Cargill is closer to fixing problems with paying farmers promptly for their delivered grain. “They [Cargill] have worked through most of the issues,” Canadian Grain Commission spokesman Remi Gosselin said in an interview Tuesday. “Our understanding at the grain commission is that there should be no issues on a go-forward basis for future deliveries and
Cargill close to resolving slow grain payments to farmers
Producers delivering now can expect their money right away, but the firm is still working on some payments for previously delivered grain
2021 drought inspires innovation
Manitoba farmers on the hunt for alternative feedstocks
Argyle farmers Alfred and Judy Billingham have been baling corn stover for years, but this year they tried a slightly different technique. They aren’t alone. “Some of the positives from this drought is the innovation and utilization of products,” Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Bill Campbell noted during KAP’s online advisory council meeting Oct. 20. “I know
Cover crop becomes double crop on Manitoba farm
Marg Rempel says they purposely set the combine to throw a bit over and seed the land as they harvested
Double cropping is rare in Manitoba, but Marg Rempel did just that on 200 acres of her farm near Ste. Anne this year. The first was a 70-bushel-an-acre barley crop harvested in early August. The second was barley silage grown in the same field that yielded between 1.5 and two tonnes an acre harvested by another farmer for livestock
KAP favours education over grain contract involvement
Keystone Agricultural Producers says it has ‘overwhelming’ support from members not to interfere in contracts
The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) says it will focus on educating farmers about grain delivery contracts and encourage grain companies to improve them. It won’t seek retroactive changes to help farmers who can’t fulfil their contracts because of this year’s drought. “As an industry we need to be aware of the long-term implications of what
Past season a reminder crops can fail
Grain companies and farmers getting closer to resolving unfilled delivery contracts
After years of great crops farmers were reminded they can fail, says Manitoba lawyer and farmer John Stewart. Unfortunately for some, they contracted more grain than they grew. “What has happened is that farmers have become very cavalier,” Stewart said in an interview Oct. 21. “With modern seeding practices and modern equipment, with new genetics,
A very variable harvest: Manitoba’s hit-and-miss season
With crop input prices rising, farmers face even more risk when they seed next year
When it’s all said and done, the past production season is going to feature a few success stories and a whole lot of hard-luck tales. Manitoba’s 2021 crop and hay production will clearly be below average when all the data is compiled later this year, says Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) president Bill Campbell. “Overall in
KAP members report on 2021 growing season
It was a challenging growing season with lots of variability
Here is some of what some KAP members said about this year’s production during their online advisory council meeting Oct. 20: District 1, Carter McKinney “I heard of guys who got moderate yields on some crops and some guys got basically zero so it’s kind of hard to tell. I think it had to do
Ottawa urged to tackle shipping container crisis
Pulse Canada says pulse farmers and the entire Canadian economy are being damaged
The Canadian government must address the container crunch hurting the nation’s pulse growers and every part of the Canadian economy, says Pulse Canada. “It’s no secret that life is getting more expensive by the day here in Canada, and the lack of containers is playing a big role in driving up the cost of living
Pulse Canada alleges anti-competitive behaviour by container lines
Others see the true problem as demand simply exceeding the available supply
Pulse Canada alleges container shipping lines are acting as a cartel to maximize profits at the expense of the world’s shippers. “They clearly see how this works now and they are getting smarter collectively as a group,” Greg Northey, Pulse Canada’s vice-president of corporate affairs, said in an interview Aug. 30. “They are absolutely controlling
Seed regulatory review reveals old slights
Government is leading the review which is the first in decades
[UPDATED: Oct. 26, 2021] Canada is in the midst of a “once-in-a-generation” review of its seed industry regulations. But the Seed Regulatory Modernization (SRM) process is also revealing fractures within the country’s seed sector. Animosity appears to be lingering over the Seed Synergy process that led to the formation and launch of Seeds Canada in
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