The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it has completed testing of over 140 retail milk samples from across Canada and has found no remnants of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus, as of May 14, 2024. Testing milk at the retail level is a reversal from an earlier statement less than three weeks... Read More
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There's a new farm equipment brand based in Western Canada following the acquisition of Morris Equipment Ltd. by Rite Way Mfg. Co. Morris and Rite Way have announced the launch of a new parent company — Superior Farms Equipment Ltd. (or SFE, for short). Rite Way and Morris will continue operating under the new parent... Read More
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has announced up to $5,733,852 for the Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance (CFCRA) through the AgriScience Program – Clusters Component, an initiative under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, to promote more diverse crop rotations on farms. The Cropping Systems Cluster, led by CFCRA, will develop the characteristics and practices to... Read More
For the late April intake of the Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index survey, RealAgristudies asked the Insights Panel some hard-hitting questions, such as "Who do you NOT want to win the Stanley Cup?" From there, though, we jumped back in to the same questions asked in previous surveys to plot a trend line for several topics... Read More
A possible rail strike at both of Canada's main railways could be delayed as the federal labour minister has called for a review of the potential impact of a work stoppage on the health and safety of Canadians. On Thursday, Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan Jr. asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to look into maintenance... Read More
Canada has finally decided on how crop varieties developed with gene-editing technology will be handled in the registration and approval process. Announced last week, crops developed using the technique will not be considered a GMO or "novel" and therefore will have a more streamlined path to approval. Now that plant breeders and seed companies know... Read More
India is nearly half-way through a six-week election period, and the government there is making sure it stays in the citizens' good graces. That, in part, may have driven the decision by India to further extend a dropped tariff on imported peas out to October. Chuck Penner, founder of Leftfield Commodity Research, says that India... Read More
Last month, the Thrall family announced it had reached an agreement to protect the over 54,000 acres of native grasslands in southern Alberta that make up the historic McIntyre Ranch through a conservation easement with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and Ducks Unlimited. This makes the ranch the largest piece of privately-owned grasslands to be... Read More
Six of Canada's biggest business and industry associations, including the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA), have written a joint letter to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland asking her to scrap a proposed change to capital gains tax announced in the federal budget last month. In addition to the CCGA, the May 9th... Read More
Drought conditions in the last couple of years have led to St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) south of Lethbridge signing new water sharing memorandums of understanding amongst users in four sub-basins of southern Alberta. Without a significant change in reservoir levels, the water allocation for the 2024 year stands at eight inches of water... Read More