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Ag Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks to media at Cigi in Winnipeg on March 13, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Cash advance boost to take effect next week

By GFM Network News June 3, 2019

Regulations permanently expanding loan limits under the federal Advance Payments Program — and temporarily boosting interest-free advances for canola growers — are in place for applications to begin next Monday at the earliest. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Monday amendments to the Agricultural Marketing Programs Regulations are now in place to boost the APP loan […] Read more

Used utility poles and damaged grain bins provided  materials for this calving shelter.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Thinking outside the bin

Telephone poles and damaged grain bins turned into sturdy calf shelter

By Heather Eppich May 27, 2019

Due to the ever-increasing prices of building materials, we try to always keep our eyes and our minds open to anything that can be repurposed. Our small herd of cows is growing and as it grows, we have to keep our facilities growing as well. One thing we encountered this year, thanks to the lingering […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Seeding advances quickly, ahead of five-year average

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending May 13

By Saskatchewan Agriculture May 16, 2019

Significant seeding progress was made this past week as 38 per cent of the crop is now in the ground, ahead of the five-year average (2014-2018) of 31 per cent for this time of year. Crops are slow to emerge due to cool conditions. Seeding is furthest advanced in the southeastern region, where 53 per […] Read more

A member of STARS greets an exhibitor at Ag in Motion’s five-year celebrations on May 14, 2019. (William DeKay photo)

Crops, Livestock, Machinery

‘Show’ and ‘grow’ synonymous for Ag in Motion

By GFM Network News May 14, 2019

Langham, Sask. — Living up to its name, Glacier FarmMedia’s Ag in Motion has reached its five-year anniversary with no sign of slowing down. “It’s very exciting for me personally to have a show that the group of us started from a canola field into an event that’s now grown to the size that it […] Read more

A Mexican port-of-entry sign on Highway 92 near Naco, Arizona. (Rex_Wholster/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

New Mexican duties against U.S. ready soon, minister says

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 14, 2019

Toronto | Reuters — Mexico is finalizing duties to impose on new U.S. products in retaliation for the Trump administration’s steel and aluminum tariffs and details should be available soon, Economy Minister Graciela Marquez said on Tuesday. Mexico and Canada have both imposed retaliatory measures on billions of dollars of U.S. goods. Mexico said in […] Read more

Livestock

Ottawa looks to speed up emergency access to livestock drugs

By GFM Network News May 12, 2019

Livestock drugs not currently available in Canada could become easier to access in emergencies, if proposals for amended federal drug regulations get on the books. Health Canada, proposing to streamline the processes for emergency access to drugs for livestock as well as people and pets, on Friday announced a public comment period on its proposals, […] Read more

A small plastic cooler and sink drains make a handy and safe holder for materials when vaccinating cattle.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Simple ideas on the farm to help save time and money

Some tips for fencing, feeding and processing cattle 

By Sean McGrath May 2, 2019

I thought it might be interesting to share a few of the simple and hopefully good ideas that we have implemented on our place this year. Some are things I am sure folks are already doing, others might help someone or twig a new idea. I would encourage you to steal any of these that […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

VIDEO: Tractor operator saves cow trapped in mud after flood

By GFM Network News March 22, 2019

AccuWeather – Dubas Equipment in Nebraska shared this video of the careful efforts a tractor operator used with a front loader to save the life of a cow stuck in the mud after the state’s historic flooding. The video has since gone viral so Dubas has put together a “Nebraska Strong” t-shirt to sell with […] Read more

Tom Geisler surveys damage to his farm, following flooding at Winslow, Neb., northwest of Omaha, on March 20, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Humeyra Pamuk)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. farmers face devastation following Midwest floods

By GFM Network News March 20, 2019

Winslow, Neb./Chicago | Reuters — Midwestern farmers have been gambling they could ride out the U.S.-China trade war by storing their corn and soybeans anywhere they could — in bins, plastic tubes, in barns or even outside. Now, the unthinkable has happened. Record floods have devastated a wide swath of the Farm Belt across Iowa, […] Read more

A view of a farm partially submerged in floodwater at Scribner, Neb. on March 14, 2019, in a still image from video obtained from social media on March 19. (Video screengrab from Angie Lange via Reuters)

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Livestock, pets among victims in U.S. Midwest flooding

By GFM Network News March 19, 2019

Reuters — The floods that have devastated large swaths of Nebraska and Iowa since late last week left house pets homeless, inflicted an unknown toll on livestock and led to several daring water rescues of animals from dogs to horses. Rescuers in the Omaha area, where the Platte, Elkhorn and Missouri rivers began spilling over […] Read more

Canada to boost Indonesia exports to diversify non-U.S. trade, says minister

U.S. livestock: Live cattle drop as beef prices, packer margins erode

CBOT Weekly: Soybean, wheat futures come down

GFM Network News