Belgian farmers angry about rising costs, EU environmental policies and cheap food imports blocked access roads to the Zeebrugge container port on Tuesday.
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Belgian farmers block roads to Zeebrugge port as French protests spill over
Spanish farmers plan February protests as anger spreads across Europe
France drops plan to decrease farmers’ diesel discount
Protests to continue on unanswered questions says farming union
The French government dropped plans to gradually reduce state subsidies on agricultural diesel but that seems not enough for angry farmers surrounding Paris and still threatening to converge on the capital in their tractors.
Communities benefit from ballooned Ag Days Gives Back
Seventeen organizations benefited from community grants this year
Charlene Claeys-Godard, operations manager of food security program Sara’s Pantry, had long wanted to help those struggling to feed their families. Her grandparents had little money when they arrived in Canada, she said, but the kindness they found in their new community helped them find their feet, even though it was the ‘30s and nobody
Lower crop insurance premiums ahead
Crop insurance changes were announced at Manitoba Ag Days on Jan. 16
Manitoba producers can expect lower crop insurance premiums on most products, attendees of Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn’s Manitoba Ag Days address heard Jan. 16. Average premiums for annual crops under AgriInsurance are expected to hit $16.21 per acre in 2024, down from $19.21 in 2023. It’s a good news-bad news scenario for producers. Speaking
Insurance pilot dished up for small veggie farms
Program to ease burden from minimum acreage requirements
More of Manitoba’s small vegetable farmers will have access to AgriInsurance this year. Growers that previously did not meet minimum acreage requirements under the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) will be able to bundle their crops to make up that gap, Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced at Manitoba Ag Days Jan. 16. Why it
French farmers block roads, dump produce as protest edges closer to Paris
Farming union handed French government a list of demands late Wednesday
French farmers blocked highways and dumped crates of imported produce on Thursday, demanding urgent action on low farmgate prices, green regulation and free-trade policies as swelling protests moved closer to Paris.
Canadian potato output rises in 2023
Alberta vaults to first place in provincial potato production
At 32.063 million hundredweight of potatoes this year, Alberta vaulted from third to first place as it improved on the previous year’s crop of 26.813 million. Manitoba moved into second spot from third with its harvest of 29.760 million cwt. following last year’s 26.139 million. Prince Edward Island saw its output reduced in 2023 to 25.813 million cwt. from 27.789 million. In 2023, the trio combined for 68 per cent of Canada’s total potato harvest of 128,801 million cwt.
Feds disburse funds on community food security projects
Since 2019 the Local Food Infrastructure Fund has committed $64.8 million to such projects
Wednesday, federal agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay announced up to $9.98 million in funding for community food projects through the fifth phase of the Local Food Infrastructure Fund, an outworking of the Food Policy for Canada.
Lower premiums, new pilot for veggies ahead for crop insurance
Crop insurance changes were announced at Manitoba Ag Days on Jan. 16
Manitoba producers can expect lower crop insurance premiums on most products, attendees of Ag Minister Ron Kostyshyn’s Manitoba Ag Days address heard Jan. 16. Average premiums for annual crops under AgriInsurance are expected to hit $16.21 per acre in 2024, down from $19.21 in 2023. It’s a good news, bad news scenario for producers. [VIDEO:
The climb of vertical farming
The development and future of vertical ‘plant factories’
Broadly speaking, commercial vertical farming operations are humankind’s attempt to grow food under conditions more controllable than Mother Nature allows and with a minimum of wasted space. Many seem like sci-fi greenhouses: hydroponics, plants growing in stacks or up walls and high-tech sensor setups that seem straight out of the mind of Gene Roddenberry. And,
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