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The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) has renamed its two industry-leading youth development programs.

Beginning October 3, 2022, the Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Mentorship program will become “Canadian Cattle Young Leaders”, and the Young Cattlemen’s Council will become “Canadian Cattle Youth Council”.

According to a news release, these names will further align the programs with CCA, where "Canadian" will strengthen its national identity when these young leaders represent the industry at meetings and events around the world.

Sunflowers is one crop that could hold a lot of potential for producers on the prairies. 

Currently, the majority of the acres in the prairies are found in southern Manitoba, with some acres also grown in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Crops Extension Specialist Sherri Roberts says sunflowers is a crop that can be seeded a little bit later, and is generally harvested into October which can help to spread out the workload.

The Manitoba government is implementing a temporary rent reduction on agricultural crown lands. 

Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson says the move is in response to the impacts of extreme moisture over the last couple of years and stakeholder feedback.

Manitoba has about 47 per cent of the crop in the bin, Saskatchewan's harvest is now 81 per cent complete, while Alberta's major crop harvest is now 76 to 88 per cent complete.

In Manitoba killing frosts arrived in much of the western side of the province on the morning of September 22nd and much of the rest province saw frost on September 27th. Some crop injury is expected in green canola and soybeans, but damage is expected to be relatively light.

Recovery continues in Atlantic Canada as people continue to work on picking up debris following the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona. 

The storm wreaked havoc across the Maritimes from power outages to infrastructure loss, loss of homes and fishing boats, damage to dairy farms, farms and crops.

Posting on Twitter Mary Robinson, President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture lives in P E. I and like many in Atlantic Canada has spent the week picking up after the storm. 

Harvest is starting to wind down in the Province.

Crops Extension Specialist Matt Struthers says provincially 81 per cent of the crop is in, up from 73 per cent last week.

"The southwest is ahead of the pack as they've been all harvest season long. Ninety-eight per cent of the crop is now in the bin for the southwest, the west central is 97 per cent, the southeast 74, the northwest 70, the northeast 69 and the east central 65 per cent complete."

Southeast Saskatchewan producers are busy harvesting, starting fall field work, hauling bales, cleaning corrals, and moving cattle to stubble fields.  

According to the latest crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture, the region has 74 percent of its crop in the bin, up from 65 percent last week. This is behind the five-year average of 82 percent. 

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has had a busy agenda this week. 

Following her visit to the Phillipines she took part in the G20 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting where they discussed what is at stake for the future of agriculture.

The Grain Growers of Canada have hired René Drolet ( DROW-LET) Consulting Services to take the lead in developing a path forward for the "Road to 2050."

Branden Leslie, the GGC's Manager of Policy and Government Relations says the overall goal is to develop a climate solutions initiative to help meet Canada’s ambitious goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.

He says the consultants will also work with an expert advisory council with diverse views from across the industry and the country with farmers playing a key role:

Recent frost has damaged some corn fields with Blumenort and Giroux areas being hit the hardest. 
 
Pioneer Hi-Bred Seed Rep. Marc Hutlet has toured some fields and says it appears those areas saw a killing frost while crops in other areas had mostly leaf damage.