Imagine being able to predict yield just from a soil health test. A & L Labs in London believes it has found a way to do so, with 93 per […] Read more
New soil test can be tied to yield
Feeding soil microbes comes from feeding plants, says A & L Labs research
Province aims to clear regulatory block to natural gas expansion
A new act will allow a mix of investment options to fund more natural gas access
The Ontario Conservative government is opening up the way to greater investment in natural gas infrastructure in Ontario that don’t have it. Premier Doug Ford announced at the 2018 International […] Read more
Sorting out new seed brands
Corteva has solidified how its Pioneer and Brevant seed companies will work in the market
Corteva, the new agriculture brand of DowDupont, is maintaining two seed brands in the Canadian marketplace to fill two sales routes to farmers — through agriculture retailers and direct to […] Read more
Livestock price drop being felt by farmers
An August drop in prices in pork and beef mean losses across the province
The drop in the livestock markets in the past couple of months is concerning because the factors that created it show little sign of abating. “I think if we saw […] Read more
Can Canada break away from U.S. livestock pricing?
Canadian prices have plunged in concert with the U.S. market’s response to that country’s disruptive trade agenda. Some are asking whether Canada can decouple to a pricing mechanism more closely tied to global fundamentals
Pork, beef and other meat prices in Canada have been driven down over the past two months to where farmers are losing money on most animals they ship. The decline […] Read more
Editorial: Thinking big to solve agriculture challenges
I was recently in Manitoba on a tour of farms when I came to the new education hall of the Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiative (MBFI). It’s a simple building […] Read more
The USMCA details: What we know
Poultry market access will continue to grow over years. Dairy exports capped
Here’s what we know so far on details for the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement trade deal. Most of these details are from the Office of the United States Trade Representative, […] Read more
Grains, hog farmers praise trade deal
Farmers outside of supply managed commodities are praising the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to modernize NAFTA. Stability of markets is important for trading commodities and a completed North American trade […] Read more
DFC hits back at politicians over dairy losses in trade deal
The Dairy Farmers of Canada is expressing angry discontent at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) is expressing its strong disappointment in the concessions given to the U.S. in the new USMCA trade agreement. “The announced concessions on dairy in the […] Read more
Trade deal kills Class 7, allows more U.S. milk access
Dairy pays heavy price for Canada to secure North American trade deal
A new North American trade deal agreement has been reached it and will have significant implications for Canadian dairy farmers. The deal, agreed upon last night, is now called the […] Read more