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File photo of grilled pork intestine on skewers at a street food stall in the Philippines. (Junpinzon/iStock/Getty Images)

Philippines to host Canada’s Indo-Pacific ag office

AAFC/CFIA base to be set up in Manila, Bibeau says

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Canada’s agriculture department and food safety agency will carry out their part of the federal government’s Indo-Pacific strategy from a new office in Manila, Philippines. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced the office’s location Wednesday in Ottawa during a meeting with the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA), which represents Canada’s export-dependent ag commodity groups on […] Read more
Timing of post-harvest spray applications is an important factor to consider. For example, some perennial weeds like Canada thistle require four to six weeks to regrow for a post-harvest herbicide application to be effective, which can be difficult in areas that receive early snowfalls.
Crops, News

Tips and strategies for pre- and post-harvest weed control

While in-field scouting tops the list, also consider post-spray followups, detailed record keeping, weed assessments, water quality and more

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Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best ones. Breanne Tidemann, an Alberta-based researcher with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), says boots on the ground remains one of the most effective strategies when it comes to weed control. “Don’t rely, especially in the spring, on the 80-kilometre-per-hour drive-by. Get out and get those boots on the […] Read more
File photo of a federal office building in downtown Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

AAFC projecting canola ending stocks to tighten

New-crop wheat ending stocks figure boosted

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MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks in both the current marketing year and upcoming 2023-24 season will be tighter than earlier estimates, according to supply/demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) on Tuesday. Factoring in Statistics Canada’s latest acreage estimates and its data for stocks as of March 31 — figures both released in […] Read more
A canola flower midge larva inside a galled flower. Larvae are initially white in colour and turn a darker yellow colour as they feed and develop.
Crops, Features

Canola flower midge damage less severe than swede midge

Newly discovered species shouldn’t worry canola producers

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Swede midge is a devastating insect pest of canola and related cruciferous vegetables and is a problem in Eastern Canada. In North America, swede midge was first noticed in Ontario and the eastern United States. It has affected canola production in Eastern Canada, in some cases leading to failed crops. Swede midge (Contarinia nasturtii) is […] Read more
File photo of picketing federal workers represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) at Gatineau, Que. on April 20, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)
Crops

Federal workers reach tentative deal

Over 120,000 PSAC members back on job Monday

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Over 120,000 striking federal government employees are expected to return to work starting Monday morning (May 1) after reaching tentative agreements overnight. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) announced after midnight Monday it had reached tentative agreements for workers in four bargaining units who negotiate with the federal Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. Among […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Larger pea, chickpea exports expected

China, Bangladesh among major destinations

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MarketsFarm — Canadian pea, chickpea and edible bean exports will likely beat earlier expectations during the current 2022-23 marketing year, according to updated supply/demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The stocks-to-use rations for the three crops should also tighten as a result. In its report Friday, the government agency upped its call for Canadian […] Read more
File photo of a federal office building in downtown Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

AAFC raises canola stocks projections

StatCan's early acreage estimates due out this week

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MarketsFarm — Canola ending stocks for both the current marketing year and 2023-24 were raised slightly by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in its latest supply/demand projections, released Friday. The government agency lowered its canola export forecast for 2022-23 by 200,000 tonnes from March, now pegging movement at 8.4 million tonnes. With domestic usage left […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

AAFC supply/demand estimates mostly unchanged

Wheat exports up, but domestic usage cut

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MarketsFarm –– Supply/demand estimates for Canadian crops were largely left unchanged in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) latest projections, with only the wheat numbers seeing small adjustments in the report released Tuesday. Projected Canadian wheat exports for the 2022-23 marketing year were raised to 24.3 million tonnes, up by 200,000 from the February estimate. Domestic […] Read more
Yellow peas. (Victoria Popova/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC report makes minor changes

Revisions mainly in dry peas, chickpeas

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MarketsFarm — Following the latest supply and demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville said their numbers “all seem reasonable enough.” There were only a handful of small tweaks to pulses in the AAFC report released Friday. For the most part, the revisions came with dry beans and chickpeas. […] Read more

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