Ag News

The Dairy Farmers of Canada have mixed feelings about this week's funding announcement from Ottawa. 

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau re-confirmed Ottawa's commitment to compensate the Supply Management sector over the Canada, U-S, Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).

Bibeau says $1.7 billion dollars will be shared by dairy, poultry, egg producers and processors impacted by CUSMA.

That money will be delivered through direct payments and investment programs.

Starting in January, there will be four new faces at the Sask Canola Board table.

 Anthony Eliason of Outlook,  and Jonathan Fehr of Herschel are acclaimed for four-year terms. 

While Margaret Rigetti of Langbank and Ed Schafer of Makwa have been appointed for two-year terms.

The four individuals will begin their terms following Sask Canola's Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, January 10th in Saskatoon. 

Sask Canola provided the following bio's for the four new directors.

Canadian Cattle Young Leaders is pleased to announce this year’s industry-leading mentors who are kindly investing their expertise and time to lend a helping hand to the next generation of the Canadian beef industry.

The Alberta Canola Producers Commission released the results of its call for farmer representatives for the Board of Directors.

Nominations closed at the end of October with one nomination coming in for Region 1, four nominations for Region 4, one nomination in Region 7, and no nominations for Region 10.

The two canola producers elected by acclamation are Christi Friesen from Brownvale representing Region 1, and Paula Law from Lacombe for Region 7.

A Brandon based ag manufacturer will benefit from the province's Innovation Growth Program.

A total of $96,500 will go to Bushel Plus.

The money will be used to commercialize an after-market device for agricultural combines that quantifies the equipment’s operational efficiency, allowing farmers to make immediate adjustments to decrease harvest losses.

The funding is in addition to a multi-million dollar investment from the Forage Capital Ag & Food Business Solutions Fund.

The rising cost of farm inputs is the reason it cost producers more to put the 2021 crop in, and farmers want to know why?

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan is calling on the House of Common's Standing Committee on Agriculture to investigate the rising costs of farm inputs.

APAS President Ian Boxall says stats show that 2021 was the most expensive year ever for Saskatchewan farmers.

The Manitoba government is providing almost $1.1 million over three years to Direct Farm Manitoba to support its Manitoba Community Food Currency Program, which works to improve food security for Manitobans in need while also supporting local agri-businesses, announced Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson.

Icy road conditions likely played a factor in the drop in cattle moving through Auction Marts last week.

Canfax reporting 31,782 feeder cattle sold in Saskatchewan where feeder steers and heifer prices were mostly down across all weight categories

Provincial Cattle Specialist Fonda Froats says calf prices peaked in the last couple of weeks and now we're into that typical seasonal decline:

Earlier this month Alberta wheat and barley farmers voted in favour of amalgamation.

Alberta Wheat Commission Chair Greg Sears says he would have liked to see higher voter participation, but is happy with the results.

He says now they have to work with the Alberta Government's Marketing Council to establish new regulations and legislative mechanisms for the new commission to exist. 

"It does actually require us building a new commission, with new bylaws, and basically starting from square one with the new commission."

A retired Manitoba agrologist and sheep farmer, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada rangeland biologist and a farmer-turned-Grazing Club whiz represent Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association’s (MFGA) second-ever inductee class to the MFGA Wall of Fame, announced today