Daily Network News

More News →

Cereals

Beef cattle, Cereals, Hogs, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

Ritz says expanding trade key priority

By
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz wants to focus on finding more customers for Canadian farm and food products and less on the future of Prairie barley marketing. Speaking to reporters in mid-January after official visits to India and Hong Kong, the minister said he’s looking forward to trips to the Middle East, Russia, Mexico and China
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Farmers split over revenue cap excess

By
“This is an excellent opportunity for Western Grains Research to share its vision of what could be done with this money. “ – Doug Robertson Farm groups continue to disagree over what to do with the $59.8 million the railways owe them after overcharging to ship grain in 2007-08. Last week the Western Canadian Wheat
Cereals, News

PotashCorp profit jumps:

Saskatoon-based PotashCorp reported a fourth-quarter profit that more than doubled to $788 million last Thursday and its shares surged even though it issued weaker-than-expected forecasts for 2009. The world’s biggest fertilizer company said it sees 2009 potash shipments flat with 2008 or slightly lower even though it expects increased global demand in the second quarter.
Beef cattle, Cereals, Crops, Livestock, Opinion

Farmers and cowmen

By
The latest release from the George Morris Centre “Feed grains and livestock in Canada – a reconciliation” brings to mind the lyrics from a certain operetta performed by the Carman Collegiate High School back in the 1970s. “Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends… one man likes to push a plow, the other
Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Killing KVD undermines “branding” of western Canadian wheat

“I see KVD (kernel visual distinguishability) as one of the elements that lets Canadian wheat be sold as a branded product.” – JOHN DUVENAUD Kernel visual distinguishabi lity (KVD), which was used for decades to quickly and cheaply identify and segregate eight classes of Western Canadian milling wheat from farm to end-user, was ended abruptly
Cereals, Oilseeds, Other

Start small when straight cutting canola

By
Straight combining canola can save time and manpower – two things in short supply, especially on larger farms. But novices should ease into it. “A big thing if you’re moving to straight cutting is start small and build,” Derwyn Hammond, an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada told farmers attending Ag Days Jan.
Cereals, News

Multiple strategy best for fusarium fight

By
“Timing is very important for optimum efficiency.” – Pam De Rocquigny Using several techniques to protect crops from fusarium head blight (FHB) is better than just one, but if the weather is right for the fungus disease, farmers’ best efforts will be in vain. “You as producers can do everything in your power to mitigate
Cereals, News

Viterra posts “record” income

Canada’s biggest grain handler has beaten its own expectations for “synergies” from the merger of Agricore United into Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. Viterra last week announced profit of $288.3 million on $6.78 billion in sales and other revenues for 2008. A direct comparison isn’t available, since its 2007 results only included AU’s accounts for part of
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

What’s up – for Jan. 15, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] or call 204-944-5762 Jan. 19-21 – North American Strawberry Growers Association annual general meeting, Hotel Monteleone, 214 Rue Royale, New Orleans, LA. For more info visit www.nasga.org. Jan. 20 – Canola Days, Amphitheatre, Keystone Centre, Brandon. For more info call MCGA at 204-982-2120. Jan. 20-22 – Red River
Cereals, News

Farmers urged to lobby for rail costing review

By
The millions of dollars the railways are reported to have overcharged western grain farmers underscores the need to review railway costs – and to update the formula used to determine how much the railways can earn hauling grain. So said Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) spokeswoman Maureen Fitzhenry in an interview last week: “We need to

AgCanadaTV

AgCanadaTV Special Feature: Crop pest insects to watch out for in 2026

Sponsored by:
More Videos →

Latest Market News

More Market News →