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Feds tighten forecast for wheat carryout

MarketsFarm — Canadian wheat carryout for the 2021-22 crop year will be even tighter than earlier forecasts, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released Wednesday. The October report included only minor adjustments for most crops, with the most notable change from September being a 500,000-tonne reduction in projected wheat ending

Crops

Federal report expects canola output down, wheat up

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Expectations for canola production in Canada were revised downward Friday by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). AAFC has now estimated Canadian farmers will produce 18.575 million tonnes of canola in 2019, down about 8.7 per cent from its previous estimate. Earlier this week, MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett predicted canola production would be down

Crops

Wilf Keller elected new AIC board chair

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 28, 2016

Wilf Keller is the new head of the Agricultural Institute of Canada. Keller is a well-known agricultural researcher who has worked for nearly 40 years mainly in the field of biotechnology development and application for the genetic modification of crops. In this time he has led numerous major research efforts. Keller worked at the Research

Livestock

Federal government unveils plans to tackle drug resistance

Federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose has held a workshop  with industry to discuss the plan

By Alex Binkley April 28, 2015

The federal government has unveiled a national plan for tackling the growing threat from bacteria increasingly resistant to antibiotics. Late on April 17, the Department of Health issued a press release saying it would propose regulations under the Food and Drugs Act to end growth-promoting claims and bulk imports. It didn’t provide any details on

Our History

Mulroney government axes entire CTC research staff

Our History: March 1987

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 23, 2015

This advertisement in our March 26, 1987 issue reminds that Lindane-based seed treatments such as Vitavax are no longer registered in Canada. In the news that week, the Mulroney government had axed the Canadian Transport Commission’s entire research staff. This followed slashing of 35 Agriculture Canada research positions the previous year. One analyst noted that

Crops, News, Oilseeds

New canola council president loved agriculture from an early age

By Allan Dawson May 30, 2012

Patti Miller’s early love of agriculture ultimately led to her recent appointment as president of the Canola Council of Canada. “Even though I was literally raised in the city I just loved being on the farm so when it came time to make a choice about university there really wasn’t any question for me —

Cereals, Crops

Stripe Rust Overwinters In Alberta For The First Time

By Helen Mcmenamin November 3, 2011

Stripe rust hit Alberta winter wheat hard last year, after it overwintered there for the first time. Plant pathologists blame the insulating effect of the deep, persistent snow cover we had last winter for the stripe rust fungus surviving in southern Alberta. The fungus infected the winter wheat and spread into spring wheat, limiting the

Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry

Farmers Urged To Take The Lead On Animal Welfare Standards

By Alex Binkley October 13, 2011

Farmers must be able to prove their livestock and poultry are raised humanely or governments will be pressured to do it for them, attendees at a recent farm animal conference were told. Speakers from the National Farm Animal Care Coalition (NFACC), farm groups and Agriculture Canada said animal welfare codes of practice have to be

Beef cattle, Livestock

Rumour Mill Wrong About Packers Dragging Their Feet

By Sheri Monk September 1, 2011

There is no validity to rumours that meat packers may be reluctant to embrace the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS), says spokesman Larry Thomas. “On the packer question I can share that yes, we have not been public in sounding the horns about packer support for BIXS, but rest assured we are

Cereals, Crops

First Organically Bred Wheat And Oat Lines Enter Co-Op Trials

By Lorraine Stevenson July 28, 2011

Oat and wheat varieties bred specifically to perform well in the low-input conditions of an organic production system are one step closer to becoming a commercial reality. Two lines of wheat and two lines of oats developed by the Organic Wheat Breeding Program, based at Carman are now entering first-year co-op testing trials towards evaluation

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag

Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

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