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U.S. EPA finalizes 2016 renewables target at 18.1B gallons

By Chris Prentice, GFM Network News November 30, 2015

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants energy companies to blend 18.1 billion gallons (68.5 billion litres) of biofuels into the nation’s fuel supply next year, more than in a proposal laid out in May, it said in announcing final rules on renewables use for 2014-16 on Monday. The EPA’s long-awaited

Alta. farm bill applies to paid workers only, minister says

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 27, 2015

UPDATED, Nov. 28, 2015 — New legislation applying Alberta’s rules on workplace standards and workers’ compensation to farm workers is meant for farms’ paid employees — not for family members or neighbours helping out on family farms. The province’s labour minister has said as much after stormy early going in the government’s consultations on Bill

Flea beetles in canola and cutworms in several crops were the main insect problems in Manitoba in 2015, but overall it wasn’t a terrible insect year for Manitoba farmers, says MAFRD entomologist John Gavloski.

Crops, Local news

Flea beetles, cutworms top list of insects bugging Manitoba farmers in 2015

Alfalfa weevils, army worms, corn borer, soybean aphids and  lygus bugs showed up in some fields too

By Allan Dawson November 27, 2015

Insects didn’t take a massive bite out of Manitoba crops in 2015, but there were some nibbling problems caused mainly by flea beetles and cutworms, says Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development entomologist John Gavloski. Alfalfa weevil populations were high enough in many alfalfa fields to cause economic damage and army worms were a concern

Crops, Markets

Canpotex sees terminal expansion decision late next year

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel November 23, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — The new chief executive of Canpotex expects the Canadian potash trader to decide around late 2016 where to expand West Coast terminal capacity, a move that could give it a faster route to Chinese buyers in a highly competitive market. Options include building a $775 million terminal at Prince Rupert, B.C.,

Comment, News

Canada’s prime minister spells out his expectations for agriculture

An Agri-Food Value Investment Fund to create jobs in food processing is among  the new minister’s top priorities

By Justin Trudeau November 23, 2015

The following contains excerpts from the ministerial mandate issued to newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay As minister of agriculture and agri-food, your overarching goal will be to support the agricultural sector in a way that allows it to be a leader in job creation and innovation. You will implement our government’s

News

MacAulay has been given his list of marching orders

Healthy food, grain transportation,  expanded trade and more basic research  are among the items on his to-do list

By Alex Binkley November 23, 2015

For the first time, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made public the mandate letters traditionally issued to every minister, and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay’s list includes a national food policy, improved grain transportation, climate change adaptation and more basic research. MacAulay is to develop “a food policy that promotes healthy living and safe food by putting

Crops, Livestock, News

Canada’s new ag minister pledges to listen to farmers

Lawrence MacAulay leans in favour of the TPP deal and  hopes the Americans blink on COOL

By Allan Dawson November 23, 2015

After just six days as Canada’s new agriculture minister, Lawrence MacAulay hasn’t taken a position on a number of agricultural issues, but he knows how he will: “I intend to listen to the man who does the work — the farmer.” The 69-year-old former Prince Edward Island dairy and seed potato farmer and former solicitor

Fall field work was still underway in many areas of the province under record-high temperatures last Sunday, including along Mountain Road just east of Erickson. Projections from the new Winnipeg-based Prairie Climate Centre suggest this could be a more common mid-November sight in future.

News, Weather

Atlas showing future climate change under development

An online resource of maps and data will help planners adapt to climate change

By Lorraine Stevenson November 20, 2015

Growing conditions on the Canadian Prairies will be very different if global warming trends continue — but how different? A new series of online maps offers a glimpse of the length of season, temperature changes and rainfall farmers in the not-so-distant future could face under various scenarios. The maps are part of a ‘climate atlas’

(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)

Crops, Weather

Manitoba winter fertilizing ban back on

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 19, 2015

Snow’s arrival throughout Manitoba means no more extensions for the province’s farmers to apply winter fertilizer or manure. The province said Thursday its second extension, which was to run until the end of the day, has been rescinded, and the winter nutrient application ban is in place effective immediately, given “recent snowfall accumulations.” The winter

Crops, Markets

Stronger demand for minor feeds reflected in oats futures

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus November 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Oats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have been creeping higher, which a U.S.-based analyst attributes to increasing demand for minor feed grains. Data from Canada and the U.S. project oat yields to increase from last year, which are capping gains, but at the same time, the demand picture has improved.

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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