A full line of binders, mowers, rakes, straw cutters and plows and harrows was available at The Patterson & Bro. Co. in Winnipeg, which ran this ad in the January 1890 issue of The Nor-West Farmer and Miller. Among the questions discussed in that issue was the merits of couch grass, “some pronouncing it one
One of the “vilest of weeds?” Depends on who you asked
Our History: January 1890
New Zealand to host TPP signing Feb. 4
New Zealand plans to host the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact by its 12 member nations on Feb. 4. The country’s trade minister, Todd McClay, confirmed in a statement Thursday that New Zealand has issued invitations to TPP ministers to sign the agreement in Auckland, marking the end of negotiations. Signing the deal
LIVE BLOG: Manitoba Ag Days
Event begins Tuesday, Jan. 19 and ends on Thursday, Jan. 21
The city of Brandon rolls out the welcome mat for producers and the public for this year’s Manitoba Ag Days, running Tuesday, Jan. 19 to Thursday, Jan. 21. Visit the Ag Days 2016 live blog page here! For three days, a wide variety of speakers and some of the latest in agricultural equipment and technology will
Canada blocks poultry, eggs from Indiana
Cross-border travellers coming into Canada from the U.S. are now warned against bringing in raw poultry and eggs from Indiana, the site of the country’s latest cases of avian flu. Travellers entering Canada from the U.S. may not bring in uncooked poultry products, live birds and/or eggs from Indiana, North Dakota or Missouri, the Canadian
Supreme Court tosses CP challenge on interswitching
Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CP) bid to halt new federal rules which allow more Prairie elevators to move loaded grain cars on more than one railway has stopped at Canada’s highest court. The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday dismissed CP’s appeal of an October ruling at the Federal Court of Appeal — a ruling which
Doomsday Arctic seed vault to receive two deposits in 2016
The vault built to protect the world's seed supplied is built into the side of a Norwegian mountain
Two new consignments of crop seeds will be deposited this year in the “doomsday vault” built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global supplies. The vault — which opened on the Svalbard archipelago between Norway and the North Pole in 2008 — is designed to protect crop seeds such as beans, rice and wheat against
India to accept Canadian pork
Canadian pork and pork products may now be exported to India under a new agreement for market access announced Friday. Canada, whose overall agrifood exports to India are mainly in pulse crops such as lentils and peas but also include oilseeds, canola oil, cereal grains, dairy goods, apples and cattle, expects to move $2 million
Toronto grain firm’s elevator to anchor Winnipeg rail park
Toronto grain trading firm BroadGrain Commodities aims to build some Prairie handling muscle with a new grain terminal and bean plant in Winnipeg’s planned CentrePort rail park. The company, which already operates a pair of elevators in southwestern and eastern Ontario and took over Saskatchewan pulse and special crop processor Lakeside Global Grains in 2011,
Replacing the Manitoba Farm Bureau, and rust problems in winter wheat
Our History: January 1984
Our lead story in the Jan. 5 issue was that a series of 25 meetings had been arranged to discuss the idea of a new general farm organization to replace the Manitoba Farm Bureau, which had collapsed over differences over how to pay the Crow freight rate benefit. Spokesmen for farm organizations worried that poor
Court to hear growers’ appeal of Ontario neonic rules
Ontario’s soybean and corn growers have been granted an appeal hearing in their bid to delay the province’s new limits on neonicotinoid seed treatments. Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO), the body for the province’s corn, soy, wheat, barley and oat growers, said Tuesday the Ontario Court of Appeal has agreed to hear its case on March
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