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Ottawa seeks heavier trigger pull on AgriStability: report

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Proposed changes to the federal/provincial farm income stabilization program beyond this year are expected to lead to tighter eligibility for a program payout, according to a producer group observing the planning process. In its Grass Routes newsletter last week, Alberta Beef Producers reported some suggestion among federal and provincial agriculture ministers that governments should "rebalance […] Read more
Crops, General, Livestock

Manitoba crops look good; more moisture welcome

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Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives has released is crop report, crop production update and crop weather report for last week. Full text is posted alongside. Highlights • The continuing warm weather is advancing crops quickly, allowing producers to make excellent progress with haying operations and permitting fungicide applications to continue. • Generally, the condition […] Read more
Crops, General

Rain keeps a lid on some bug populations in Alberta

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Rain makes grain but it apparently doesn’t make bugs. Alberta Agriculture pest specialist Scott Meers in his latest Call of the Land  interview says abundant moisture is keeping a lid on several pest populations. Diamondback moths were a concern early in the season, but "Now we’re having trouble finding very many of them in any […] Read more
General, Markets

WTO to lower entry bar for poorest countries

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The World Trade Organization has agreed new membership standards for the weakest economies, lowering the bar for countries such as Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Sudan to join the global trading club, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. In the document, which was agreed on June 29 and will be rubber-stamped by the WTO’s […] Read more
General, Markets

StatsCan’s ag programs to be downsized

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Canada’s national statistics agency will eliminate or reduce 34 programs and surveys to meet the government’s budget-cutting target, but will leave most economic indicators untouched. Statistics Canada published the list of data it is putting on the chopping block on its website last week. The cuts are part of the Conservative government’s plan to eliminate […] Read more
Crops, General, Livestock

Manitoba crops recovering from excess moisture

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Manitoba Agriculture has released its weekly Crop Report, Crop Weather report and Crop Production Update. Full text of each is posted alongside. Weekly Provincial Summary • The continuing warm and dry weather conditions are advancing crops, allowing producers to make good progress with haying operations, and permitting herbicide and fungicide applications to continue. • The […] Read more
Crops, General

Stripe rust confirmed in southern Manitoba

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Manitoba Agriculture’s weekly Insect and Disease Update says that stripe rust has been identified near Brandon. MAFRI pathologist Holly Derksen confirmed the “low-severity” infection as a late addendum to the report. “I could only find one plant showing symptoms. This pathogen slows down under hot, dry conditions, so a foliar fungicide application was not recommended […] Read more
Crops, General

Cabbage seedpod weevils above threshold in Alberta

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In his weekly Call of the Land report, Alberta Agriculture pest specialist Scott Meers says cabbage seedpod weevils are present at above-threshold levels in "virtually every field that’s coming into bloom right now south of No. 1 Highway." Scouting is recommended — threshold level is two per sweep; more than 10 are being reported in […] Read more
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BMO finds wide concern over rural youth migration

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A BMO Bank of Montreal report on the migration of young people from rural to urban areas shows a fairly broad belief among Canadians that such outflow is harming family farms. "This concern is expressed by urban dwellers to the same extent as rural dwellers — and sometimes more," the bank said in a release […] Read more
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Major Chinese ag lender sets up Vancouver desk

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One of the top agricultural lenders in China and top banks in the world has gone to Vancouver to set up its fifth representative office outside its home country. Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) was feted Monday in a formal welcome ceremony at the Vancouver Convention Centre with the lender’s senior vice-president, Chao Gong, and […] Read more

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