Livestock producers who need to feed and water their animals in fire-prone evacuated areas of northern Alberta can get authorization to do so. The provincial agriculture department said Thursday that producers in evacuated areas can get escorted visits to their farms for feeding and watering of livestock. To request an authorization to visit a farm, […] Read more
Alta. ranchers get brief access in evacuated areas
Monteregie Deere dealership chain expands east
A chain of four John Deere equipment dealerships in Quebec's Monteregie has expanded eastward in a merger with another Deere dealer in the Estrie. Les Equipements Lague, which deals in Deere's ag, commercial, lawn, garden, turf and golf equipment and Gator utility vehicles at St-Hyacinthe, Pike River, Ange-Gardien and Varennes, on Thursday announced it will[...]
Program offered to help farmers spot sick pigs
Canadian swine veterinarians and the animal health arm of drug maker Pfizer have set up a new program to train hog producers on how to identify sick animals. The program, dubbed the ABC Pig training program, is to be offered nationwide “exclusively” through hog veterinarians and is meant to set up a “simple” system by […] Read more
Mosaic stockholders approve split from Cargill
Shareholders in fertilizer giant Mosaic Co. have approved the plan by which the company's majority owner will sell off its 64 per cent stake. About 58 per cent of the Mosaic shares held by shareholders other than Cargill were voted in favour of the agreement at a special meeting early last week, a company spokesperson[...]
Fruit, sweet corn, alfalfa pests added to Assail label
A broad-spectrum insecticide used against various horticultural crop pests has picked up an expanded label for use on more crops and against more insects. DuPont’s Assail, a Group 4 acetamiprid insecticide, has been granted an expansion that will allow its use against aphids in sweet corn crops and against tarnished plant bug and alfalfa plant […] Read more
Are you seeding yet? Let us know
Seeding still appears to be off to a flying stop in some cropland on the Prairies, while field reports in Eastern Canada suggest much better luck with planting. The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) on Monday (May 16) reported “favourable weather” last week had allowed a “dramatic” increase in seeding progress, especially in Alberta, western Saskatchewan […] Read more
Feed wheat to decline with ample stocks, low demand
The price of feed wheat across the Prairies has been holding steady of late, but according to one analyst, values may be set to decline. Gerald Snip of Market Place Commodities at Lethbridge, Alta. said there are a number of factors likely to contribute to a drop in values , and one such factor is […] Read more
Canada’s farmland values keep rising: FCC
A study by Canada's federal ag lender finds the average value of farmland across the country rose by over five per cent in 2010, with values in Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island ahead of the six-month curve. Crown agriculture and agrifood lending agency Farm Credit Canada on Monday released the latest instalment[...]
Manitoba Interlake ranchers face desperate situation
Updated, May 12 -- Cattle producers in Manitoba's Interlake are frantically trying to move their herds out of the Lake Manitoba region this week after receiving emergency evacuation warnings because of rising flood waters. Producers in nearly a dozen municipalities around the lower basin of Lake Manitoba have been put on evacuation alert for as[...]
Dow Agro seed arm to expand Ont. cereal lab
A Dow AgroSciences seed breeding subsidiary in Eastern Canada plans to expand its cereal research in southwestern Ontario by buying a facility from the subsidiary's former owner for lab space. Hyland Seeds, a Dow Agro division based at Blenheim, Ont., said Tuesday it will buy the Thompsons Ltd. site on Ross Sideroad south of Nairn,[...]
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