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Signage outside an IBEW office in Winnipeg. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

CN signals staff to return to work Wednesday

IBEW, railway to go to binding arbitration

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 5, 2022

Signals and communications workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) are set to end their 17-day strike and return to work Wednesday morning. CN, in a statement Monday, said the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System Council 11, which represents about 750 of the company’s employees across the country, had agreed to take its labour […] Read more

John Deere’s See and Spray Select option activates an individual spray nozzle only when boom cameras detect a green, growing weed below it.

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

The benefits of pre-seed and post-harvest weed control

By Trent Dorrance June 28, 2022

Q: With supplies of glyphosate being tight along with the sharp increase in its price, what are the options for controlling weeds pre- and post-harvest? A: A pre-seed herbicide application when weeds are young and actively growing is one option and can help clean up fields and put the crop in the best position to […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

General

Cash advances’ interest-free portion temporarily raised

APP funds now interest-free for first $250K

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 27, 2022

The federal government’s low-interest loan guarantee program for Canadian farmers will sweeten the interest-free portion of its offer for the next two program years to help with farm cash flow. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Thursday announced a temporary increase in the interest-free portion of the Advance Payments Program to $250,000, up from the usual […] Read more

This field of canola treated with the biological product Utrisha N was part of the Corteva Agriscience trials in 2021. During an extremely dry growing season across most of Western Canada last year, Corteva trials showed there was on average a 1.3-bushel-per-acre yield advantage for canola growers who applied Utrisha N, delivering a positive yield response 69 per cent of the time. It’s not a huge yield increase, but with canola in the $20-plus-per-bushel range, it more than covered the cost of the product. What can the product do under improved growing conditions?

Crops, Pulses

Can biological crop inputs for cereals and oilseeds work?

Foliar-applied nitrogen-fixing biologicals for grains and oilseeds are a great concept. Here, four Prairie farmers share their experiences

By Lee Hart June 24, 2022

There aren’t too many western Canadian farmers who would consider growing a pulse crop without first applying rhizobium bacteria to the seed to help the plant roots fix nitrogen in the soil. The benefits of that technology are well proven and accepted. But what about a foliar application of bacteria to the leaves and stems […] Read more

Signage outside McCain’s Farms of The Future site at Florenceville-Bristol, about 110 km northwest of Fredericton. (Photos courtesy McCain)

Crops, Pasture, Potatoes

Learning from McCain’s regenerative farming practices

Potato processing giant aims to 'de-risk' practices for growers

By GFM Network News June 24, 2022

In 2021 McCain said it was going to launch three regenerative potato farming operations by 2025 and would label them “Farms of the Future.” The first, just outside of Florenceville-Bristol, N.B., now offers data to reflect on the effectiveness of the practices at the potato farm after its first fully operational season. “If we don’t […] Read more

File photo of Black Sea port facilities at Odesa, Ukraine. (Leskas/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters

Turkish team to discuss Black Sea grain corridor in Russia this week

Turkey proposes to monitor safe passage

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 21, 2022

Ankara | Reuters — Ankara’s military delegation will travel to Russia this week to discuss details of a possible safe sea corridor in the Black Sea to export Ukrainian grain, Turkish presidency sources said on Tuesday. Russia’s TASS agency confirmed plans for the talks, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine […] Read more

File photo of a CN locomotive. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Machinery

CN service continues as signals staff strike

Talks continue after IBEW-represented employees stopped work Saturday

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 21, 2022

Canadian National Railway is reporting “normal” rail operations after its signals and communications workers walked out on strike starting Saturday. Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), which represents about 750 CN employees across Canada, served the railway with strike notice last Wednesday and started their strike Saturday morning, the company said. IBEW […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Biden signs ocean shipping bill in bid to reduce backlogs

By GFM Network News June 17, 2022

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation to improve oversight of ocean shipping, which lawmakers say will help curb inflation and ease export backlogs. The bipartisan bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives on a 369-42 vote earlier this week. Biden said he had “promised to crack down on ocean […] Read more

About 30,000 visitors, including farmers from across Western Canada, parts of the United States and several other countries are expected for the relaunch of the live Canada’s Farm Show in Regina this June 21-23. There are about 100 acres of outdoor show space at the rebranded REAL District (exhibition grounds) along with about 1.5 million square feet of indoor show space. And don’t be in a hurry as you’ll need time to check out the products and services being presented by more than 500 exhibitors.

Features, Machinery

Canada’s Farm Show live for 2022

All of the popular features and much more will be welcoming visitors in June

By Lee Hart June 16, 2022

Thousands of farmers from across Western Canada and the United States and visitors from around the world are expected to head for Saskatchewan June 21-23, 2022, for the return of the live and in-person Canada’s Farm Show. Known as the Farm Progress Show held at the Regina exhibition grounds for more than 40 years, the […] Read more

File photo of a bulk port facility in Ukraine. (Olivia Sabeskaya/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Turkey says Ukraine grain ships could avoid mines

Russia offers safe passage

By GFM Network News June 15, 2022

Ankara/United Nations | Reuters — Russia on Wednesday said it has offered “safe passage” for Ukraine grain shipments from Black Sea ports but is not responsible for establishing the corridors and Turkey suggested that ships could be guided around sea mines. Ukrainian grain shipments have stalled since Russia’s invasion and ports blockade, stoking global prices […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures higher on screwworm news

Trade mission heads for Japan as Canada becomes the country’s top pork supplier

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on lack of Chinese demand, wheat hits contract lows

GFM Network News