Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. crop breeders have created a wheat variety capable of creating its own nitrogen fertilizer.
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California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat
India-Canada trade deal could guarantee some Canadian pulse sales, envoy says
Reading Time: 2 minutes India’s government is considering guaranteeing Canada ongoing pulse crop sales so its farmers keep growing the vital protein source, Indian High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh Patnaik said during a visit to Saskatchewan.
Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prices for feed barley and wheat have been trending higher lately, said analyst Jerry Klassen of Resilient Capital in Winnipeg.
Domestic abuse survivors may need extra support when livestock is involved, experts say
Reading Time: 3 minutes Animal health and intimate partner violence are linked, say speakers at the Humane Canada One Health Conference
Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France’s Institut Pasteur says
Reading Time: 2 minutes The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France’s Institut Pasteur respiratory infections centre said.
Canadian beekeepers warn of advancing tropilaelaps mite
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Beekeeping Federation called a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday to highlight the rise of the tropilaelaps mite (colloquially referred to as the “t-mite”).
Wet grain, Russian attacks on railways hit Ukrainian corn exports, union says
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Reading Time: < 1 minute High grain moisture content and logistical woes caused by Russian attacks have slashed Ukraine’s corn exports from Black Sea ports in November and may do so again in December, farmers’ union UAC said on Tuesday.
Feds pause update on food from cloned livestock
Reading Time: 2 minutes Health Canada has indefinitely suspended a proposed update to the novel food policy governing foods derived from cloned cattle and swine, as well as their progeny.
AAFC makes few changes to November S/D report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made only a handful of alterations for its November report on principal field crops. The only changes AAFC made were with all wheat and durum exports plus domestic use for all wheat and corn in the estimates released on Nov. 24. The report had been initially scheduled for Nov. 19, but AAFC said they chose to delay it until after the United States Department of Agriculture issued its November supply and demand estimates following the U.S. government shutdown.
CFIA launches ‘ePhyto’ certificates for Mexico-bound grains
Reading Time: < 1 minute New electronic phytosanitary export certificates will smooth the flow of Canadian grain and grain products to Mexico, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Monday.