Ag News

On a dairy farm in the Eastern Townships, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau re-affirmed the Government's commitment to provide compensation for supply-managed sectors for the impacts of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). Dairy, poultry and egg producers and processors are expected to share more than $1.7 billion in direct payments and investment programs.

This federal investment will help dairy, poultry and egg producers and processors make key investments and improve their operations to be even more competitive and sustainable.

Nature Conservancy of Canada works on large-scale, permanent land conservation to protect the country’s most important natural areas. 

The latest project involves a critical grassland area on a massive tract of land in the Interlake area of Manitoba.

The Lake Ranch project involves nearly 2,700 hectares and is home to a number of Canada's Species at Risk such as the Sprague’s pipit and bobolink which breed in the large expanses of grasslands. While the project wetlands attract migratory wetland birds like western grebes.

There is a lot of optimism at this year's Red Deer Agri-Trade show.

Visitors to the show are busy checking out the 500 exhibits featuring everything from the major manufacturers, shortline dealers, data technology and more.

A key highlight on the first day of the show was SeedMaster's contest announcement for 160 Acres of Gold.

Global Sales Manager Tim Criddle says the contest will provide one lucky grower in Western Canada with everything they need to seed, grow and harvest a full quarter section of Canola including the use of a seed drill and combine.

The Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC) has announced the results from the 2022 director and regional representatives  election.  

The G3 facility at Carmangay (Alberta) received the honor for inbound grain for 2021- 2022.

Last year when animal feed supplies were an issue in Western Canada due to the drought G3 Carmangay stepped up to help.

The site which normally receives grain by truck and loads it onto trains, did the reverse to fill this critical need.

G3 CEO Don Chapman says livestock producers counted on us to supply animal feed during a difficult year, and we delivered.

It's a big weekend for Saskatchewan's Agricultural Hall of Fame as they celebrate their 50th anniversary and welcome six new inductees.  

President Reed Andrew says Saturday's event will honor six individuals who have made a significant contribution to the Province's agriculture sector. 

This year's inductees include Jim Bessel,  Margaret Crowle (posthumous),  Jack Dawes,  Leslie Hill,  Dr. Jeffrey Schoenau, and Mark Silzer.

Jim Bessel is known for the establishment of canola as a profitable crop for farmers.

Saskatchewan's Ministry of Agriculture releasing the latest Cattle Marketing Report for the week ending November 4th.

Here are some of the highlights.........

Quorum Corporation's latest Grain Monitoring Update focused on grain shipping week 13. 

According to the report at the end of October space at primary elevators was good.  Country elevator stocks had dropped to 3.86 MMT utilizing 70% capacity, with deliveries to primary elevators totaling 1.16 MMT.

Year-to-date Western Canadian shipments from port terminal elevators during the week were 18% higher than the same period last year and 5% lower than the 3-year average.

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has announced a $336,858 investment to help small agricultural businesses further expand into grocery and food services.

The federal government is supporting the creation of a certification program that will allow businesses to meet specific trade requirements.

The funding will support GS1 Canada, a not-for-profit association, to develop training tailored to small and micro food enterprises. 

The 2022 growing season brought its own set of challenges for producers depending on the crop you grow and your location. 

Those challenges varied from wet conditions early on to another dry growing season in other areas.

Daniel Metheringham, is Vice-President of Agriculture at McCain Foods says potato growers faced those same challenges.