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Pulse weekly outlook: Edible beans in good shape for now

By GFM Network News June 12, 2018

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s edible bean crops are generally in good shape, although too much moisture could become a concern. Canadian farmers intended to plant 246,000 acres of edible beans in 2018, which would be down slightly from 333,000 the previous year, according to Statistics Canada data. Of that total, Manitoba edible bean area was […] Read more

A trained watch person with a means of communication must always be present outside the bin when another person is inside.

Wheat & Chaff

Think ‘safety’ when you’re cleaning out grain bins

Never enter a grain bin when you're alone

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association June 11, 2018

A key reason why people become entrapped in grain is because grain stored in bins is out of condition. A farmer enters the bin to break down the crusted grain and tragedy strikes, grain comes tumbling down and the person is engulfed. If grain is kept in good condition, no one has to enter the […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Dry fields see rain relief, seeding nears completion

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending June 4

By Saskatchewan Agriculture June 7, 2018

The majority of the province received much-needed moisture this past week, helping to alleviate concerns about dry field conditions. The amount of rain varied across the province, with some southwestern areas receiving very little, while many fields in the southeast are saturated and flooded. The Lampman area received 256 mm of rain. Fields and roads […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

CP conductors, engineers to get nine per cent raise over four years

By GFM Network News June 6, 2018

Montreal | Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway conductors and locomotive engineers will get a nine per cent salary hike over four years as part of a tentative agreement reached last week with the Teamsters, spokesmen from both the union and CP said on Wednesday. The agreement, which must first be ratified by members to go […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

With deal to close this week, Bayer to retire Monsanto name

By GFM Network News June 4, 2018

Frankfurt | Reuters — Germany’s Bayer will wrap up the US$63 billion takeover of Monsanto on Thursday and also retire the U.S. seed and chemical firm’s 117-year-old name. The German drugmaker had received all required approvals from regulatory authorities, it said in a statement on Monday. “Bayer will remain the company name. Monsanto will no […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Deere sues Precision Planting, claiming patent infringement

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 1, 2018

Reuters — U.S. farm equipment maker Deere and Co. on Friday sued Precision Planting and Agco Corp., accusing them of infringing on 12 of its patents. In filings to the U.S. district court in Delaware, Deere alleged that products made or sold by Precision Planting, including vSet seed meters along with SpeedTube products, infringed on […] Read more

Crops

Canada clears Bayer’s Monsanto play, with conditions

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 31, 2018

Canada’s Competition Bureau says it’s “actively reviewing” BASF’s suitability as a buyer of the crop seed and chemical assets Bayer has to sell to get the bureau’s blessing to buy Monsanto. The Competition Bureau said Wednesday it has an agreement with Bayer to deal with “concerns that the proposed transaction would have significantly harmed competition […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Seeding in Sask. surpasses 90 per cent, moisture conditions improve

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending May 28

By Saskatchewan Agriculture May 31, 2018

Thanks to another week of relatively good conditions, 91 per cent of the crop is now in the ground. This is up from 70 per cent last week and remains well ahead of the five-year (2013-2017) seeding average of 81 per cent for this time of year. The southwest region is the most advanced with […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Strikes called off as unions, CP reach tentative deals

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 30, 2018

Labour peace arrives Thursday morning at Canadian Pacific Railway, as the company and the unions for its conductors, engineers and signal maintainers have reached tentative deals. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Council No. 11, which represents about 360 CP signal maintenance staff, announced a tentative three-year deal with Calgary-based CP Tuesday evening. The […] Read more

The Port of Churchill in 2015. (CNS Canada photo by Jade Markus)

Crops, Machinery

Deal in principle announced for Churchill railway, port

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 30, 2018

The federal government has announced an “agreement in principle” which will see a new partnership fix up northern Manitoba’s washed-out Hudson Bay Railway and take over the mothballed Port of Churchill. Details of the agreement were slim at best in the government’s announcement Wednesday, except to say the buying group slated to take over the […] 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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