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Court blocks sales of dicamba in U.S.

Bayer says it's seeking new EPA registration for 2021

By GFM Network News June 4, 2020

Updated — Reuters — A U.S. appeals court has blocked Bayer from selling an agricultural weed killer in the United States, the latest setback for a business already fighting an expensive legal battle over another product. A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) substantially […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Plan for fall weed control as part of your post-harvest workload

By Kelly Bennett June 4, 2020

It’s spring and, as usual, time is tight before seeding. Everyone knows how beneficial pre-seed applications can be for top-yielding crops by eliminating early weed competition and saving moisture and nutrients for vigorous seedling development. But, how can you benefit from early-spring weed control when there’s never enough time? One option is to start even […] Read more

File photo of a chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

India to let farmers sell produce directly to traders, retailers

Current system seen reducing farmer bargaining power

By GFM Network News June 3, 2020

New Delhi | Reuters — India is to allow farmers to sell produce directly to bulk buyers such as trading companies, food processors and large retailers, the farm minister said on Wednesday. This would obviate the need for farmers to bring their produce to India’s more than 7,000 regulated wholesale markets and let buyers buy […] Read more

File photo of a farmed mink. (Konstantin Sokolov/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock, Reuters

Dutch to cull mink at farms hit by COVID-19 outbreak

Order follows mink-to-human virus transmissions

By GFM Network News June 3, 2020

Amsterdam | Reuters — The Dutch government on Wednesday ordered mink culled at nine farms where animals have been infected with the coronavirus, fearing they could form a reservoir of disease infecting humans after the country’s current outbreak has passed. “Clearing the infected farms is in the interest of both human health and animal health,” […] Read more

The couple’s largest capital asset will be their personally owned farmland.

Columns

Farm Financial Planner: Retirement income and inheritances

How to create a retirement plan and leave a legacy for your children

By Andrew Allentuck June 3, 2020

In central Manitoba, a couple we’ll call Jack, 57, and Susie, 54, have found themselves in a crisis. The couple left active farming and now rent their land to a neighbour. Sixteen years ago, Jack got a city job and sold 480 acres of the farm, half its original 960 acres, to pay debts and […] Read more

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: Ag in Motion goes digital with the launch of Discovery Plus

By Kari Belanger June 3, 2020

Many of the events you and I would be attending this year — crop plot tours, conferences and outdoor farm shows — for the latest production tips, equipment, demonstrations and product launches have been cancelled, and in a few cases rescheduled to a future date yet to be announced. Furthermore, meetings normally held in person […] Read more

Weight training — when done intelligently for each individual — is just as effective as other types of exercise in improving health.

Farm Life, FarmLife

The truth about weight training

Fit to Farm: When done properly it can be a very effective exercise routine

By Kathlyn Hossack June 2, 2020

“At your age, should you really be lifting weights?” “Isn’t weight training dangerous for your joints? Does that really help you feel better?” “Aren’t you worried about getting injured again?” “I heard that weight training is bad for you — doesn’t it cause arthritis?” These are some things my clients have heard when their peers/families/friends […] Read more

Crops

Insurance customers’ contact info dropped into MASC email

Crown crop insurance agency warns of privacy breach

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 2, 2020

A contact list of crop insurance customers at Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. has gone out via email to several dozen of the Crown ag insurance agency’s customers. MASC on Monday said a file containing names and contact information of an unspecified number of AgriInsurance clients was “attached in error” to an email sent last Tuesday […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

China tells state firms to halt purchases of major U.S. farm products

Purchases of soybeans, pork, corn, cotton on hold

By GFM Network News June 1, 2020

Beijing/Singapore | Reuters –– China has told state-owned firms to halt purchases of soybeans and pork from the United States, two people familiar with the matter said, after Washington said it would eliminate special treatment for Hong Kong to punish Beijing. Large-volume state purchases of U.S. corn and cotton have also been put on hold, […] Read more

File photo of an oil palm tree plantation in Thailand. (Pigphoto/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Reuters

Thailand’s ban on two ag chemicals troubles farmers, industries

Paraquat, chlorpyrifos added to 'Type 4' list

By GFM Network News June 1, 2020

Bangkok | Reuters — Thailand enforced a ban on Monday on two agricultural chemicals widely regarded as toxic to humans, prompting claims from farmers they will face losses, while environmental campaigners welcomed a step toward sustainability. Many countries have already prohibited paraquat, a broad-spectrum herbicide, and chlorpyrifos, an insecticide. Some 10 million farming households in […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

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