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OYF to meet in Niagara Falls

East and West regional Outstanding Young Farmers  will take home the big prize

By Lee Hart November 18, 2016

Beef, dairy, poultry, vegetable, U-pick fruit, and diversified field crops are among the farming enterprises that will be featured in presentations later this month as nominees for Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) award take centre stage in Niagara Falls, Ont. Seven farm families from across Canada, all selected as regional OYF winners, will be presenting […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Cash advances to be offered on unharvested grain

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 17, 2016

Farmers who weren’t able to wrap up their harvest this fall on account of lousy weather may still be eligible for cash advances under the federal Advance Payments Program. The Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA), which administers the program for farmers in Western Canada, said that effective Tuesday it will accept new seeded cash advance […] Read more

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, shown here in a video on his website in September discussing consolidation in the seed and ag chem sectors, has raised concerns that ChemChina, when or if it takes over Syngenta, might invoke sovereign immunity to block claims filed against it in U.S. courts. (Grassley.senate.gov)

Crops, Reuters

Key U.S. senator remains wary of China’s Syngenta play

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 17, 2016

Beijing | Reuters — A powerful U.S. senator said he is concerned that state-owned ChemChina, which is buying Swiss crop protection and seed group Syngenta for $43 billion, could use U.S. sovereign immunity laws to shield itself from claims in U.S. courts. Some Chinese state-owned entities have argued that they have sovereign immunity and thus […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Ritchie Bros. buys Saskatchewan’s Kramer Auctions

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 15, 2016

One of the Prairies’ major farm auction houses has become part of the world’s biggest industrial auction firm. Vancouver-based Ritchie Bros. announced Tuesday it has bought Kramer Auctions of North Battleford, Sask. for an undisclosed sum. The company, set up in 1949 by the late Eiling Kramer, today runs about 75 on-farm dispersal auctions, four […] Read more

Weed researchers are studying several options to control herbicide-resistant weeds. Researchers need to test each product or practice alone, and in combination.

Crops, Features

Use diversity to fight resistant weeds

The latest in using integrated weed management tools for hard-to-manage weeds

By Lisa Guenther November 14, 2016

A three-year study in Arkansas has found that a combination of fall management practices and herbicide use are the most effective ways to control herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth, when combined with a herbicide program. But Arkansas isn’t Alberta. So what can western Canadian farmers learn from this study? More and more often the message in weed […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 14, 2016

Two farms in southwestern Saskatchewan have been added to the list of those under federal quarantine as inspectors widen their search for cattle exposed to a new-to-Canada strain of bovine tuberculosis (TB). As of Thursday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it had “approximately 33” farms in Alberta and two in Saskatchewan under quarantine. The […] Read more

The project may look simple from above ground, but underground many sensors and scales take complex soil measures.

Crops

Soil health sensor project largest in North America

By GFM Network News November 10, 2016

A new $2-million soil health research project aims to figure out the impact of different cropping systems on the environment. Research will also be conducted on crop productivity relating to soil health. The result should be new knowledge on productivity of traditional cropping systems versus those with cover crops. The project, at the new Soil […] Read more

Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart and Garth Whyte, President & CEO of Fertilizer Canada sign Memorandum of Cooperation. Photo: CNW Group/Fertilizer Canada

Crops

Saskatchewan government signs onto 4R fertilizer stewardship

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 8, 2016

The Saskatchewan government has agreed to work with Fertilizer Canada to promote adoption of fertilizer application practices using the 4R stewardship model. “Saskatchewan has long promoted 4R Nutrient Stewardship and many farmers have adopted it as best practice. This agreement will further that work, contributing to greater on-farm sustainability and environmental stewardship in Saskatchewan,” Agriculture […] Read more

Crops, Features, Livestock

What is holistic management?

Are cover crops on the rise?

By Leeann Minogue November 7, 2016

Holistic management is a framework for making decisions by looking at your entire environment, including your soil and the living organisms in it, how you’re capturing rainfall and energy from the sun and the diversity of the entire biological community. It also includes taking into account the environmental, economic and social consequences of the decisions […] Read more

A preserved portion of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Reuters

German cabinet approves draft law banning GM crops

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 2, 2016

Berlin | Reuters — The German cabinet has approved a draft law banning cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), government sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Germany had announced in September 2015 that it will ban cultivation of crops with GMOs under new European Union rules allowing member states to opt out of their […] Read more

Daily Network News

Monarch electric tractor’s future in Canada unclear as Caterpillar takes over

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

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