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Tech-savvy farmers are going mobile

January 17, 2012

It appears the days of escaping to the tractor cab for a few air-conditioned hours away from the telephone are over on the farm. A recent Farm Credit Canada survey found 81 per cent of farmers are now packing cellphones and they are rapidly investing in smartphones and tablets. The FCC survey found 29 per

Cereals, Crops

Kane:

By Allan Dawson October 6, 2011

Harvest and Glenn placed second and third For the third year in a row Kane is the wheat with the most acreage in Manitoba, followed by Harvest and Glenn, according to the Canadian Wheat Board s 2011 crop variety survey. Kane, a Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat, accounted for 23.5 per cent of Manitoba

Opinion

American Homestead Act Celebrates 150 Years

By Alan Guebert September 29, 2011

Already deeply engaged in a bloody war, a young, untested president did not hesitate when Congress delivered legislation that might spark a new beginning for a tiring nation. When Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act of 1862 he sent a clear signal to all Americans that he believed the Union would endure and it would

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Cattle Numbers Dropping

July 28, 2011

The U.S. fed cattle supply on July 1 was 3.8 per cent larger than a year ago as a devastating drought in the U.S. southwest and high cattle prices pulled young cattle into feedlots, analysts said July 22. In a separate report, USDA put the U.S. cattle herd, which includes all cattle inside and outside

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for May. 5, 2011

By Reuters May 5, 2011

First quarter:Maple Leaf Foods Inc., passed on rising food costs to consumers in the first quarter and posted a higher profit April 28. Maple Leaf said its profit margins on prepared meats rose because of its price increases, although it also reported some volume declines. The company, which sells its products under such brands as

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

U. S. Well Ahead In Seeding

By Mark Weinraub May 13, 2010

U. S. farmers are seeding corn at a record pace this spring and have made a good start in soybean planting despite rainy weather during the past week. U. S. Agriculture Department data released May 3 that showed farmers had completed 68 per cent of their corn planting as of May 2. The record for

News

Farm Borrowing Tapers Off

By Farm Credit Canada Release May 6, 2010

Forty-nine per cent of Canadian producers and agribusiness and agrifood operators surveyed by Farm Credit Canada plan to pay down debt in 2010, 29 per cent say they won’t spend much differently than in 2009 and 22 per cent will seek more financing, the Crown corporation says. The numbers are from an FCC Vision Panel

Cereals, Crops

Viterra Posts Profit On Fertilizer Demand

By Rod Nickel March 18, 2010

Viterra Inc. said March 10 it returned to profit in its first quarter thanks to solid fertilizer demand and a contribution from its recently acquired Australian operations. Shares of the Canadian grain handler, which completed its takeover of Australia’s ABB Grain in September, rose 2.5 per cent, even though its earnings fell short of expectations,

News

TD Predicts Higher Prices, Lower Incomes

By Rod Nickel November 12, 2009

Canadian farmers should get slightly better prices for their crops and livestock next year, but rising input costs could mean they earn less net income, the Toronto Dominion Bank said Nov. 5. A firming of global supply-demand conditions and an easing in the value of the Canadian dollar in next year’s third and fourth quarters

Cereals, News

AAFC Predicts Stocks Offsetting Lower Production Staff

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 12, 2009

Canadian wheat was delayed by below-normal temperatures in the spring and the first half of the summer, but unusually warm and mostly dry conditions in September in Western Canada resulted in normal to better-than-normal quality. Market analysts at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada foresee lower production of wheat, durum and barley in 2009-10, offset by availability

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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