Crops & Production Tips

PMRA review calls for slim changes to glyphosate label

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 14, 2015

A federal re-evaluation of glyphosate’s health risks leaves the popular herbicide’s status unchanged in Canada — but proposes tweaks to the product label as a “risk-reduction” measure. Products containing glyphosate “do not present unacceptable risks to human health or the environment when used according to the proposed label directions,” Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat bids drop with U.S. futures

By GFM Network News April 13, 2015

CNS Canada –– Cash bids for Canadian wheat were down during the week ended Friday, as losses in U.S. futures weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by C$8-10 per tonne, with bids ranging from $200 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $219 per tonne in Manitoba, according to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat wanes as rain expected on Plains

By GFM Network News April 13, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell more than four per cent on Monday to the lowest in two weeks as forecasts for timely showers across dry U.S. crop regions eased concern over potential yield losses. Corn followed wheat lower, while soybeans fell on rising global stockpiles. At the CBOT, May […] Read more

Crops

N.S. consolidates inspections in cost-cutting budget

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 11, 2015

Nova Scotia is set to gather its agricultural, environmental and public health inspection work into one department, along with other consolidation and cuts in its latest budget. Finance Minister Diana Whalen’s 2015-16 budget, released Thursday, calls for consolidation of inspection, compliance and enforcement functions in its Natural Resources, Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment departments, plus its […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Prairie hemp acres reaching plateau

By GFM Network News April 11, 2015

CNS Canada — Hemp continues to draw interest as an alternative cropping option in Western Canada, but its slow pace in moving toward deregulation may be limiting the upside acreage potential. Early expectations are for planted area of about 100,000 acres this year, which would be slightly above what was seeded in 2014 and a […] Read more

Crops, Features

What to do with that flax straw

Many farmers think flax looks good this year. The downside? All that straw

By Dilia Narduzzi April 10, 2015

If you’re already growing flax as a part of your rotation, or you’re thinking of starting to include flax at your farm, you might already know that the flax seed market is good. But, the question always comes up: what can be done with the straw? Often flax straw is seen as a waste product […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

U.S. EPA strikes deal on biofuel blending targets with oil groups

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 10, 2015

Washington | Reuters –– Oil refiners who have complained that U.S. federal regulators missed deadlines to issue rules on blending renewable fuels into the nation’s supply of gasoline and diesel fuel are set to get long-awaited targets from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Under a deal the EPA announced Friday with two oil industry groups […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Short-covering supports wheat but corn, soybeans fall

By GFM Network News April 10, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 1.4 per cent on Friday on a round of short-covering by speculators after price declines in three of the previous four sessions, traders said. “The big short contingent in the wheat market is definitely something to be reconciled with,” said Bill Gentry, a broker at Risk Management […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

CN grain train derails near Calgary

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 10, 2015

Reuters — Twenty-four grain cars on a Canadian National Railway (CN) train derailed northeast of Calgary on Friday morning without injury or dangerous goods involved, RCMP said. The derailment on the 104-car train took place near the village of Kathyrn and Highway 9, at 10 a.m. MT, RCMP from nearby Beiseker said in a release, […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Neonic rules ‘unworkable’ for Ont. corn, soy growers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 9, 2015

Ontario’s planned regulation to limit the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments might as well be a ban from where the organization sits representing the province’s corn and soy producers. After reviewing the draft regulation, which provincial officials posted March 23 for public comment until May 7, Grain Farmers of Ontario said Thursday it “strongly opposes […] Read more

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