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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feedlot operators throw in towel on feeder market

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Weaker wholesale beef values, along with softer fed cattle prices, set a negative tone for the feeder cattle market this past week. Western Canadian feeder markets were trading $4-$8 below week-ago levels, with calves trading as much as $10 lower in some cases. Producers can become nauseous watching these live cattle futures, but this is […] Read more
A hemispheric lens captures a 180-degree image over a silvopasture — a combined forestry and grazing site. (Charlie Feldhake photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Machinery, Weather

Farm emissions research program renewed

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Reading Time: 2 minutes A federal program backing research into farm-level technologies and practices that limit farms’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been picked up for another five-year run. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Wednesday announced $27 million is budgeted over the 2016-21 period for the Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Program (AGGP). More information about criteria for the renewed program […] Read more
(Deborah Samac photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Forages, Markets

Roundup Ready alfalfa primed for launch in East

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The company with Roundup Ready alfalfa on its launchpad plans a limited rollout of commercial seed into Canada’s six eastern provinces this spring. In a move likely to face opposition from several farm groups across the country, Forage Genetics International (FGI) on Tuesday announced plans for a limited release of commercial HarvXtra alfalfa “in time for […] Read more
(Bobcat.com)
Crops, Machinery

B.C. pulls PST for farm telehandlers, skid steers

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Qualifying farmers in British Columbia are now able to buy telehandlers, skid steers and polycarbonate greenhouse panels for farm use without paying the province’s seven per cent sales tax. The province on Thursday announced the additions, effective Feb. 17, to its list of goods, equipment and services for which eligible farmers are PST-exempt. Farmers wanting […] Read more
At the 2013 Agritechnica, Fendt introduced the X Concept tractor, which is capable of delivering 700-volt DC power to implements. But it is not yet market ready.
Machinery, Machinery Guide

ElectricPOWER your farm implements?

These 700-volt systems may be the kickstart the industry needs

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Reading Time: 3 minutes For a group of young boys standing around the Fendt display at the Agritechnica machinery expo in Hanover, Germany, earlier this winter, the prototype model Former 12555X electric hay rake on show was a little like a video game. By sliding a finger across a screen, they could use the touch pad computer on the […] Read more
(Gov.sk.ca)
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Saskatchewan to halt winter weights early in southwest

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Weight allowances that let heavier grain trucks roll on more southwestern Saskatchewan highways over the winter will end a week early, thanks to recent mild weather. The province’s highways ministry announced Friday it will remove the winter weight allowances on secondary-weight highways in the southwest region effective Monday (Feb. 22). “While frozen roads provide a […] Read more
Departure from average precipitation for the period from Nov. 1, 2015 to Feb. 15, 2016. (Map courtesy AAFC)
Crops, Weather

Drought watch kept on Alberta, early spring expected

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Above-average temperatures and limited precipitation could mean parts of the Prairies will struggle with soil moisture heading into the spring, according to one specialist. “The soil moisture that we have in the ground right now is similar to what we went into the winter with,” said Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist with Agriculture […] Read more

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