Law enforcement officials say they seized over 63 kilograms of suspected cocaine from a commercial truck hauling corn into Canada at the Emerson port of entry on the Manitoba-North Dakota border. A team of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) dogs found the drugs in a modified compartment in the trailer carrying corn on July 14,… Read More
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Two farm groups that generally have opposing views on many agriculture policy files have joined forces in calling on the Canadian Grain Commission to halt changes to grain grading that are set to take effect on August 1, 2023. The National Farmers Union and the Wheat Growers Association (previously known as the Western Canadian Wheat… Read More
Escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war is weighing on farmers’ minds as harvest quickly approaches. Those who follow markets are usually comfortable reading charts and tracking fundamentals but how many are comfortable trading on military strategy? It’s pretty new territory for sure, says Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge, in the video below. The Black Sea… Read More
No, you’re not having a flashback — Lawrence MacAulay, MP for Cardigan-PEI, is back as minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, much to the surprise of many. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet July 26 ahead of the fall session of parliament, and spurred by the news of seven ministers not seeking re-election next… Read More
CLAAS has rolled out its new offerings for the latest models, including three options in the ARION series. Introduced at Ag in Motion last week near Saskatoon, ARION is the smaller, hard-working chore tractor complement to the XERON 12 series. Host of RealAg on the Weekend Shaun Haney caught up with Frans Reijmers of CLAAS… Read More
Students, researchers, and industry will soon have a new facility at the University of Manitoba to dig in to questions on agriculture systems and the Canadian food supply. The Prairie Crops and Soils Research Facility, a new $20.7 million, state-of-the-art 20,000-sq.-ft. facility is set to open in June, 2026. Announced Tuesday, funding for the Prairie… Read More
Stine Seed Company is set to launch its Canadian business, beginning in Ontario. Headquartered in Adel, Iowa, Stine, the retail arm of Stine Seed Farm Inc., is a family-owned corn and soybean breeding and development company with locations throughout the U.S. The company will celebrate 45 years of business in 2024. In Ontario, members of… Read More
Maizex Seeds has announced it will sell and promote both its corn and soybeans under the Maizex brand for the 2024 seed year and marketing campaign. When Maizex launched a joint venture with Sollio Agriculture five years ago, it sought to maintain the companies’ legacy brands, marketing corn seed as Maizex while soybeans were sold… Read More
Cattle and calves on feed in the U.S. for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totalled 11.2 million head as of July 1, 2023. The inventory number was two per cent below year-over-year, according to this USDA, falling in line with trade expectations. Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange says this trend… Read More
What do you get when two broadcasters sit down at a farm show to talk crop conditions, visits, and farm tech adoption? The interview below! This week at the Ag in Motion farm show near Saskatoon, Sask., Rawlco radio host John Gormley had RealAgriculture’s own Shaun Haney on his show to talk about farming in… Read More