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Darlene Compton, shown here on provincial budget day in 2020, is Prince Edward Island’s new ag minister. (PrinceEdwardIsland.ca)

P.E.I. finance minister moves to ag file

Darlene Compton named agriculture minister in shuffle

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 19, 2022

Prince Edward Island’s deputy premier now handles the provincial agriculture file following a cabinet shuffle Friday. Premier Dennis King has named Darlene Compton, MLA for the riding of Belfast-Murray River, as minister of agriculture and land, justice and public safety minister and attorney general, replacing Stanhope-Marshfield MLA Bloyce Thompson. Thompson, who had handled the ag

Attendees take a closer look at an experimental hemp-legume intercrop plot at a 2017 crop tour.

Crops, News, Other

Crop diversification centres set field day schedule

See the latest trials and research at the province’s four applied research centres this summer

By Don Norman July 15, 2022

Manitoba’s crop diversification centres are well on their way to harvesting another crop of data from trials at their respective sites. Seeding is all or nearly complete at all diversification centres. Staff faced the same wet-weather challenges as many farmers throughout the province. The centres, located in four different climatic zones, all experienced wet and

“The sooner you can get out there and get control of it, the better.” – Courtney Boyacheck, Canola Council of Canada.

Crops, News

What’s the future of flea beetle management in canola?

Producers are looking for answers, but experts say there aren’t many new solutions

By Alexis Stockford July 14, 2022

If you’re a Prairie farmer on Twitter, you’ve probably seen the posts. In the background, a stand of canola languishes, pock-marked with flea beetle feeding. The producer is on a second foliar pass, or maybe third or fourth. Spring 2022 has given growers another frustrating year for flea beetles after a wet and delayed seeding

A Canada-wide map of drought conditions. Photo credit: Canadian Drought Monitor

Crops, Weather

Drought conditions remain in Alberta, Saskatchewan

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News, Marketsfarm July 13, 2022

MarketsFarm — After copious amounts of precipitation alleviated the most severe drought conditions in Saskatchewan and Alberta, there were still some areas dealing with extreme dryness entering July, according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. At the end of June, only 22 per cent of the Prairie region was classified in the Abnormally Dry (D0) to

Crop Report, Crops, News

Crop conditions swiftly advance, heavy rains damage crops

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 10, July 12, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture July 12, 2022

Overview Crops have advanced rapidly across all parts of Manitoba this past week, faster than many agronomists had expected. Rapidly growing crops have hastened crop flowering, and cereal and canola fungicide application is well underway. Warm temperatures, high humidity, and rain in recent days has increased the risk for fusarium head blight and sclerotinia disease

As Peak of the Market reinvents itself as a private company, the Co-operator takes a look at the colourful history of the sector.

News

From Peak to obsolete

Peak of the Market’s monopoly began with protests, newspaper wars and threats of violence. It ended with near silence

By Geralyn Wichers July 4, 2022

In the embryonic days of Peak of the Market, Wally Kroeker recalls a farmer threatening to thrash his dad. His father, Walter, was a staunch proponent of orderly marketing for his potatoes and vegetables. The other farmer was not. “My dad was a pretty conservative guy,” Kroeker said. “Some people could never understand why a

Alberta cereal crops lead the way in terms of favourable development in the latest provincial crop report. Photo: File

Crops, Markets

Crop conditions in Alberta see remarkable turnaround

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 30, 2022

MarketsFarm – As the heydays of summer approach, Alberta reported that its crops were in good shape. The crop report placed all crops in the province at 75 per cent good to excellent, slightly above the five-year average. The rains throughout June were credited with the turnaround, but overall growth and development remained somewhat behind

McCain acquires predictive crop technology

By GFM Network News June 29, 2022

McCain Foods Ltd. has purchased predictive crop intelligence technology from Resson, a ‘vision intelligence technology’ firm headquartered in Fredericton, N.B. McCain has been a long-time partner with Resson, working together for nine years to develop algorithms that forecast farm yields using remote sensing technology. The technology will enable producers to make more appropriate decisions through

Signage outside McCain’s Farms of The Future site at Florenceville-Bristol, about 110 km northwest of Fredericton. (Photos courtesy McCain)

Crops

Learning from McCain’s regenerative farming practices

Potato processing giant aims to 'de-risk' practices for growers

By GFM Network News June 24, 2022

In 2021 McCain said it was going to launch three regenerative potato farming operations by 2025 and would label them “Farms of the Future.” The first, just outside of Florenceville-Bristol, N.B., now offers data to reflect on the effectiveness of the practices at the potato farm after its first fully operational season. “If we don’t

Kellogg’s Canadian operations include its Mini-Wheats plant at Belleville, Ont. and its Canadian office in Mississauga. Other cereals and snack brands imported by Kellogg Canada are produced elsewhere in North America, the company says. (Kellogg Co. photo)

Crops

Kellogg to spin off into three food companies

Plant-based foods, North American cereals to be hived off

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 22, 2022

The company that makes Mini-Wheats cereal, Pringles potato crisps and MorningStar veggie burgers now plans to see those each of those three product lines go their separate ways by the end of next year. Michigan-based Kellogg Co. said Tuesday its board has approved a plan to break into three yet-to-be-named independent publicly-traded companies by way

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Chicago grain prices fall amid profit-taking and dollar rebound

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall back as inventory hits 75-year low

Farm family income gains driven by off-farm earnings: StatCan

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