Ending mandatory inward inspection has forced the Canadian Grain Commission to collect and report data differently
The Canadian Grain Commission is revamping its “Grains Statistics Weekly,” a publication the industry uses to monitor the flow of Canadian grain from country elevator to export due to changes in the Canada Grain Act that took effect Aug. 1. When mandatory CGC inward inspection ended at terminal elevators, so did the CGC’s ability toCGC revamping “ Grains Statistic Weekly”
Can we move this bumper crop in a timely way?
Grain shippers are nervous about logistical hiccups amidst rising global stocks
Farmers will need to sharpen their marketing skills, while the grain industry works hard to keep the grain moving
Western Canadian farmers are smiling as they harvest a bumper crop, but grain shippers are nervous about getting it to market in a timely way. Grain prices are also down as stocks build globally. “This year is going to put the logistical system to the test,” Mike Jubinville, president and lead analyst of ProFarmer Canada
Changes coming to insecticide treatment
Canada’s corn and soybean industry are ready to meet proposed new safeguards to reduce bee deaths related to neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments, industry officials say. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) hopes to have the new measures in place by 2014. “We have concluded that current agricultural practices related to the use of neonicotinoid
Syngenta committed to developing new wheats
The giant seed and pesticide company says it expects to nearly quadruple North American wheat yields
Corn and soybeans are getting lots of ink as Manitoba acreage skyrockets. Canola has had a long run as the Prairies’ Cinderella crop. And then there’s wheat. Considered merely a ‘rotation’ crop by some farmers, it feeds more people and is planted on more acres than any other crop on Earth. But it hasn’t come
Winter wheat considerations this fall
It’s winter wheat-seeding time and there’s lots to consider, including the shift next Aug. 1 of Manitoba’s most popular variety, CDC Falcon, to a different class and changes in crop insurance coverage for all winter wheats. Above-average winter wheat yields this year, along with good protein levels and low fusarium damage, should encourage plantings. But
Farmers play important role in funding wheat innovation
Investing more into research will result in higher-yielding wheats for western Canadian farmers, but how should the money be raised and from whom? University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray says the public, private companies and producers all have a role. If farmers contributed through an end-point royalty of one per cent of the gross
Consultations to begin on Sask. agricultural drainage
The Saskatchewan government is asking citizens for their views on agricultural drainage through an online forum running from Sept. 1 through to March 31, 2014. “We’re looking for input and opinions because drainage has been an issue for a while and the 25-year plan (for water management) identified it as an area of concern to
Less red tape for new grain dryer hookups
The fire commissioner's office has dropped the venting requirement on new CSA 3.8 certified dryers
New provincial regulations should make it easier to hook up a new grain dryer — but installations and inspections will still take time and planning. The physical placement of the dryer (which often involves a new bin for wet grain and one for dried grain) and then getting an electrician and gas fitter out to
Canada’s crop variety-registration system under review
The public has until Nov. 30 to respond to four options that vary fro the status quo to scrapping the process
The public has until Nov. 30 to respond to four options that vary from the status quo to scrapping the process
The federal government is reviewing Canada’s crop variety-registration (VR) system as part of its objective to “streamline” the system. Citizens can learn how the current system works and consider four alternatives in an “issues and policy” paper prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Canadian Grain Commission.
Knowing when it’s time to turn on the aeration fan
A free web-based program uses local weather data to make recommendations
If you turn on the aeration fan, are you adding or removing moisture from stored grain? A free web-based program called BINcast can help make the decision. “Determining when to turn fans on and off for maximum efficiency, just by guessing, is problematic,” says Ian Nichols, business manager for Weather INnovations Consulting (WIN), developer of