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Budget could include new BRM program, ag labour plan

Proposal for 'AgriResilience' program goes to Freeland

By GFM Network News February 20, 2021

A new pre-budget report from the House of Commons’ finance committee is recommending several measures directly related to agriculture — including sought-after tweaks to AgriStability and creation of an entirely new business risk management program. The multipartisan committee heard testimony and received submissions from more than 800 groups and individuals. Mostly-virtual meetings took place in […] Read more

University of Guelph professor Evan Fraser, shown here in cartoon form discussing food security initiative “Feeding 9 Billion,” has been named co-chair of the new Canadian Food Policy Advisory Council. (Feeding9Billion.com video screengrab via YouTube)

General, Machinery, Markets

Advisory council named to steer national Food Policy

By GFM Network News February 20, 2021

Development of Canada’s Food Policy is taking a major step forward with the naming Friday of a new advisory council featuring industry, academic and government members tasked with guiding the policy. Public consultations on a “Food Policy for Canada” started in 2017, leading to the release of a 2018 report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Harvest, not crops with a combine but information online

Hopefully this “old stuff” will prevent folks from rediscovering the moon

By Les Henry February 18, 2021

This is a bit of a different theme. It is all about harvesting information that could be useful in planning and executing farm operations on the Canadian Prairies. The title, “Harvest,” comes from our very own University of Saskatchewan Library research archive, and the wealth of information that can be obtained with a few mouse […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Nutrien beats profit expectation on strong potash sales

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 18, 2021

Reuters — Canadian fertilizer maker Nutrien posted fourth-quarter profit above analysts’ estimates on Wednesday as potash demand rose amid rising crop prices, sending its U.S.-listed shares up in extended trade. Fertilizer producers have benefited from high U.S. crop exports, including record-large corn sales to China. With crop prices touching multi-year highs, farmers are poised to […] Read more

Jerry Baerg out checking cattle as graze on chaff piles — all part of keeping nutrients on the field.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Cattle important to regenerative ag program

Producer finds that cattle and crops can complement each other

By Heather Smith Thomas February 17, 2021

Jerry Baerg farms grain and cattle in central Alberta near Linden. He grew up on the family farm and worked with his dad, then worked off farm for a while. On his return, he bought into the farm and began farming full time. While attending a soil health/grazing conference five years ago, he began thinking […] Read more

Crops, Features

ProAg offers new liquid copper fertilizer

Copper Liquid 5.2% is easy on the wallet

By Madeleine Baerg February 16, 2021

Farmers tackling copper-deficient fields will have a new, far cheaper, liquid fertilizer option in 2021. Priced at about a third of the cost of current copper options, Copper Liquid 5.2% also offers a host of additional benefits, says its manufacturer. “Some people will look at this product and say, ‘What’s so special?’ It’s very special, […] Read more

Incoming WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes part in an online meeting before speaking during an interview with Reuters in Potomac, Maryland on Feb. 15, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

General, Markets, Reuters

Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala makes history as new head of WTO

Geneva-based body leaderless for six months; Trump paralyzed some of WTO's functions

By GFM Network News February 16, 2021

Geneva/Washington | Reuters — Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received unanimous backing on Monday to become the first woman and first African director-general of the World Trade Organization. A self-declared “doer” with a track record of taking on seemingly intractable problems, Okonjo-Iweala will have her work […] Read more

An ammonia and nitrogen fertilizer plant in Russia. (Saoirse_2010/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

High fertilizer prices likely to climb more

By GFM Network News February 13, 2021

MarketsFarm — Expect fertilizer prices to resume increasing, despite having fallen back recently. Prices began their sharp rise around the middle of December and beginning of January. “They will go higher as demand goes up at seeding time,” Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm Pro in Winnipeg said. Jubinville reported urea prices have jumped $100 per tonne […] Read more

General

Federated Co-op buying into ag retailer Blair’s

Central, southeastern Saskatchewan sites to go into new joint venture

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 12, 2021

The ag retail arm of the Saskatchewan-based Blair’s Family of Companies is set to go into a joint venture with one of Canada’s biggest co-operatives. Blair’s and Federated Co-operatives (FCL) announced last week they’ve reached an agreement to set up a joint venture which, pending regulatory approvals, will own and operate the seven Blair’s ag […] Read more

Proteins and starches are the end game, says Bill Greuel, PIC’s chief executive officer. For too long, Canada has been selling commodities and buying back end products. The types of investments being made will change that, he adds.

Features, News

New plant protein projects open up opportunities

Investments should benefit farmers down the road

By Madeleine Baerg February 10, 2021

On November 10, 2020, Protein Industries Canada (PIC) announced its 12th major new plant protein partnership project. The six-partner, $25.7 million tech-innovation effort is PIC’s sixth major project announcement in the last five months alone. Together, the 12 projects add up to an impressive $272 million investment in Canadian agriculture since PIC formed in November […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News