Machinery & Production Tips

Young cattle producers take small-screen challenge

By GFM Network News June 28, 2013

Efforts to win a trip to a major beef industry leadership conference in Australia have a group of young Canadian cattle producers showcasing their lives and livelihoods on YouTube. Members of the Cattlemen’s Young Leaders (CYL) development program, backed by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and others, have created short videos for a contest managed by […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets

EU takes step back from market-driven farming

By GFM Network News June 27, 2013

Reforms agreed by European Union negotiators on Wednesday offer subsidies to keep farms producing in regions where conditions are hard, going against the bloc’s shift towards relying on market forces in agriculture. Since 1992, the EU has been altering its common agricultural policy (CAP) to encourage farmers to grow crops in response to market prices, […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

Hog haulers warned not to wash trucks with recycled water

By GFM Network News June 25, 2013

To help prevent a deadly virus infecting U.S. pigs from reaching Canada, livestock truckers are being warned to steer clear of trailer washes that use recycled water. The Manitoba Pork Council “has received new information that suggests many livestock truck washes based in the U.S. and Canada use recycled water,” said Miles Beaudin, the council’s […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Minogue: Prairies’ biggest iron dealer network still growing

By Leeann Minogue, GFM Network News June 25, 2013

As farm implement dealerships grow and consolidate, farmers are beginning to wonder what’s in it for them. At Canada’s Farm Progress Show here last week, Grainews sat down with Jim Wood, vice-president for agriculture for the largest dealership network of them all: Rocky Mountain Equipment. Publicly-traded RME operates 39 Case IH, Case Construction and New […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery, Weather

Cargill’s High River beef plant resuming operations

By GFM Network News June 24, 2013

One of Canada’s biggest beef packing plants, just north of the flood-battered town of High River, Alta., expects to be reopened and running nearer to its full capacity on Tuesday (June 25). The Canadian arm of U.S. agrifood giant Cargill said Monday the beef fabrication, trim and grind, rendering, cooler, shipping, warehousing, maintenance, administration and […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

U.S. puts Russia on notice in WTO compliance report

By GFM Network News June 19, 2013

The United States, in the first report on Russia’s compliance with its World Trade Organization commitments, said on Wednesday it was closely watching Moscow for any violations that thwart U.S. exports to the world’s sixth-largest economy. But in the report required by Congress, the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office did not announce any definite plans for […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets

Deregulation sparks rise in grain container trade

By GFM Network News June 11, 2013

Deregulation of grain trading in Australia has led to an explosion in shipments in containers rather than bulk — a trend that may be repeated in Canada, although on a less spectacular scale, industry sources said on Tuesday. Australia, where grain markets were deregulated in 2008, now ships around two million to 2.5 million tonnes […] Read more

General, Machinery

NEW CONTEST: Win free farm fuel

By GFM Network News June 11, 2013

A farmer somewhere in Canada will receive a month of free farm fuel, worth up to $5,000, from Country Guide magazine in our latest contest. Farmers who’d like to subscribe or renew their subscriptions to Country Guide before the end of this year, at a special rate of 43 per cent off the normal subscription […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Pearce: With wheat in head, Ont. aerial applicators get ready

By Ralph Pearce, GFM Network News June 8, 2013

One farmer’s deliverance can be another farmer’s delay — and that seems to be the case for many growers in parts of southern Ontario. Rains in the past week have left some fields with flooded portions, mostly at the headlands. In spite of appearances, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of concern for those […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Leave crusted-over canola be, and hope for the best

By FBC Staff, GFM Network News June 7, 2013

With a cycle of high moisture and then a few days of dry, soil crusting is an issue in canola fields in parts of eastern Saskatchewan in particular, according to the Canola Council of Canada. Canola seedlings can’t penetrate the crust, and often curl back and die, the council said in its most recent Canola […] Read more

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