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Boundary Loading Group’s producer car loading facility at Darlingford, Man., about 20 km west of Morden, loads 120-130 producer cars per year. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

Window open wider for comment on CGC licensing moves

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 21, 2016

Facing “requests from stakeholders,” the Canadian Grain Commission has granted them a 12-week extension on its deadline for comments on plans to license feed mills, producer car loading sites and grain agents. The deadline, previously June 3, is now Aug. 31, the commission said in a release Friday. Input is being sought from producer railway […] Read more

Growers should only use an insecticide when an economic threshold for a pest is reached.

Features

Don’t jump the gun on pest control

By Angela Lovell May 20, 2016

It’s never a good idea to overreact when you see insects on your crops because jumping the gun, and spraying if it’s not really necessary, can do more harm than good. “Seldom, if ever, do preventative insecticides actually pay us,” says Scott Meers, insect specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. “When we spray just to […] Read more

Farm and pastureland east of Mervin, Sask. Seeding is nearing completion in northwest Saskatchewan, but lack of rain means topsoil conditions have deteriorated. (Lisa Guenther photo)

Crops, Weather

Guenther: Seeding in home stretch for dry NW Saskatchewan

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News May 20, 2016

Seeding is drawing to a close in northwestern Saskatchewan, largely due to warm, dry weather this month. On average, seeding in the northwest was over half done early in the week, according to the latest Saskatchewan Crop Report. Provincially, farmers are 51 per cent done, putting them miles ahead of the five-year average of 28 […] Read more

Biologists isolate novel genes from cauliflower to improve crop nutritional value. A study committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine looking at gene-altered crops notes a genetically engineered characteristic that alters the nutritional content of a crop is “unlikely to have the same environmental or economic effects as a characteristic for herbicide resistance.” (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops

U.S. study finds no risks to people, planet in GMOs

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 18, 2016

It’s time for the task of regulating new crop varieties to focus on plants’ characteristics rather than on how the plants were developed, a team of U.S. scientists recommends in a new report. A study committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Tuesday released an “extensive” study of genetically engineered crops, finding […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Cool, wet start doesn’t slow seeding

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending May 16

By Saskatchewan Agriculture May 17, 2016

Saskatchewan Agriculture – Despite a cool and wet start to the week, seeding is advancing at a remarkable rate, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Fifty-one per cent of the crop is now seeded, well ahead of the five-year (2011-2015) average of 28 per cent for this time of year. Some producers have wrapped […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Flax industry fighting to regain lost acres

By GFM Network News May 13, 2016

CNS Canada — After losing ground to pulses this year, a flax industry group is working on ways to be competitive going forward. “It’s the year of the pulses, and certainly growers are taking advantage of good prices for pulses,” said Don Kerr, president at the Flax Council of Canada, referring to the United Nations […] Read more

Alberta’s provincial grasshopper forecast map for 2016. Maximum risk ratings for June-July range from “very light” (green) to “severe” (red). (Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather

‘Severe’ grasshopper numbers loom over northern Alberta

By GFM Network News May 12, 2016

CNS Canada –– A mild winter and a warm, dry spring have created some favourable hatching conditions for grasshoppers in Alberta, with the possibility of a severe outbreak in some areas. According to Mark Cutts, a crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture in Stettler, higher numbers of grasshoppers lie in a region northwest of Edmonton. Beyond […] Read more

Crops

Richardson books record port handle during expansion

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 11, 2016

Prairie grain firm Richardson International has wrapped up construction of a major new expansion at its Port Metro Vancouver export terminal and reported a record grain handle for the year while doing so. The Winnipeg company on Tuesday reported its North Vancouver terminal shipped 5.2 million tonnes of grain and oilseeds in 2015, which it […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Ottawa seeks feedback ahead of Growing Forward sequel

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 9, 2016

The federal government has set up a new web-based questionnaire to gather farmer and industry feedback on the Growing Forward 2 (GF2) ag policy funding framework as it develops the next framework. The next agricultural policy funding framework is due to launch April 1, 2018, the government said in a release Monday. The first phase […] Read more

(Todd Rosenberg photo via KraftFoodsGroup.com)

Crops, Markets

Canada, U.S. to collaborate on food safety controls

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 9, 2016

Food safety officials in Canada and the U.S. have formally recognized each other’s respective food safety controls under a cross-border co-operation pact. The two countries last week announced their new food safety systems recognition arrangement, reached during meetings of the Canada-U.S. Regulatory Co-operation Council (RCC) held Wednesday and Thursday in Washington, D.C. The two countries […] Read more

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Trump tells farmers that tractor companies should lower prices

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Flax

Window open wider for comment on CGC licensing moves

Don’t jump the gun on pest control

Guenther: Seeding in home stretch for dry NW Saskatchewan

U.S. study finds no risks to people, planet in GMOs

Cool, wet start doesn’t slow seeding

Flax industry fighting to regain lost acres

‘Severe’ grasshopper numbers loom over northern Alberta

Richardson books record port handle during expansion

Ottawa seeks feedback ahead of Growing Forward sequel

Canada, U.S. to collaborate on food safety controls

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