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Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay speaks Nov. 24 at Agribition in Regina. (Agr.gc.ca)

Federal programs set for Growing Forward sequel

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 24, 2017

Market development, product development and overall sector development are among the priorities in the federal government’s five-year funding plan for the ag sector. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, speaking Friday at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, announced a $1 billion suite of six federally funded programs to roll out through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The Canadian […] Read more

Crops

New Brunswick deputy ag minister retiring

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 23, 2017

New Brunswick’s assistant deputy minister for agriculture will act as the lead bureaucrat for agriculture in the province after the current deputy retires. Premier Brian Gallant on Wednesday named Cathy LaRochelle, assistant deputy minister for both the provincial department of agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries and the department of energy and resource development, as acting deputy […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Brazil pushes back decision on Bayer-Monsanto tie-up

By GFM Network News November 22, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian antitrust agency Cade on Wednesday extended its deadline to review Bayer’s proposed takeover of Monsanto by 90 days to late March, potentially spoiling plans to wrap up the US$66 billion tie-up by the end of the year. A spokesman said Cade had approved the extension at a session on […] Read more

Keith Currie was acclaimed to a second term as OFA president at the organization’s annual meeting Nov. 20-21 in Toronto. (John Greig photo)

General, Machinery

OFA pre-election policy targets broader economic development

By GFM Network News November 21, 2017

Stable rural areas and thriving farms can help urbanites with some of their biggest challenges. That’s the message from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture going into next year’s provincial election. The OFA talked about how it is framing its election strategy at its annual meeting, which ran Monday and Tuesday in Toronto. “With the election […] Read more

Catedral Metropolitana de la Asuncion de Maria, Mexico City. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Reuters

Canada, Mexico to rebuff U.S. over NAFTA goals

By GFM Network News November 20, 2017

Mexico City | Reuters — Canada and Mexico will rebuff the United States over its demand for tougher NAFTA automotive content rules, top officials said on Monday as negotiations to renew the treaty bogged down with only a few months to go. U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to quit NAFTA, which has reshaped the […] Read more

Jennifer and Andrew Lovell, fruit and vegetable producers from Keswick Ridge, N.B., at left, and Dominic Drapeau and Célia Neault, dairy producers from Ste-Françoise-de-Lotbinière, Que., were named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2016. These two farm families were chosen from seven regional farm couples across Canada. The 2017 national competition will be held in Penticton, B.C. later this month.

Features, News

2017 young farmers to be showcased

Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers will  gather in Penticton later this month

By Lee Hart November 14, 2017

Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) will be gathering in Penticton, B.C., later this month to select two farm nominees from seven regional finalists to be named national winners for 2017. About 150 OYF alumni and guests will be gathering at the Lakeside Resort convention centre from Nov. 29 to Dec. 3 for the 37th annual […] Read more

Crops, Livestock

Agriculture contributed C$111.9 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2016

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News November 10, 2017

Winnipeg | CNS – A new report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Friday has pegged agriculture as contributing C$111.9 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2016, which accounted 6.7 per cent of the country’s total GDP. The annual report entitled An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and AgriFood System, provides a summary of the economic […] Read more

During the first week in October, Karl Voesenek harvested over 70 slicer-size green tomatoes plus about 15 smaller ones from this exceptionally generous tomato plant. Adjoining plants each bore between 40 to 50 tomatoes.

Farm Life, FarmLife

Meet a tomato-growing farmer

Singing Gardener: Plus, how do you take your garlic?

By Ted Meseyton November 10, 2017

Seems to me fruits of the vine and apples of the earth are top of the list when it comes to homegrown vegetables among Canadian gardeners, so both share space on this page with a hint of garlic at the end. Had the good fortune to spend a day to remember with gardener and farmer […] Read more

The new cover of the Real Dirt on Farming was unveiled at the Farm & Food Care Harvest Gala last week. Doing the unveiling was Farm & Food Care chair Brian Gilroy, left, Christine Schoonderwoerd, vice chair, and representing funder Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd., Pierre Petelle, president of CropLife Canada. Farm & Food Care Executive Director Kelly Daynard is at the podium. Photo courtesy Farm and Food Care.

Crops, Livestock

Big four topics remain constant in latest Real Dirt on Farming

By GFM Network News November 10, 2017

The latest edition of the Real Dirt on Farming is out, and it continues to be a printed copy success story in a digital world. There are more than three million copies of the agriculture information resource in print and the demand doesn’t appear to be dropping. Farm & Food Care Ontario creates the publication […] Read more

Features

Vive le Québec différence

“Farming” in Quebec is definitely not what we’re used to here on the Prairies

By Leeann Minogue November 6, 2017

When the Canadian Farm Writers Federation announced they were holding their 2017 meeting in Quebec City, I went straight to the Internet to find the registration form. As well as full programs of speakers CFWF conferences are known for featuring great agricultural tours. This year’s agenda didn’t disappoint, as delegates to the Quebec conference at the […] Read more

GFM Network News

B.C. ostrich owner condemns violence near embattled farm

Feed barley under pressure, watching to see ‘who blinks first’

Good progress made in Sask. harvest

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