Comment: Sovereignty is sovereignty

Comment: Sovereignty is sovereignty

We must support the right of the people of Mexico to determine their own relationship with corn

In solidarity with Mexico, today (April 8) 31 Canadian organizations including the National Farmers Union stated their objection to Canada’s role in a trade challenge initiated by the United States under the Canada-US-Mexico trade agreement, which aims to end Mexico’s restrictions on the use of genetically modified corn for certain foods. Corn, also known as






China cancels large Ukrainian corn purchases

It’s the latest cancellation, as China lowers imports in face of low prices

Chinese buyers have cancelled shipments of Ukrainian-origin animal feed corn totalling several hundred thousand tonnes, traders said April 11. The precise volumes were unclear, but some traders spoke of about 300,000 tonnes cancelled in up to five Panamax shiploads that had previously been bought for April/May shipment. Most of the cancellations were in the last






A LENS unit at work in the field.

Quicker tissue test for corn growers

Testing for nutrients takes an in-field turn with newer technology

Glacier FarmMedia – A nutrient testing system first used in potatoes is now moving into corn. The Leaf-Evaluated-Nutrient-System (LENS) unit from Picketa Systems, based in Fredericton, N.B., is promising growers and crop advisers a new, efficient and cost-effective testing method for nutrients. The technology has been used in potato crops for the past three growing seasons, and the company