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Delegates from 35 countries take in an evening of local culture at the Canadian Museum of History during the Global 4-H Summit July 11-14, 2017, in Ottawa.

4-H’ers make international ties at global summit in Ottawa

By Alexis Stockford July 21, 2017

Manitoba 4-H members were among representatives from 35 countries at the second Global 4-H Summit last week

They may have come from 35 different countries, but they had at least one thing in common — 4-H. Ottawa played host to 480 international delegates during the second Global 4-H Summit last week, about double the number at the first summit in Seoul, South Korea in 2014. “I think the most amazing part of

(Photo courtesy ARS/USDA Northern Plains Ag Research Lab, Sidney, Montana.)

Crops

Aerial crop sprayers grounded in Western Canada

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin July 21, 2017

CNS Canada — Aerial crop sprayers are spending more time on the ground than in the air in Western Canada this season, with hot and dry weather limiting disease pressures and changing the economic threshold for insect applications. “The crops came out of the ground very aggressively and good, but there was a prolonged hot

Columns, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: A potential heat wave, again

By Daniel Bezte July 20, 2017

Last week’s forecast began with a much-stronger-than-anticipated area of low pressure that brought some welcome rains to a good portion of southern and central Manitoba. The rest of the forecast played out fairly well, but once again, the forecast heat didn’t really materialize as the western ridge of high pressure is continually knocked down every

Columns, Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: New opportunities

By Gord Gilmour July 20, 2017

Agriculture is often viewed, especially by outsiders, as a staid and conservative place where things are done by tradition. To be fair, it’s often true. After all, you’re practising a craft that’s 12,000 years old and the foundation of human civilization. Without farming we’d all be hunting and gathering our next meal with no time

CGC assistant chief commissioner Doug Chorney says the new fees  are intended to be set at a cost-recovery level.

News

Grain commission fee cuts take effect Aug. 1

By Allan Dawson July 20, 2017

It’s official — Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) fees will drop substantially at the start of the new crop year. Effective Aug. 1 the CGC will cut its fees for official export inspection charge from $1.70 per tonne to $1.35, and the weighing charge to seven cents per tonne from 16 cents, the CGC said in

Livestock

Canada, Mexico urge quick NAFTA talks to end uncertainty

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News, Lesley Wroughton July 20, 2017

Washington/Ottawa | Reuters — Top Canadian and Mexican diplomats expressed optimism on Thursday that a NAFTA deal could be reached early next year and cautioned that widespread uncertainty over the future of the three-way trade agreement had slowed business investment. Mexican sources say the plan is to hold seven rounds of talks at three-week intervals,

KAP president Dan Mazier says AgriStability is not working for farmers and needs an overhaul.

News, News & Opinion

Farm coalition wants BRM review

By Allan Dawson July 19, 2017

Brandon — When Canada’s agriculture ministers meet this week in St. John’s, N.L., a coalition of farm groups hopes they announce a “comprehensive review” of business risk management (BRM) programs. Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is among them. Manitoba’s general farm organization wants improvements to AgriInvest, and especially AgriStability. “(AgriStability) is not doing what it was

Special Event Feature

New AIM Ride ’n’ Drive feature: Self-propelled sprayers

Sprayers will be lined up and driven  one at a time by interested buyers

July 19, 2017

Choosing the right machine the first time saves growers time and money – in the purchase and in the application. Investing in a sprayer is a large financial commitment, so it’s important to know what’s on the market to truly meet your farm’s needs and to understand how the different models compare in performance. That’s

Farmers Dennis Reimer (l) and Charles Schmidt, looking for rain. (Lee Hart photo)

Weather

AIM for Hart: An informative first day

By GFM Network News, Lee Hart July 19, 2017

It’s official. If you want your province to dry out call Charles Schmidt. This climatological fact was among the many things I learned at the first day of the 2017 Ag In Motion (AIM) farm show near Langham, Sask. Tuesday (about 20 minutes from Saskatoon — the show is still running Wednesday and Thursday, so

Turtle Mountain Conservation District manager Yasmine Wruth takes tour members through a five-year-old bank stabilization project south of Deloraine June 28.

News

Turtle Mountain Conservation District puts its best foot forward

By Alexis Stockford July 19, 2017

The Turtle Mountain Conservation District toured the public around some of its recent  and long-standing projects as part of the biennial event

It was a once-in-two-year chance June 28 as participants lined up for a look behind the scenes of the Turtle Mountain Conservation District during the biennial bus tour. “We just wanted to focus on the Waskada Creek area,” district manager Yasmine Wruth said. “We couldn’t do the entire area, but we focused on the southern

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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