Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) has launched a new online Emergency Preparedness Hub, which collects information and resources in one place to help farmers prepare for crises.
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Online hub gives farmers tools to prepare for crises like extreme weather, disease outbreaks
China restricts fertilizer exports, further crimping war-tightened supply
Reading Time: 3 minutes China is clamping down on fertilizer exports to protect its domestic market, a number of industry sources said, putting an additional strain on global markets that were already grappling with shortages caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Chicago feeder cattle gain ground as corn futures rise
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures fell on Wednesday as Chicago Board of Trade corn futures gained strength.
Grain Growers of Canada announces Bruce Burrows as executive director
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bruce Burrows will be the next executive director of Grain Growers of Canada (GGC).
Proposed Sask. poultry research facility gets funding influx
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Reading Time: 2 minutes A recently-funded poultry facility at the University of Saskatchewan will allow researchers to work on poultry barn lighting, housing and feed systems.
Agriculture Canada makes small balance sheet adjustments
Reading Time: 3 minutes Updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released March 18, included only minor adjustments, as the agency incorporated the latest acreage forecasts from Statistics Canada released earlier in the month.
Federal government funds Quebec organic fertilizer company
Reading Time: < 1 minute Québec-based Solugen, which makes organic nitrogen fertilizer from hog manure, has recieved $20 million in federal funding.
Research recruits beneficial bacteria against Strep suis in piglets
Reading Time: 2 minutes Calgary researchers hope to engineer beneficial bacteria as an enzyme delivery system to fight Strep suis bacterial infections in piglets.
Prairie forecast: Warm start then cooler air to move back in
Reading Time: 3 minutes While spring appears to be gaining a foothold across the western Prairies, it continues to struggle across the eastern regions. This forecast period looks milder than the last, but weather models are still not showing a clear or sustained shift toward a more spring-like pattern.
Prairie CWRS wheat bids mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada spring wheat bids were mixed during the week ended March 17, as the United States futures traded in a wide range and the Canadian dollar weakened. General uncertainty in the world markets due to the escalating conflict in the Middle East accounted for some of the choppiness in the wheat market.