CropLife Canada, the organization representing Canada’s crop protection and biotech seed companies, is taking steps to ensure farmers are following recommendations for planting a “refuge” of non-insect-resistant corn varieties. The […] Read more
Field audits for Bt corn growers in Ontario and Quebec
Manitoba crop conditions improve
Manitoba’s weekly crop report indicates that some crops are recovering from excess rainfall earlier this spring and summer. In the southwest, many of the crops are rebounding from the moisture […] Read more
Cattle death losses from Kansas heat
Cattle prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange reached two-month highs Monday following report of extreme heat in Kansas feedlots. Cattle eat less and gain less weight in hot weather, and […] Read more
Up to $4 million for mustard development
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has announced up to $4 million for Mustard 21 Canada for mustard seed breeding and market development. “This investment will help unlock the potential of mustard […] Read more
AgriInvest deposits now accepted
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says AgriInvest Deposit Notices will start to appear in producers’ mailboxes over the coming weeks with information on how and where to make their 2009 AgriInvest […] Read more
Weed now resistant to five herbicide groups
A common weed for U.S. corn and bean farmers, and also present in Ontario, just got even more troublesome. Waterhemp in Illinois was already known to be resistant to four […] Read more
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