial funding for four agricultural infrastructure projects in Northeastern Ontario today. Most of the money, which is coming from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, will be used to clear land and install tile drainage: The Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance will receive support for… Read More
Cargill Limited has announced the winners in the company’s “Together We Thrive” contest. Six charitable organizations across Canada will each receive a $25,000 grant. With total funding of $150,000, the contest coincided with Cargill’s 150th anniversary in 2015. 145 projects were nominated, with the winners selected by a panel of Cargill judges based on financial need,… Read More
Legend Seeds and Sevita International have signed a distribution agreement to bring each other’s corn and soybean genetics to new growing regions. Ontario-based Sevita International will distribute and market Legend Seeds’ corn hybrids through its PROSeeds business in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. Legend Seeds, which has its headquarters in South Dakota, will bring Sevita’s… Read More
This week’s Canadian ag news update, including the latest on harvest, the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks and the last days of the CWB: Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Is Dropping the CWB Brand the Right Move? Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS
Significant changes are coming to Ontario’s rules regarding small-scale chicken production. Until now, any individual could raise up to 300 birds per year under the Chicken Farmers of Ontario small flock program, a program with the intention of allowing families to raise a few chickens for themselves without requiring the purchase of production quota. Expanding… Read More