Glacier FarmMedia – In 10 seconds or less, name the Number One buyer of Canadian soybeans in 2020. Japan? The United States? China? The answer is Iran. Why it matters: Canada has struggled to replace soybean demand from China since it disappeared in 2019. From January to the end of September, Iran bought 383,000 tonnes […] Read more
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Canada has new top soybean buyer
Iran purchased 383,000 tonnes of soybeans from January to the end of September, worth $181 million
AgScape gets boost from Libro Credit Union
AgScape’s Ontario-wide food and agriculture education program recently received a $45,000 investment from Libro Credit Union. Libro’s investment will be directed over a three-year period to fund 195 agri-food lessons for more than 4,200 southwestern Ontario students. Libro’s investment will also sup- port three AgScape interactive Career Competitions where students will have the opportunity to […] Read more
More Trinidadian workers heading home
Workers from E Z Farms Ltd. leave Dec. 28, but at other farms, many are stuck
Maybe it was because the planets nearly aligned to provide a powerful “Christmas Star” to wish upon – maybe not. All Marlon Gay knows is the only thing he asked for – a flight home – came true. Gay along with the four remaining Trinidad and Tobago workers stranded at E Z Grow Farms managed […] Read more
Agriculture investor partners with University of Guelph
SVG Ventures is considered the largest investor in agriculture startups in the world
The University of Guelph and SVG Ventures | Thrive, one of the world’s largest funders and accelerators of agriculture innovation, have announced a partnership. SVG Ventures | THRIVE is a Silicon Valley company that is connected to 5,000 startup companies in agriculture and food from 100 countries. It has made 40 investments in agriculture technology, […] Read more
New virtual reality tours open doors to farms
Canadians can get a virtual look at more farms with the addition of beef, chicken and turkey farms at FarmFood360.ca. Three new virtual reality tours filmed last summer on Ontario beef, chicken and turkey farms have been added to the site joining the 15 farm and food processing tours already there. Visiting a farm is […] Read more
Beef set aside program opened
Ontario beef farmers can apply to program for cattle that can’t be processed
Ontario beef farmers affected by the closure of Cargill Meat Solution’s beef processing plant in Guelph can now apply for government assistance. The emergency assistance will provide up to $5 million after the Cargill plant shut down after spread of COVID-19 at the plant, which will result in a backlog of beef cattle waiting for […] Read more
New plant growth regulator for cereal crops registered
Syngenta Canada recently announced the registration of Moddus, a new plant growth regulator that helps to mitigate lodging risk in wheat, barley and oats. Crops that have lodged may suffer lower yields due to poor grain fill and lost grain. Farmers must often contend with delayed harvests, heavier workloads and increased grain cleaning, drying and […] Read more
New Ontario Agricultural Conference goes virtual
The conference replaces three usual winter in-person conferences
Ontario’s newest agricultural conference will bring back favourites of the conferences it is replacing. The Ontario Agricultural Conference is an online event Jan. 6 and 7 that has grown out of the SouthWest Agricultural Conference, the Eastern Ontario Crop Conference and involves the Heartland and Golden Horsehoe soil and crop improvement associations. “We’ve been successful […] Read more
Mancozeb fungicide approved for continued use
There was concern the fungicide’s registration would be cancelled
Mancozeb, a group M fungicide, has been approved for continued use under the the Pest Control Products Act. The pesticide re-evaluation was completed by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and the announcement was made Nov. 19. Why it matters: The elimination of Mancozeb would have been costly for farmers. The product has been used […] Read more
When resistance genes become a secret door
Science Notes: Genetic mechanism that produces oat blight discovered
A multi-institution team co-led by a Cornell University researcher has identified the genetic mechanisms that enable the production of a deadly toxin called Victorin — the causal agent for Victoria blight of oats, a disease that wiped out oat crops in the United States in the 1940s. Victoria blight is caused by the fungus Cochliobolus […] Read more
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