Bayer CropScience plans to bring its farmer customers, retail outlets and business partners into WeatherBug’s network of local weather monitoring stations across the Canadian Prairies. WeatherBug, a U.S. weather monitoring […] Read more
Bayer to join WeatherBug’s Prairie network
Ont. growers’ groups back on merger track
Ontario’s corn, wheat and soybean growers’ groups have signed a new memo of understanding toward forming one organization. The MOU, announced Thursday, commits the boards of the Ontario Corn Producers’ […] Read more
Smoky diesel trucks in B.C. face fines
British Columbia drivers who don’t keep a lid on emissions from heavy diesel trucks will now be liable for fines and warnings, the province announced Tuesday. The B.C. transportation ministry […] Read more
N.B., Yukon approve APF extensions
The New Brunswick and Yukon governments officially agreed Wednesday to extend funding for some federal/provincial Agricultural Policy Framework (APF) programming in their provinces. Both the province and the territory announced […] Read more
Alta. pledges $85M for southern irrigation
The water delivery agency for about 400 southern Alberta farmers’ irrigated land will get $85 million from the province to fix up its canals and add off-stream storage. “It’s a […] Read more
Beef packer Gencor Foods shuts doors
Citing new federal regulations that made it uncompetitive, cull cow packer Gencor Foods (GFI) has shut down its Kitchener, Ont. plant effective Tuesday, laid off its 124 workers and announced […] Read more
Lorox L cleared for use in herb crops
Growers of coriander, caraway and dill can now use DuPont Canada’s Group 7 herbicide Lorox L on several broadleaf weeds as well as some grasses such as green foxtail. The […] Read more
Program caps led Stomp into protection: SaskPork
Limits on ag support payments to larger producers have led “directly” to Saskatchewan’s second largest pork producer filing for bankruptcy protection, according to the provincial pork development board. SaskPork said […] Read more
Yellow mustard beats weeds hardest in study
Yellow mustard, compared and contrasted against other canola and mustard types in a recent Prairie study, comes out on top in terms of suppressing weed growth around it. But the […] Read more
Nominees wanted for “Seed of the Year”
SeCan and the University of Guelph want nominations for Seed of the Year, a competition designed to recognize a publicly developed Canadian field crop, forage, fruit, vegetable or herb variety […] Read more
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