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Bayer’s agriculture unit, consumer health drive outlook hike

By GFM Network News August 4, 2022

Frankfurt | Reuters – Agriculture and pharmaceuticals company Bayer BAYGn.DE on Thursday lifted its 2022 earnings guidance on strong demand from farmers for its seeds and crop chemicals and higher sales of consumer health products. Bayer is now targeting earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), adjusted for special items, of about 13 billion […] Read more

In those parts of the Prairies that have had quite a bit of moisture this spring, there is a risk of cattle being infected with liver fluke parasites that can affect overall animal performance.

Cattleman’s Corner

Beware of liver fluke invasion on wet pastures

Parasite infection can result in animal weight loss and reduced body condition

By Peter Vitti August 4, 2022

Most of the high water across the eastern Prairies will recede in the upcoming weeks, if they haven’t already. When cattle can be returned to these once-flooded pastures, the ground will probably be soaked, which will likely expand the territories of many cattle parasites such as the common deer liver fluke. To combat this invasive […] Read more

Figure 1. The fencer pushes out electric pulses, the cow connects the current through the earth and back through the ground rods to the fencer.

Cattleman’s Corner

Zapping your way to improved pastures

Electric fencing is an important tool to improved pasture and grazing management

By Sean McGrath August 2, 2022

In the last while I have taken an increasing number of calls about electric fencing. I think this is largely due to lack of rainfall in a lot of areas, but also a renewed interest in adding productivity to pastures and forage. Another big reason is that electric fence can be significantly cheaper to install […] Read more

A view shows a destroyed building, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, following shelling in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released July 31, 2022. Photo: Press service of the Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office/handout via Reuters.

Reuters

Russian strikes kill Ukrainian grain tycoon; drone hits Russian naval base

By GFM Network News August 1, 2022

Kyiv | Reuters – Russian missiles pounded the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, killing the owner of a major grain exporter, while a drone strike on Russia’s Black Sea naval base in Sevastopol was launched from within the city in a “terrorist attack,” a Russian lawmaker said. Oleksiy Vadatursky, founder and owner […] Read more

No matter the growing conditions it seems like there is always another crop of rocks to be picked.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Livestock

Rain makes an excellent birthday present

A busy spring season looking after crops and livestock

By Heather Eppich July 27, 2022

May was a very busy month. Gregory and John did the pre-seeding land work, picked rocks and worked on the air seeder, with seeding officially started May 3. We had more foals and all the mares did well and the foals were healthy. In mid-May our good friend Josh helped us start to build the […] Read more

Features, News

Farm thefts on the rise

Community action is the first line of defence

By John Dietz July 26, 2022

Crime isn’t just a big city problem. Farms can be vulnerable to thieves, particularly if they don’t have any security features to help ward off intruders. Country Guard Security, based in Devon, Alta., specializes in protecting farms and acreages against property crimes and has clients across Alberta. The owner, Guy Spiro, who set up the […] Read more

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks as Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez applaud during his first State of the Nation Address, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 25, 2022. Photo: Aaron Favila/Pool via Reuters

Reuters

Philippines’ Marcos lays out ambitious policy agenda with farm sector in focus

By GFM Network News July 25, 2022

Manila | Reuters – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday outlined ambitious plans for his six-year term in office that focus on fiscal management, infrastructure upgrades and turning the long-neglected farm sector into an engine of growth. The Philippines is beset with numerous challenges, from soaring prices, food shortages, poverty and inequities in education, but Marcos, the […] Read more

Wrapping up this highly irregular seeding season with a final barley crop.

Columns

Better late than never

For the 2022 seeding season that about sums things up

By Toban Dyck July 21, 2022

I am writing this on my phone while seeding our last field. It’s June 9 and this is the latest I’ve ever seeded a crop. I’m seeding barley on a 90-acre parcel in the Red River Valley. I have exactly four minutes and five seconds of writing time between turns at each end of the […] Read more

Nestled atop cuttings of fresh thyme are pieces of that wonderful Icelandic and Swedish torte known as Vinarterta. A soft dough is thinly rolled into five equal portions, pricked with a fork and baked about 10 minutes until light golden brown. A cooked prune filling with other key ingredients is spread between the baked layers of Vinarterta dough sections.

FarmLife

Why every gardener should grow some thyme

Plus, a bit about cakes and country music and wild lettuce

By Ted Meseyton July 20, 2022

So how’s everybody out there in Grainews country doing anyhow? Continuing research reminds us that home garden veggies, herbs and flowers, orchards and backyard-grown fruits along with field grains and wild forest plants all contain many powerful disease-inhibiting and healing nutrients. Reaping their protective benefits requires a lifetime of sensible eating and drinking habits while learning […] Read more

Excessive heat warnings (in magenta) and heat advisories (in orange) were in place July 19, 2022 for areas across much of the southern U.S. Plains. (Weather.gov)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Sizzling heat stresses livestock, crops in southern U.S. Plains

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News July 20, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Scorching temperatures in the southern U.S. Plains are stressing cattle as well as crops such as cotton, corn and soybeans, meteorologists and traders said on Tuesday. Temperatures were forecast to reach 111 F (44 C) in parts of the Texas Panhandle, a core area for cotton and cattle production. While much […] Read more

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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