Wheat & Chaff

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will offer farmers a full portfolio of grain-marketing programs in the 2012-13 crop year, including pooling options, futures contracts and cash prices. “The grain-marketing landscape is changing, but farmers’ business needs are the same,” says CWB president and CEO Ian White. “Farmers want good returns for their grain, solid risk […] Read more

Canada’s biggest grain handler is now set to predict what it will gain from the closing of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single marketing desk. Viterra says it expects its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to rise by between $40 million and $50 million per year in fiscal 2014 and beyond as a […] Read more

A pair of well-known cereal fungicides has been approved for combined use, allowing cereal growers new dual modes of action against diseases. The Canadian crop protection arm of chemical giant BASF has announced regulatory approval for Twinline, a liquid combination of its crop fungicides Headline and Caramba, for use on wheat, barley, oats, rye and triticale. “I […] Read more

It’s important to have high standards, right? So it’s good to know there’s a group of dedicated engineers, regulators, equipment manufacturers, researchers and farmers from across Canada and the U.S. whose safety standards are impeccable. They are members of the Canadian Standards Association’s (CSA) Agricultural Machinery Technical Committee. Every year, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association […] Read more

Off-patent ag chemical maker Mana Canada has picked up federal approval for a foliar fungicide’s use against sclerotinia stem rot and alternaria black spot in canola. Mana Canada, the Canadian arm of Israeli chemical firm Makhteshim Agan, announced the registration of Overall 240 SC, a Group 2 dicarboximide fungicide with the active ingredient iprodione, found also in FMC’s Rovral […] Read more

Cereal growers in the brown soil zone of Western Canada now have another option for broadleaf weed control with the registration of the new post-emergent herbicide OcTTain XL. OcTTain XL is a co-formulation of Group 4 actives fluroxypyr and 2,4-D, registered for use on all varieties of spring wheat, durum wheat and spring barley. With no mixing required, […] Read more

Farmers can now sign a three-year Clearfield Commitment for lentils beginning in 2012. The Clearfield Commitment for lentils is an agreement between a Clearfield lentil grower and BASF Canada. Clearfield lentil growers must complete and sign a Clearfield Commitment for lentils, which can be done at their Clearfield lentil herbicide retailer, their Clearfield lentil seed seller or online at BASF’s […] Read more

Time was, nobody locked doors or sheds or trucks on the farm. You didn’t have to. But now farm security is a major issue. Corporal Miles Hiebert is with the RCMP in Manitoba. He says “It’s really important to secure your farm ­­— homes home, sheds, barns, and shops. Particularly because it’s very likely that your neighbours […] Read more

Farm equipment maker MacDon Industries will be the manufacturer for several lines of self-propelled windrowers and mower conditioners to be sold worldwide under John Deere paint. U.S.-based ag and heavy equipment giant Deere and Co. announced a “strategic agreement” with Winnipeg-based MacDon, allowing Deere to expand its hay and forage product portfolio globally. More details about the availability of products coming out of this agreement […] Read more