Klassen: Demand for grass cattle supports feeder market

The feeder cattle market showed a mixed tone this past week. Replacement cattle over 750 pounds were $2 per hundredweight (cwt) lower to $2 higher, but lighter feeders were $2-$4/cwt higher.
May 14, 2012 8:00AM

SEEDING REPORTS/FREE DRAW: 'Isn't farming fun!'

Many thanks again to all our entrants so far for sharing their stories. Read their reports below, and check out the details and rules for our free draw at the end of this piece. -- Editor
May 14, 2012 7:45AM

Viterra rolls out mobile crop pricing app

Qualifying customers of the Prairies' biggest grain handler will be able to get elevator-level pricing information through a new mobile app.
May 14, 2012 12:01AM

Ont. crop growers seek resumed bear hunt

Mindful of crop damage, Ontario's general farm organization is urging the provincial government to reinstate a spring bear hunt in the province.
May 11, 2012 7:24PM

El Nino won't affect Canadian farmers

Most Canadian farmers can expect to have a good crop this year whether El Nino develops or not.
May 11, 2012 6:51PM

Farmers 'likely to benefit' in Viterra carve-up: Sask. study

A report on the proposed sale and split-up of Canada's largest grain handler predicts Saskatchewan's farmers are "likely to benefit."
May 11, 2012 6:38PM

SW Ont. greenhouses warned on wastewater

A study of waterways flowing into Lake Erie has Ontario's environment ministry warning it "cannot support further greenhouse development" in the province's southwest unless wastewater treatment rules are tightened.
May 10, 2012 5:22AM

Prairie wheat commissions under construction

Efforts are underway to create provincial wheat associations in all three Prairie provinces, to focus on research and market development as the looming end of the Canadian Wheat Board's single desk will result in a void on that front.
May 10, 2012 2:48AM

CWB halts organic marketing

A restructured CWB has no plans to initiate any further sales of organic grains.
May 9, 2012 8:15PM

P.E.I. grain elevators to expand capacity

The Prince Edward Island Grain Elevator Corp. plans to boost its grain storage capacity in the three communities where it operates.
May 9, 2012 6:00PM

Dairy co-ops to keep making Yoplait for Canada

The dairy farmer co-operatives now making Yoplait for the Canadian market will do so for at least six more years but will also launch their own new yogurt and dairy goods line this summer.
May 8, 2012 7:19PM

Safeway to aim for 'stall-free' pork supply

The Safeway grocery store chain, one of North America's biggest by sales, says it will start "formulating plans" to cut out the use of gestation stalls for breeding sows in its pork supply chains.
May 8, 2012 7:19AM

Stocks report confirms strong canola, wheat usage

May 8, 2012 5:59AM

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices stabilize

May 7, 2012 5:28PM