Ag News

It's official B-H-P has approved $6.4 billion dollars in funding for the second phase of its new potash mine development at Jansen, Saskatchewan.

In a press release on Tuesday, BHP Chief Executive Officer, Mike Henry says this is an important milestone that underscores our confidence in potash and marks the next phase of the company’s growth in Canada. 

"We believe Jansen will deliver long-term value for shareholders and the local community and will position BHP as one of the leaders in the global potash industry."

The Alberta Canola Producers Commission is seeking four canola producers to serve as directors on the board of directors for a three-year term.

Alberta Canola has 12 defined regions, with each region electing an eligible producer to represent the canola growers within that region.

Any producer who grew canola in regions 2, 5, 8, or 11 and paid a service charge to Alberta Canola since August 1, 2021, is an eligible producer and can let their name stand to be a director in the 2023 nominations.

The nomination period is open until 4:00pm on October 31, 2023

Farm Credit Canada released it's final Cattle and Hog update for 2023 which looks at the top economic trends and issues.

Senior Economist Leigh Anderson says for 2023 prices in the cattle sector have been and continue to be very strong due to a number of key factors.

"So the North American beef herd continues to shrink due to drought conditions the last several years. And just the time to rebuild a cattle herd takes quite a bit of time. Demand remains strong and this has pushed prices higher. "

Premier Wab Kinew has sent out his Mandate letters calling on Ministers to respect the excellence and expert advice of the public service and to work with them on our shared mission to serve the people of Manitoba.

In his mandate letter to Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn he noted that Agriculture is the backbone of the provincial economy.

Here is an exert from the Agriculture Mandate Letter

Now that the harvest is pretty much wrapped up for most farmers, producers are monitoring the markets and what's happening with production in other countries.

Neil Townsend, a Senior Market Analyst with GrainFox | FarmLink thinks that in the next month, we could see some retracement for canola and wheat values.

November 1st is "Show Your 4-H Colours Day" and "Global 4-H Day".

4-H members, volunteer leaders, alumni, families, and supporters will be wearing green on Wednesday as a way to celebrate everything they love about 4-H.

4-H Canada says by supporting this year's Show Your 4-H Colours Day, you’re helping connect communities from coast-to-coast, while raising awareness of the 4-H movement.

The Do More Agriculture Foundation is extremely pleased with its recent "Walk With Me" campaign.

As part of the two-week campaign, BASF matched the first $10,000 raised.

Overall, a total of $40,000 was raised through Do More Agriculture's first-ever Walk with Me campaign.

"Walk With Me" is a global campaign created by U.K. farmer Chris Manley when he was struggling with depression.

Livestock producers that have been struggling with the drought can now apply for the 2023 Canada-Alberta Drought Livestock Assistance program.

Qualifying producers will have had to change their grazing plans due to the drought for more than 21 days.

Benefits will be based on a feed-need calculation for feed costs incurred from lost grazing days for eligible breeding animals on hand as of Dec. 31, 2023. 

Animals must be breeding animals - females that have been bred between January 1 and December 31, 2023.

North 49 Foods held the grand opening of their new state-of-the-art sow processing plant in Moose Jaw on Friday morning, with Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan, David Marit, Minister of Agriculture, and other Saskatchewan dignitaries in attendance for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.  

The property, which consists of 100 acres of industrial land, was formerly the XL beef plant but was purchased by Donald’s Fine Foods in 2019. Since then, they have refurbished the plant, investing in excess of $60 million into the facility. 

In a recent release, the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan appealed to Canada's Senators to rectify the recent amendment to Bill C-234, "An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act." 

This call comes in the wake of the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry's review, which took place on October 24, leading to an amendment that they say significantly altered the original intent of the bill.