Prairie communities will benefit from the new "Growing Home with BASF campaign"
BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions has launched its "Growing Home with BASF campaign".
Through the campaign BASF will invest $75,000 to help grow Prairie communities.
During the month of April individuals in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba can nominate organizations that help grow their communities to win one of the $25,000 prizes.
Key announcements for the dairy sector
The Dairy Farmers of Canada are pleased with Ottawa's funding announcement of $333 million over ten years for the dairy sector.
The money is earmarked for research into new products and processing for solids non-fat (SNF).
DFC vice-president David Wiens says in order to have enough milk to supply the butter fat market there will be a surplus of SNF.
The increase in the carbon tax is going to be a tough hit for the agriculture sector
You may have noticed the price increase at the gas pump.
On Saturday, the federal carbon tax increased to $65 per tonne as the first year of an accelerated price increase that will hit $170 per tonne by 2030.
That increase is going to have a major impact for farmers and ranchers across the country.
APAS highlights the unfair impact of the carbon tax on the province's ag sector.
CCA raises concern over UK market access for Canadian beef in CPTPP
The Canadian Cattle Association is disappointed with the news that Canada has reached a market access agreement with the UK to join the CPTPP without achieving viable access for Canadian beef into the UK.
While full details of the deal remain unavailable the CCA says they are aware that other members of the CPTPP have achieved unlimited beef access in their bilateral agreements with the UK, but that similar access for Canada is 'off the table'.
CP says the Federal Government is looking at renewing a failed policy
Last week's Federal Budget called for a pilot program to reintroduce and extend the rail interswitching limit on the prairies.
Elizabeth Hucker, CP's assistant vice-president of marketing and sales for Canadian grain says it's an idea CP Rail is not in favor of.
"Interswitching requires additional handoffs for rail cars between carriers, which in turn causes increased dwell time. This slows the entire rail supply chain and reduces capacity by introducing inefficiencies which could otherwise be avoided."
Applications are now open for SCAP
Farmers and Ranchers across the country now have full access to the new five year Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
The agreement includes $1 billion in federal programs and activities, and $2.5 billion in cost-shared programs and activities funded by federal, provincial and territorial governments, an increase of 25 percent from the old CAP
program.
Applications open Monday for Alberta's new SCAP program
The province has released the details for its new 5-year $508 million Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Nate Horner says the new agricultural policy framework provides flexibility to deliver programs that will help producers and value-added processors grow their businesses and improve productivity.
Alberta’s SCAP programs align with the five priority areas in the agreement.
New wheat varieties hold a lot of promise for producers
Last month, four new lines from the wheat breeding program at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada Swift Current were recommended for registration during the Prairie Grain Development Committee Meetings.
Wheat Breeder Dr. Richard Cuthbert says there's one high-yielding Canada Prairie Spring Red variety with a strong disease package that includes stripe rust resistance that shows a lot of potential for growers in Alberta.
The other three lines are Canada Western Red Spring two of which are not non-midge tolerant.
Applications open for the G3 Grow Beyond Scholarship
This year, six individuals will receive $5000 each through the G3 Grow Beyond Scholarship.
The scholarship is open to students (excluding Quebec) who are graduating high school this year and beginning post-secondary education in any field of study.
G3 CEO Don Chapman says they're excited to help six more Canadian students achieve academic success through the G3 Grow Beyond Scholarship and contribute more ideas to benefit Canadian farms and their capacity to feed the world.
New wheat research projects will benefit prairie farmers
Results from new research projects funded the Alberta Agriculture Funding Consortium will benefit prairie producers.
The AFC consists of 18 agricultural organizations that leverage and coordinate funding to support sustainability, diversification, and long-term growth for agriculture and the food industry in Western Canada.
One of those groups is the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission.
For 2022-23 Sask Wheat has committed over $467,000 to four projects funded through AFC.