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B.C. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick, shown here last month in Kelowna, ordered new performance measures last year for the province’s Agricultural Land Commission. (Government of British Columbia photo)
Crops

Extra funds, orders help B.C. ALC clear backlog

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Reading Time: 2 minutes British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Commission credits new funding, and a new regime of performance measures, with helping it to clear its backlog of applications. The ALC, the tribunal overseeing provincial measures to conserve farmland and enable farming-related land use, recently announced it has “eliminated” a backlog of 185 applications — and has processed over 90 […] Read more
Bales would be left at the edge of a field to await transportation to the processing plant in Sarnia.
Corn, Crops, Guide Business

A biomass corn-stalk co-op

Farmers need to invest now if the new corn-stalk project is to go ahead

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Reading Time: 8 minutes Farmers aren’t negative or pessimistic by nature, but they are realists. When it comes to business proposals, they’ve heard terms such as “sure-fire” and “can’t-miss” before, not always with good cause. So, do those terms work for the proposed corn biomass co-op? You decide, but it appears there may be a good case for the […] Read more
A rail car from SGCC’s fleet. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Warm Saskatchewan weather spells early load limits

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Reading Time: < 1 minute A long spell of spring-like weather in Saskatchewan’s southwest has softened roads to the point where winter weights are about to be removed. Increased winter weights will end in southwestern Saskatchewan, including several major roads and 70 rural municipalities, starting at 12:01 a.m. Friday (Feb. 24), the provincial highways department announced Wednesday. Affected roads will […] Read more
(WSask.ca)
Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan approves largest multi-farm drainage plan

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan’s provincial Water Security Agency has signed off on what it describes as the largest single agricultural drainage project in the province’s history, with more projects of a similar scale to come. The province announced Thursday it has issued a single approval for 73 landowners in the province’s southeast to set up an “organized and […] Read more
Researchers in Newfoundland harvested the province’s first-ever canola field in September 2016. (Gov.NL.ca)
Livestock

Newfoundland expands Crown land base for farming

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CORRECTED, Feb. 28, 2017 — The Newfoundland and Labrador government plans to boost the amount of land available to the province’s farmers by allocating more Crown land for development. The province’s Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agrifoods announced Thursday it has now identified 62 “agriculture areas of interest” to date, totalling about 158,150 acres. The […] Read more
Syngenta’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo courtesy Syngenta)
Crops

Canada’s competition watchdog clears Syngenta takeover

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s farmers aren’t likely to see less competition for their crop chemical dollars if the owner of Adama Canada buys Syngenta, the Canadian antitrust watchdog has ruled. The Competition Bureau on Tuesday issued a “no action” letter for the takeover of Syngenta by China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina), saying the deal is “unlikely to result […] Read more
Snow on farmland at Turtle Lake in northwestern Saskatchewan on Oct. 14, 2016. (Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan snowpack points to below-normal runoff

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Thanks to above-normal temperatures that drew down much of Saskatchewan’s snowpack in January, the province now sees “below normal runoff potential” in most areas outside the southeast. Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency on Thursday released its 2017 preliminary outlook for spring runoff, noting the province has another six to 10 weeks of possible snowpack development. The […] Read more
Sea surface temperature anomalies in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Feb. 1, 2017. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
Crops, Reuters, Weather

U.S. forecaster says La Nina faded, sees El Nino potential

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — A U.S. weather forecaster on Thursday said La Nina has faded and neutral conditions are likely to continue in the coming months, though it noted some chance that the El Nino phenomenon may reappear as early as the Northern Hemisphere spring. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, […] Read more
(ArcticCat.com)
Livestock, Machinery

Textron to buy Arctic Cat

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Reading Time: < 1 minute A U.S. firm with multiple brands in the utility vehicle market is set to add Minneapolis-based ATV and snowmobile maker Arctic Cat to its roster. Providence, R.I.-based Textron Inc. announced Wednesday it has signed an all-cash merger deal to buy NASDAQ-traded Arctic Cat for $18.50 a share, or about $247 million (all figures US$). Arctic […] Read more

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