Protein Industries Canada is partnering with Ukko Agro, Hawk’s Agro and Three Farmers to build out an in-field platform to predict and control anthracnose and ascochyta blight of pulses. The project budget is $2.6 million in funding, with $1.2 million coming from Protein Industries Canada artificial intelligence stream, funded as part of the Pan-Canadian Artificial... Read More
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Bill C-234 is likely headed down a drawn-out path to its demise in the House of Commons after the Senate voted 40-39 in favour of an amendment to the bill that would have removed the federal carbon tax from natural gas and propane used on farms. Senators still have to vote on the revised version... Read More
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs has published its new Guide to Vegetable Production in Ontario – Publication 839. A replacement for Publication 363, the new guide includes updated crop production and fertility guidelines, pest activity calendars, crop development stages, and images and information of pests, diseases, and disorders. Publication 363 also... Read More
Diedrah Kelly has been named as executive director of Canada’s new Indo-Pacific Agriculture and Agri-Food Office (IPAAO) in Manila, Philippines. The federal government is planning to open the physical office in the new year. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay told RealAgriculture last month that the office will open in or around February. The IPAAO is a... Read More
There has yet to be a successful bid for Merit Functional Foods nine months after the plant protein company, with its processing plant in Winnipeg, Manitoba, entered receivership. Merit's receiver — PwC — filed a court update on Nov. 14 acknowledging the sales process launched in March had not resulted in any purchase agreement. The... Read More
Across Canada, 24/7 and for no charge, those looking for help during a mental crisis can dial or text 988, the Suicide Crisis Helpline, for a fast, focused response to their emergency. Supported by three-years of federal funding and offered in French and English, 9-8-8 will connect people in crisis or those caring for them... Read More
This week, Montreal is hosting the first-ever Canadian meeting of the International Wool Textile Organization, the global authority for the wool trade. At the event, Brenda Shanahan, Member of Parliament for Châteauguay-Lacolle, representing the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced over $185,000 for the Canadian Wool Council (CWC) to continue its work to build a... Read More
104 years after the first airplane flew across the Atlantic Ocean, Virgin Atlantic marked another transatlantic milestone this week: the first commercial and widebody aircraft flight crossing the ocean on 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel (or SAF.) A Boeing 787, powered by Rolls-Royce engines, flew from London Heathrow to New York JFK on Tuesday,... Read More
Those who participate in the Ducks Unlimited Canada Marginal Areas Program and are clients of Farm Credit Canada may be able to access additional funds per acre. Through Farm Credit Canada’s Sustainability Incentive Program farmers in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba who establish perennial cover on marginal areas through the DUC program may access up to... Read More
The private member's bill that aims to reduce the risk of biosecurity breaches from trespassers on farms has received final approval in the House of Commons. Bill C-275, brought forward by Conservative shadow minister for agriculture John Barlow, would update the Health of Animals Act to make it an offence to enter a place where... Read More