According to FCC's 2024 outlook for the Canadian farm equipment market, new sales are projected to be softer in 2024 based on three factors: higher interest rates, elevated equipment prices and a decline in commodity prices.
Equipment sales expected to soften in 2024
Interest rates, equipment prices and commodity prices will all play a role, says FCC
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Are your kids safe on the farm?
Sobering data offered by farm safety advocates show young children and seniors still figure heavily in ag deaths
Glacier FarmMedia – There’s good and bad news on Canada’s farm injury front. Deaths on farms or related to farming practices dropped an average of 1.4 per cent annually from 2011 to 2020, according to data from the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association. However, there were 624 agriculture-related deaths in that period, an average of 62 per year. Of those
‘Little hammers’ control weeds on organic farm post-harvest
Tillage, grazing and cover crops make up organic post-harvest toolbox
Glacier FarmMedia – Conventional grain farmers have chemical tools to manage weeds post-harvest, but for certified organic producers like Ward Middleton, options are limited. “We don’t really have a sledgehammer-type problem-solving option to control weeds, so we have to use many little hammers,” said Middleton, quoting weed ecologist Eric Gallandt, who coined the phrase at the 2012 Canadian
USDA predicts bleak 2024 for Canadian beef sector
Canada needs more feed and moisture if it’s going to maintain the cow herd: analyst
Glacier FarmMedia – A recent report by the United States Department of Agriculture paints a grim picture of Canadian beef cattle numbers in 2024. According to a western Canadian market analyst, most of that forecast checks out. The report, published by the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service office in Ottawa in late September, predicted the Canadian
Psychological health and safety on the farm
Onus may soon be on owners and operators, says expert
Farm owners and operators should pay attention to the latest news in psychological health and safety, because one day they may be responsible for it when it comes to their employees. That’s according to one presenter at the recent Canadian Agricultural Safety Association digital conference. “Here in British Columbia, they are beginning to write the
Resistance not full answer to clubroot
Fall is the time to think ahead on clubroot management
Glacier FarmMedia – Resistant canola varieties have played a major role in the war on clubroot, but they are not enough on their own, say agronomists. “Because clubroot is such a complex disease, it’s really important that we acknowledge that it will need a complex solution to manage it,” said Marissa Robitaille Balog, an agronomist
Vaccination for cattle aims to leave pink eye in the dust
New method promises to battle disease where it lives
Glacier FarmMedia – Treating pink eye in cattle on pasture can be frustrating, time consuming and only minimally effective. That’s why researchers with the University of Saskatchewan have completed a trial project that may set the stage for more effective treatment. Results from the recent study, started by now-retired researcher Philip Griebel, suggest that dropping
Luck of the draw on 2023 wheat yields
HARVEST The wheat is mostly in the bin; here’s how harvest shook out for the crop across the Prairies See story pg 6
The theme for this year’s wheat harvest in the eastern Prairies is “variable,” and not just when experts discuss the big picture in their respective provinces. Sask Wheat chair Brett Halstead and Manitoba Crop Alliance cereal agronomist Andrew Hector both noted wild yield swings even within the same growing region. “I’ve heard first- and second-hand
The guiding light of beef research
BCRC celebrates 25 years of funding research the government wouldn’t
Many beef producers might remember a time, say 25 years ago, that a 900-pound steer would be considered finished. Today, there’s a good chance that same steer would be 50 pounds away from starting the finishing process. Craig Lehr remembers. And on the 25th anniversary of the largest not-for-profit, industry-led funding agency in Canadian beef
Researchers call for more pea acres
Peas are a powerhouse. Not only do they sport a low carbon footprint and contain a high amount of protein, but they come with their own nitrogen. So why aren’t more acres planted? Why it matters: Peas have seen a resurgence in Manitoba with the entry of new processors in recent years. The biggest reason is risk of root
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