Reading Time: 4 minutes In the days since August 9, panic has begun setting in within the agricultural industry. The country has never seen a labour dispute that resulted in a strike or lockout from both of Canada’s rail companies. With harvest ramping up, a suspension of rail services would be disastrous for the industry.
The rail lockout: How did we get here?
Agriculture groups campaign against rail strike
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pulse Canada has organized a letter writing campaign to push the government to halt the looming labour stoppage at Canada's railways.
Company promises instant plant tissue sample results
Reading Time: 2 minutes ATP Nutrition, which made headlines last year with their Nutriscan portable soil lab, has upgraded the system to scan nutrients in the leaf tissue of plants.
‘Precision’ insurance on offer for farmers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Company says individual insurance breaks coverage into different profiles, even within the same farm, making for a more tailored business risk management option.
From AIM: How do we keep ahead of herbicide resistance?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Proactive thinking and strategies are needed to protect chemical modes of action until new crop protection tools can hit the market, Ag in Motion 2024 attendees hear at Bayer Crop Science panel on herbicide resistance.
Former Manitoba man sues Bayer for causing his cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Calgary man who lived on a farm in Carman, Man., as a child has filed a lawsuit saying chemicals he was exposed to resulted in a cancer diagnosis. The plaintiffs in the case are Kevin Giesbrecht and his common-law spouse, Jennifer McAlpine, who now live in Calgary. According to court documents, Giesbrecht lived on […] Read more
‘Unprecedented’ growth possible for canola demand
Renewable fuels could propel canola demand into the stratosphere: speaker
Reading Time: < 1 minute The biofuels industry could drive canola demand into unheard of territory in the coming decade, according to one industry expert.
Yield challenge to tap competitive, community spirit
Nutrien Ag Solutions’ puts up $55,000 in prize money for community organization
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers could win bragging rights and cash for community organizations in a new yield competition from Nutrien Ag Solutions.
Canola sector gets research boost
Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government is putting up $9 million to drive the sustainable growth of Canada’s canola sector. The funding comes from the AgriScience Program—Clusters Component, an initiative under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership and was announced today (Nov. 14) in Winnipeg by Lawrence MacAulay, the federal agriculture minister. “This new Canola Cluster will build on […] Read more
Waterhemp on the rise
Manitoba’s list of affected municipalities keeps growing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Manitoba’s ag sector is trying to hold the line against big yield-killing threats like waterhemp and Palmer amaranth. Unfortunately, the number of municipalities where waterhemp has been found just grew by two. “Waterhemp and Palmer amaranth are Tier 1 weeds regulated under the Noxious Weeds Act. They must be destroyed when they’re found,” said Manitoba Agriculture weed extension specialist […] Read more
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