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Toban Dyck: No lightning strike, no eureka moment — only incremental growth

Lessons learned from AAFC research scientist Robert Conner

By Toban Dyck April 13, 2020

I asked Dr. Robert Conner to choose one eureka moment in his 38-year career as a research scientist and describe it to me. It was a simple question. His answer was unexpected. I had the distinct honour of interviewing Conner, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research scientist, for an article I was writing for Pulse […] Read more

Safety is a part of everything farm managers and labourers do at  Stamp Seeds.

News, Wheat & Chaff

Southern Alberta seed farm embraces culture of safety

By Erin Kelly April 13, 2020

Much has changed at Stamp Seeds since it was founded by Richard and Marian Stamp more than 40 years ago. “Our farm keeps changing as agriculture keeps changing. We have a pretty dynamic farm; there’s never a day that goes by without something exciting happening,” explains Richard. “But that is also why it’s been important […] Read more

A man walks with his pet dog as he talks to a vendor who sells dog meat at a market during the local dog meat festival at Yulin in China’s Guangxi Autonomous Region on June 21, 2018. (File photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu)

Livestock, Reuters

China reclassifies dogs as pets, not livestock

New guidelines drafted in post-virus regulatory push

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 9, 2020

Shanghai | Reuters — China has drawn up new guidelines to reclassify dogs as pets rather than livestock, the agriculture ministry said, part of a response to the coronavirus outbreak that the Humane Society called a potential “game changer” in animal welfare. Though dog meat remains a delicacy in many regions, the ministry of agriculture […] Read more

Columns, Weather

Les Henry: Weather and climate – more actual data

Climate data questions current frenzy about global warming crisis

By Les Henry April 9, 2020

Regular readers will recall my earlier column that provided annual and monthly temperature for Swift Current, Sask., from a complete record back to 1886. The data was compliments of a long line of dedicated scientists at the Swift Current Federal Ag Research Station. In this piece, we will expand the data to two other sites […] Read more

Columns, Hart Attacks

Perhaps I spoke too soon on the coronavirus

COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world on its head

By Lee Hart April 9, 2020

Well, since I last shared my views on the COVID-19 pandemic a couple weeks ago, I am pleased to report that I was completely wrong, and although I am 100 per cent healthy, the spread of the coronavirus has affected/changed just about every other aspect of my life today and into the foreseeable future. I […] Read more

Fresh snowfall in Winnipeg’s Fort Rouge area on April 8, 2020. (GFM Staff)

Crops, Weather

Cold spring weather expected for Prairies

By GFM Network News April 9, 2020

MarketsFarm — Temperatures in the Prairie provinces are expected to be colder than average this spring. “There’s no indication that temperatures will be above normal,” said Bruce Burnett, director of markets and weather for MarketsFarm in Winnipeg. Low temperatures will likely cause issues for seeding in areas of the Prairies that have received late-spring snowstorms. […] Read more

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: Agriculture rises to the occasion for COVID-19

By Kari Belanger April 8, 2020

As our April 7 issue of Grainews went to press, there were more than 2,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Canada, about 17 times that number in the United States and upwards of 330,000 worldwide. In a matter of weeks, the way we conduct business and our daily lives has been altered dramatically, as it […] Read more

Migrant workers clean fields in California’s Salinas Valley on March 30, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Canadian, U.S. farms face crop losses on foreign worker delays

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 6, 2020

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Mandatory coronavirus quarantines of seasonal foreign workers in Canada could hurt that country’s fruit and vegetable output this year, and travel problems related to the pandemic could also leave U.S. farmers with fewer workers than usual. Foreign labour is critical to farm production in both countries, where domestic workers shun the […] Read more

Farmer Anil Salunkhe feeds strawberries to a cow during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the Satara district in India’s Maharashtra state on April 1, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Rajendra Jadhav)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

How COVID-19 is upending global food supply chains

Cows fed strawberries in India, watermelons rot in U.S., okra not reaching Canada

By GFM Network News April 4, 2020

Satara/Singapore/London | Reuters — In the fertile Satara district in western India, farmers are putting their cattle on an unorthodox diet: Some feed iceberg lettuce to buffalo. Others feed strawberries to cows. It’s not a treat. They can either feed their crops to animals or let them spoil. And other farmers are doing just that […] Read more

(Todd Rosenberg photo via KraftFoodsGroup.com)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Kraft Heinz cuts output at three plants, adds mac and cheese shifts

By GFM Network News April 4, 2020

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Kraft Heinz said Friday it has moved to significantly reduce production at three plants providing restaurant supplies amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, but its CEO noted the company has added shifts at others to meet demand for packaged foods such as macaroni and cheese. Speaking in a video presentation hosted […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn gains on firm cash markets, big crush supports soybeans

CBOT Weekly: Grain, oilseed futures under pressure

ICE canola weekly outlook: Off lows, but sideways trade likely

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