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PED not yet done with Alberta
Just when it appeared Alberta's on-farm outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) may have been a one-off, the… Read the story -
Olymel to close Quebec City processing plant
La Coop federee's meatpacking arm is set to shut an aging Quebec City further-processing plant it took over last… Read the story -
Richardson buys Peace-region input retailer
Grain handler Richardson Pioneer has moved to shore up its presence in northern Alberta's crop input market with a deal… Read the story -
Ontario beef checkoff to rise by $1.50
Ontario beef farmers have approved an increase of $1.50 in checkoff per animal to fund an ambitious industry-wide… Read the story
Commodity futures
Commodity Future Prices
| Canola updated 2019-02-01 13:19 |
Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 482.40 | 0.70 |
| May | 490.40 | 0.80 |
| Jul | 497.70 | 0.80 |
| Nov | 495.50 | 1.40 |
Prices are in Canadian dollars per metric ton
Publication news
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Grainews
Letting go of loneliness on the farm
Her sniffles were clear on the phone line as she said, “He used to spend so much time with me on…
Evaluating used heavy trucks: Part 4
In the first three parts of this series we looked at what’s available in the used truck market,…
Les Henry: Crop Week offers a good mid-winter break
The highlight of cold, dark January is Crop Week/Crop Production Show that takes place in Saskatoon…
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Manitoba Co-operator
Keep a cap on your sodium intake
What should I make for dinner?” I asked my older daughter when we were at the grocery store on a…
Calf losses before birth a concern
An “abortion” is the discharge of the fetus prior to the end of the normal gestation period,…
Getting to know the Senecio plant family
Sometimes I come across an unfamiliar plant and become so intrigued by it that I go home and…
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Canadian Cattlemen
Down to the bitter end
I’ve talked to a lot of cattlemen across America in the last year. To a man, or woman, they are…
Tularemia, a potentially serious and life-threatening disease
Tularemia, sometimes called rabbit fever, is an uncommon but debilitating disease spread from…
Rabies is a rare zoonotic disease
We don’t hear about rabies being mentioned very often but when we do there is a scary connotation…
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Alberta Farmer Express
New blockchain beer tells the farm-to-glass story
The road from field to glass is a long one for the malt barley that goes in your beer. And now…
This is some pretty special dirt
A decades-old collection of ‘soil monoliths’ donated to Lethbridge College will be an…
Win a $2,500 grant for a local charity
The 2019 edition of a program that allows farmers to nominate their favourite community charity or…
