Silviculture Tree Archives

‘Lightning siege’ sparks wildfires across California wine country

Almost 11,000 strikes reported over 72 hours

By GFM Network News August 20, 2020

Vacaville, California | Reuters — Lightning strikes sparked dozens of wildfires in northern California’s wine country on Wednesday, burning dozens of structures and forcing thousands to flee their homes. California was hit by nearly 11,000 lightning strikes in 72 hours, sparking 367 fires, nearly two dozen of them major, as the state suffered a record […] Read more

Crops, Machinery and Shop

Brandt closes GeoShack deal, locks up Topcon sales in Canada

Tractor company revives Ontario deal

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 16, 2020

A deal to make Brandt Tractor the exclusive dealer for Topcon geopositioning equipment clear across Canada has been resuscitated. Regina-based Brandt announced Tuesday it has closed its previously-announced deal to buy the assets of GeoShack Canada — two weeks after Dallas-based GeoShack declared that “a mutually beneficial deal… has not been attained.” GeoShack has been […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Facts can be stranger than fiction

These mineral and nutritional facts about plants and animals are strange, but true

By Ieuan Evans February 24, 2020

If you need some very interesting reading this winter consider buying a book called, Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori. It’s fascinating. Drori describes trees from all around the world, including Canada. For example, rubber got its name from the original latex that the British used to cut into chunks to rub […] Read more

Columns

Farm Financial Planner: Estate planning for the very long term

This tree farmer’s crop will take decades to mature, but tax planning is still key

By Andrew Allentuck January 8, 2020

David, a name we’re giving to a tree farmer in eastern Ontario, is 83. His wife passed away some years back. He converted a 47-acre former hay and horse farm to trees. Now there are 25,000 trees growing, a crop that, given natural mortality, he is unlikely to see mature. The trees are varied, including […] Read more

General

Federal minister for rural affairs among Tory pledges

By GFM Network News October 2, 2019

The federal Conservatives’ pre-election pledges for Canada’s rural communities include a plan to appoint a federal minister for rural affairs. Tory leader Andrew Scheer included that promise Sept. 7 in announcing a list of “specific measures he will take as prime minister to help rural communities across the country,” in the lead-up to a federal […] Read more

Canadian flax prices, exports going up

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs end lower on profit-taking

ICE weekly outlook: Canola entering uncharted waters

GFM Network News

Canadian flax prices, exports going up

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs end lower on profit-taking

ICE weekly outlook: Canola entering uncharted waters

Archives

‘Lightning siege’ sparks wildfires across California wine country

Brandt closes GeoShack deal, locks up Topcon sales in Canada

Facts can be stranger than fiction

Farm Financial Planner: Estate planning for the very long term

Federal minister for rural affairs among Tory pledges

Grainews blogs

Nutrient Management Seminar series continues

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