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Why not a closed-for-business wall?

The Canada-EU trade deal (nearly) crumbles, leaving seven years of negotiation in its wake

By Lee Hart November 8, 2016

I think if Prime Minister Trudeau had any gumption at all he would build a wall to keep Americans and Belgians out of Canada. If they don’t like our trade deals we’ll just keep our scenery, oil and hockey players to ourselves. With this issue of Grainews being published on U.S. election day, I am […] Read more

Reuters, Weather

Last five years were hottest on record

By GFM Network News November 8, 2016

Morocco/Reuters – The past five years were the hottest on record with mounting evidence that heat waves, floods and rising sea levels are stoked by man-made climate change, the United Nations weather agency said on Tuesday. Some freak weather events would have happened naturally but the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said greenhouse gas emissions had […] Read more

Crops, Features, Livestock

What is holistic management?

Are cover crops on the rise?

By Leeann Minogue November 7, 2016

Holistic management is a framework for making decisions by looking at your entire environment, including your soil and the living organisms in it, how you’re capturing rainfall and energy from the sun and the diversity of the entire biological community. It also includes taking into account the environmental, economic and social consequences of the decisions […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Keep visitors safe on your farm

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association November 7, 2016

Corn mazes, pumpkin picking, hayrides and Christmas trees. These are all reasons why visitors flock to farms in the fall and winter. Nothing is more enjoyable than spending time with your nearest and dearest enjoying the weather and an outing to a local farm. However, agritourism (activities that bring visitors to a farm or ranch) […] Read more

General

Canada invests in Canadian biomass and composites industries

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 7, 2016

Federal and provincial governments are investing up to $2.9 million to the Composites Innovation Centre Manitoba for two initiatives. The funds will go towards the development of quality standards and measurement techniques for Canadian biomass, and research into overcoming technology barriers to the adoption of natural fibres in the composites industry, a news release says. […] Read more

The Paris Agreement seeks to phase out greenhouse gas emissions this century. Photo: Thinkstock

Reuters, Weather

Ignoring Trump, UN talks seek to turn climate pledges into action

By GFM Network News November 7, 2016

Morocco/Reuters – Almost 200 nations began work on Monday to turn promises for fighting climate change into action at a UN conference that played down threats to a 2015 global agreement if Republican Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidency. At the start of two-week talks in Morocco, many delegates wore badges with a smiling picture […] Read more

General

Green jobs eligible for wage subsidy

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 7, 2016

A new Career Focus Green Jobs program is offering wage subsidies to help employers with an environmental focus hire new graduates, a federal release says. The program targets small- and medium-sized businesses to help reduce the cost barriers of hiring new graduates by subsidizing their salary by 50 per cent to a maximum of $13,500 […] Read more

A portion of a melting glacier calves off into the ocean. Photo: Thinkstock

Reuters, Weather

Arctic sea ice retreat pinned to individuals’ emissions-study

By GFM Network News November 7, 2016

Morocco/Reuters – Drive your car 4,000 km and its greenhouse gas emissions will melt three square metres (32 square feet) of ice on the Arctic Ocean, according to a new study that found a direct link between carbon dioxide and the shrinking ice. Examining long-term trends for ice floating on the ocean since the 1950s, […] Read more

Features

Data mining: love at first byte

Storing data in the cloud can help you get the most from your farm equipment

By Geoff Geddes November 3, 2016

Clouds used to be as welcome on the farm as the tax man, since they both have a knack for raining on your parade. These days, however, more desirable clouds — the high tech kind — are heating up farm profits by providing something valuable: information. Those “desirable clouds” refer to cloud computing. That is, […] Read more

Machinery

The UTV reviews are in

Grainews judges report their findings from the summer UTV Challenge

By Scott Garvey November 2, 2016

We’ve accepted many assignments over the years in order to bring you, our readers, useful information about farm equipment, but I don’t think we’ve ever had more fun doing that than when we set to work evaluating side-by-side UTVs at the Grainews UTV Challenge last July. Our objective was to put them to work doing […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

Other livestock

Why not a closed-for-business wall?

Last five years were hottest on record

What is holistic management?

Keep visitors safe on your farm

Canada invests in Canadian biomass and composites industries

Ignoring Trump, UN talks seek to turn climate pledges into action

Green jobs eligible for wage subsidy

Arctic sea ice retreat pinned to individuals’ emissions-study

Data mining: love at first byte

The UTV reviews are in

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