Shared pastures can be a biosecurity hazard as the mixed herds can bring disease back to their home herds.

For your cattle, the best biosecurity offence is defence

15 plays to keep your beef herd safe

The recent passing of highly pathogenic avian influenza A into bovines in the United States has people talking about the value of biosecurity in beef cattle herds. As humankind evolved from a nomadic hunter-gatherer society into agricultural-based settlement populations, there is a reason domesticated bovine played a major role as a farmed species. Cattle are […] Read more

Keeping reference materials current for the farming community could help ward off weeds and pests before they become endemic.

Recognize the value of books, fact sheets, texts

Practical Research: Don’t assume that your phone will have all the answers at hand

During my long tenure with Alberta Agriculture we, as a crop protection unit, produced many farmer information presentations, fact sheets, books, booklets, broadcasts and seminars. From 2000 onward, Alberta Agriculture severely cut down on this and other farm information units. The books and fact sheets are fully relevant today but they need upgrading and maintenance, […] Read more


The Leon's Manufacturing building at Yorkton, Sask.

Leon’s Manufacturing in receivership

The Yorkton, Sask. dozer blade and loader bucket maker had been plagued by complaints over delivery delays

Glacier FarmMedia — Farmers waiting for equipment purchased from Leon’s Manufacturing are dealing with new uncertainty now that the Yorkton, Sask. company has been placed in receivership. Ernst and Young has been named the appointed receiver for the case, according to a court order dated June 11. The document names both Leon’s Manufacturing and Ram […] Read more

farm mechanic with deere equipment

Deere expands customer repair capabilities northward

Customer Service Advisor and mobile app now available to Canadian owners

As “right-to-repair” advocates have increased pressure on major manufacturers in all industry sectors, some U.S. states have now introduced laws to mandate it. Those regulations, however, differ by state. For example, ag equipment manufactured after a certain date is included in Colorado’s law, while specifically excluded in Oregon’s. Aside from the push by legislators, the […] Read more


G3 Canada today operates 24 elevators and grain terminals across Canada. Its majority owner, G3 Global Holdings, also owns G3's export terminal at Vancouver in partnership with Western Stevedoring Co.

What’s happening with your shares in G3?

How your stake in the equity trust set up for Prairie farmers sits today

Glacier FarmMedia — An owner of G3 Canada it may be, but Farmers Equity Trust won’t be a suitor for Bunge’s separate ownership stake in G3, if Ottawa decides to require a sale as part of its review of Bunge’s proposed takeover of Viterra. “The trust has no cash resources to invest that way, and […] Read more

Would Bunge have to get out of G3?

Good question. While we don’t yet have an answer, the federal Competition Bureau’s recent language suggests Bunge’s continued part-ownership of G3 would be a regulatory sore spot in a merger with Viterra. The basic background: U.S.-based Bunge, the “B” in the “ABCD” group of companies that handle the bulk of global grain trade, last June […] Read more


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The legacy of Henry’s Handbook

A book well known to Grainews readers will remain available

Les Henry is a former professor and extension specialist for the University of Saskatchewan, a farmer, and a regular contributor of print and online articles and columns for Grainews for the past 37 years. He is also the author of Henry’s Handbook of Soil and Water. Today, we are pleased to announce that Henry has […] Read more

FieldOps is a new digital platform available for mobile and web users that consolidates all field operations into one interface.

FieldOps: a new digital platform from CNH

CNH is set to debut a new, free platform for mobile and web customers to better monitor field operations from a single site. “This is something we’re really excited about,” CNH’s chief digital and information officer Marc Kermish says. “We realize more and more farmers are on the go and need to manage their farm […] Read more


Satellite communications firm Intelsat, which last month agreed to a US$3.1 billion acquisition offer from Luxembourg-based SES, will provide field connectivity for CNH customers in Brazil.

Improved connectivity coming soon from CNH

Satellite link to debut next year for the New Holland and Case IH brands

As real-time digital connectivity from the field to the cloud increases in importance for farmers with the move to widespread precision farming, regular cellular service providers haven’t really been fully up to the task of supporting it in every location. Most farmers have fields in at least some areas where cellular service is reduced or […] Read more