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Marco van Leeuwen is the president of the International Seed Federation and managing director of seed company Rijk Zwaan. Photo: John Greig

World Seed Congress addresses global supply chain challenges

By John Greig May 27, 2024

The World Seed Congress is on in Rotterdam, Netherlands with a discussion of the major issues facing the seed and crops sector. The major issues on the agenda include the challenges that the decline in free trade and globalization brings to major suppliers of seeds, the acceptance of gene editing and the technology involved in that process.

News, News & Opinion

Canada-U.K. free trade talks comatose

TRADE | Upcoming U.K. election offers little short-term hope for revived negotiation

By Robert Arnason May 27, 2024

The two countries have been trying to negotiate a revised U.K.-Canada free trade agreement that would replace the temporary deal established in light of Britain’s exit from the European Union. “Brexit” cut the U.K. out of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the EU. That three-year deal was based on Canadian principles and the wording of CETA. 

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Farm wages, benefits have room to improve, survey says

Agriculture wages lag behind fields like construction, manufacturing, transport; jobs may lack basic benefits

By Geralyn Wichers May 27, 2024

"While some agriculture employers offered these benefits, many participating organizations do not offer any flexible work arrangements or basic benefits like sick days," CAHRC wrote in a report on its 2024 survey of compensation practices in Canadian agriculture.

File photo of the Canada-U.S. border crossing connecting Sarnia, Ont. and Port Huron, Michigan. (Eyfoto/iStock/Getty Images)

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Canadian Border Services workers vote to strike

By Glacier FarmMedia Staff May 24, 2024

Workers at the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) voted 96 per cent in favour of strike action, according to a statement released by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) earlier today.

CCA pesident Nathan Phinney (right) with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association president Mark Eisele (left) and Confederación Nacional de
Organizaciones Ganaderas president Sr. Homero Garcia de la Llata. Photo: Canadian Cattle Association/X

Livestock, News

Canada, Mexico, U.S. and Australian cattle groups signal support for integrated beef market

By Geralyn Wichers May 24, 2024

The memo of understanding, signed at trilateral meetings in Mexico last week, calls on their respective governments to invest in infrastructure and plans to protect the industry from outbreaks of foreign animal disease. It asks governments to promote livestock production as "an effect tool in land and resource management."

News

Raw milk containing bird flu virus infects mice in study

By Reuters May 24, 2024

Feeding raw milk contaminated with bird flu to mice infected them with the virus, adding to evidence that consumption of unpasteurized milk is not safe for humans, according to a study published on Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Bird flu detected in tissue samples of US dairy cow sent to slaughter, USDA says

By Reuters May 24, 2024

Bird flu virus particles were found in tissue samples taken from one dairy cow sent to slaughter at a U.S. meat processing plant, but none were detected in samples from 95 other cattle, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Friday.

A cereal crop infected with fusarium head blight.

Crops, News & Opinion

FHB mapping tool to limit fungal risk

PLANT DISEASE | Homegrown risk model offers platform for further disease research

By Jeff Melchior May 24, 2024

Prairie farmers have a new tool to weigh their risk of fusarium head blight.  The digital mapping tool is designed to give area-specific insights into the fungal disease. Cereal producers can get a localized head blight index and risk level for fusarium-damaged kernels and deoxynivalenol based on weather conditions. 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks during an interview with Reuters reporters in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

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U.S. committee passes farm bill draft with little support from Democrats

By Leah Douglas, Reuters May 24, 2024

The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee passed its version of a $1.5 trillion farm spending bill late Thursday night with few Democratic votes, prolonging a standoff between the parties over key nutrition, agriculture, and climate policies.

The solar storm caused a display of colourful aurora borealis (Northern Lights).

News & Opinion

Solar storm sends field navigation haywire

TECHNOLOGY | Farmers across North America experienced unreliable GPS signals as solar activity interfered with electronics

By Geralyn Wichers May 23, 2024

Earlier this month, another solar storm washed over Earth. No telegraph operators were harmed, but farmers across North America were frustrated with suddenly misbehaving GPS systems. Autosteer and precision ag systems refused to work as advertised.

Daily Network News

CBOT Weekly: USDA predicts declines in planting intentions

Protein Industries Canada funds Saskatchewan pulse ingredient project

February canola crush up from 2025, StatCan reports

News & Opinion

World Seed Congress addresses global supply chain challenges

Canada-U.K. free trade talks comatose

Farm wages, benefits have room to improve, survey says

Canadian Border Services workers vote to strike

Canada, Mexico, U.S. and Australian cattle groups signal support for integrated beef market

Raw milk containing bird flu virus infects mice in study

Bird flu detected in tissue samples of US dairy cow sent to slaughter, USDA says

FHB mapping tool to limit fungal risk

U.S. committee passes farm bill draft with little support from Democrats

Solar storm sends field navigation haywire

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