China hasn’t just manipulated its regulatory system to block Canadian agriculture imports. Its use of phytosanitary standards to hurt foreign suppliers has been used against small countries similar to Canada and also against the United States. Why it matters: China is less restrained when using trade retaliation against smaller countries. “China refused bananas from the […] Read more
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Politics often at heart of China trade retaliations
Researchers say the ultimate goal of retaliatory tariffs is to inflict economic loss on influential interest groups
Case IH Maxxum tractor with ActiveDrive taken through paces
Clutchless transmission offers auto shift features
When Case IH held a recent media event in Arizona, members of the media got a chance to get behind the wheel of tractors from three of the brand’s lines. One was the Maxxum. It was our second chance to drive a Maxxum with the ActiveDrive semi-powershift transmission. We first drove one in Iowa ahead […] Read more
New executive director hired at AgScape
AgScape has hired Glenna Banda as its new executive director. A native of Saskatchewan, Banda has been executive director of the Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington (CFGW) for the past nine years. Banda graduated from Environmental Science at the University of Guelph and lives in Guelph. She is a volunteer and co-founder of the […] Read more
Editorial: We are one year old
Happy birthday to us! Thank you for the vast amount of support and encouragement we’ve received at Farmtario during our first year. We couldn’t have done it without our readers, advertisers and supporters. A bit more than a year ago, Farmtario’s parent company, Glacier FarmMedia had an audacious idea: Create a whole new media organization […] Read more
U.S. disaster aid won’t cover crops drowned by Midwest floods
There is no mechanism to compensate farmers for grain damaged in storage
Reuters – The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and U.S. senator an eyeful of the flood damage below, where yellow corn from ruptured metal silos spilled out into the muddy water. And there’s nothing the U.S. government can do about the millions of bushels of damaged crops […] Read more
International Plowing Match coming to Lindsay in 2020
The Ontario Plowman’s Association (OPA) has announced that Lindsay, Kawartha Lakes will be the site of the 2020 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo. “We looked at several potential locations for IPM 2020 and this one ticked all the boxes,” says OPA President Sheila Marshall. “It’s a great spot, in a fantastic, agriculturally rich community.” […] Read more
Ontario technology addresses $3 billion a year problem
Idle management system saves on fuel and maintenance costs
An Ancaster, Ont., company has invented a solution to a $3 billion a year problem in Canada. That’s the approximate value of how much fuel is wasted annually in this country due to engine idling. Idling also contributes to increased engine wear and higher maintenance costs, as well as higher greenhouse gas emissions. According to […] Read more
Finding investors for agriculture technology
Agriculture hasn’t attracted the venture capital in Canada to help move local companies to global status, but that could be changing
There’s been a lack of investors willing to be patient with agriculture technology companies. Malcolm Campbell, vice president of research at the University of Guelph says that’s true especially around the early development stage. University of Guelph’s Gryphon’s LAAIR program helps researchers get to the start-up stage, but he says it could use 10 times […] Read more
Farm management training organization ceasing operations
The Agri-Food Management Institute’s programs will be carried on by two other organizations
As a result of “changes to its funding structure,” the Agri-Food Management Institute (AMI) — a Guelph-based organization supporting farm and other agri-businesses with resources, workshops and training — has announced it will cease operations by April 30. AMI’s resources will now be hosted by two other organizations. Why it matters: AMI was one of […] Read more
Farmers should focus on reducing soil compaction
Digging holes can show how deep the problem of compaction lies below the surface
To till or not to till, that is the question. The question is simple but the answer isn’t. Ask different people for their opinions and you’ll get a variety of answers. The real answer might be “maybe. But if you do, do it properly.” Tillage specialists from Case IH said during an Arizona field tour […] Read more
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