Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange reached two-month highs Monday following report of extreme heat in Kansas feedlots. Cattle eat less and gain less weight in hot weather, and Reuters reported that 100 F (38 C) temperatures and stifling humidity has caused more than 1,000 cattle deaths in Kansas the past few days. Innovative […] Read more
Cattle death losses from Kansas heat
Up to $4 million for mustard development
Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has announced up to $4 million for Mustard 21 Canada for mustard seed breeding and market development. “This investment will help unlock the potential of mustard seed, finding new ways to use it beyond the hamburger, and expanding markets for our farmers,” Ritz said at the Centennial celebrations of the Scott […] Read more
AgriInvest deposits now accepted
Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says AgriInvest Deposit Notices will start to appear in producers’ mailboxes over the coming weeks with information on how and where to make their 2009 AgriInvest deposit. Producers can now make their AgriInvest deposits at a participating financial institution of their choice. They must open an account and make their 2009 AgriInvest […] Read more
Weed now resistant to five herbicide groups
Reading Time: < 1 minute A common weed for U.S. corn and bean farmers, and also present in Ontario, just got even more troublesome. Waterhemp in Illinois was already known to be resistant to four classes of herbicides — triazine, PPO inhibitors, glyphosate and ALS inhibitors. AgWeb is now reporting the the first documented case of resistance to post-emergence HPPD […] Read more
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