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DuPont’s Canadian head office in Mississauga. (Dupont.com)

Trump win unlikely to impact Dow deal, DuPont CEO says

By GFM Network News December 9, 2016

Boston | Reuters — DuPont CEO Ed Breen said on Thursday the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is not likely to have an impact on his company’s planned merger with rival Dow Chemical. While Trump was critical of other large mergers during the campaign, Breen said many U.S. Justice Department officials reviewing the […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Fertilizer prices ‘float along’ with eyes on China, corn

By GFM Network News December 8, 2016

CNS Canada — It’s shaping up to be a typical winter season for fertilizer prices, according to an industry expert, but he cautions plant expansions in the U.S., corn acreage and the murky world of Chinese exports will all play a part in determining any price spikes in coming months. “We’re probably expecting a typical […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Polar vortex redux? U.S. forecasters say it could hit next week

By GFM Network News December 8, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Forecasters are sending chills down some spines with a prediction that much of the northern half of the U.S. could see frigid weather next week similar to life-threatening lows the polar vortex brought to parts of the country in 2014. Anticipation of a freezing blast began to build this week when […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. patent agency to weigh rival claims on CRISPR

By GFM Network News December 6, 2016

Reuters — The U.S. patent agency on Tuesday will hear arguments in a heated dispute over who was first to invent a revolutionary gene-editing technology known as CRISPR. Hundreds of millions of dollars may be at stake, as the technology promises commercial applications in treating genetic diseases, engineering crops, and other areas. CRISPR works as […] Read more

Soil moisture (top five cm of soil) on Prairies for November 2016, measured as difference from average. (AAFC Drought Watch map)

Crops, Weather

Winter wonderland piles on saturated eastern Prairies

By GFM Network News December 6, 2016

CNS Canada — While a wave of snow slowly pummels parts of Saskatchewan and much of Manitoba, one soil moisture expert says water is still trickling through the soil into natural water channels. According to Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Drought Watch program in Regina, this is a good thing, as […] Read more

Corn, Dairy Cattle, The Dairy Corner

Right and wrong fermentation

Dairy Corner: If silage moisture is too high going in, it can affect feed quality and palatability

By Peter Vitti December 6, 2016

This autumn, I have seen a variety of corn fields being chopped into silage for dairy cattle. While some of this corn was dried enough to make some good quality corn silage, I was surprised when I saw some producers literarily harvested green chop. After all, they were faced with another rain shower, which forced […] Read more

Bothwell Cheese, whose seasonal extra-old cheddar with Untamed Feast’s alder-smoked wild Chanterelle mushrooms is shown here, plans to launch new varieties of Non-GMO Verified cheddar in 2017. (BothwellCheese.com)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

‘Non-GMO’ label to land on Canadian cheese

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 5, 2016

A Manitoba cheesemaker is poised to be the first in Canada to offer a “Non-GMO Verified” cheese line, using milk from cows fed non-GMO crops. Bothwell Cheese announced Tuesday it plans to be the first in the country to offer cheeses made with milk that comes from dairy farms verified by the Non-GMO Project, a […] Read more

Boyd Anderson, shown here in a video recounting his life in ranching in southwestern Saskatchewan, died this week at age 96. (GrandpaBoyd.com)

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Cattle industry leader Boyd Anderson, 96

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 2, 2016

Memorial services will be held Dec. 10 in Glentworth, Sask. for Boyd Anderson, a respected rancher and leader in the Saskatchewan and Canadian beef cattle industries, who passed away Thursday in Moose Jaw at age 96. Anderson, who had started ranching in about 1937 near Fir Mountain, about 170 km southwest of Moose Jaw, is […] Read more

Quebec’s Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis announced funding for L’Arterre at winery Cassis Monna et Filles of St-Pierre-de-l’Ile-d’Orleans, Que., accompanied by (l-r) Catherine et Anne Monna and Land Bank agent Leslie Carbonneau and other dignitaries. (Groupe CNW/MAPAQ)

Crops

Quebec service to match farmland sellers, young buyers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 30, 2016

The Quebec and federal governments are putting up funds for a different kind of online match site: one to connect aspiring young farmers with producers who are either retiring or wanting to sell or rent farmland. The two governments on Tuesday announced $300,000 for the Centre de reference en agriculture et agroalimentaire du Quebec (CRAAQ) […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Quarantined Alberta ranches to get AgriRecovery

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 30, 2016

Ranchers in southeastern Alberta having to feed and maintain quarantined cattle they can’t move or sell can expect a federal/provincial AgriRecovery plan to help cover those costs in the next few days. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and his Alberta counterpart Oneil Carlier on Wednesday announced producers faced with “extraordinary costs” due to federal quarantines […] Read more

Daily Network News

Western Australia farmers turn to canola over wheat as fuel, fertilizer costs rise

U.S. is leading G20 initiative to ensure fertilizer access, sources say

Canadian farmers at slight revenue disadvantage to U.S. despite cheaper land costs

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