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New livestock transport rules include grace period for all sectors

Dec. 20, 2019 at 3:13 pm CST

Enforcement of new federal rules for livestock transport, due to take effect Feb. 20, will focus on handler education and awareness for the first two years — and across all affected livestock species, not just cattle. The now-amended Humane Transportation of Animals regulations are meant to focus on the time […]

Mosaic to cut fertilizer production as weather dampens demand

Dec. 19, 2019 at 6:55 pm CST

By Reuters

Grain groups give low marks to AgriStability tweaks

Dec. 18, 2019 at 7:08 pm CST

By D.C. Fraser

Central Ontario MP named parliamentary ag secretary

Dec. 18, 2019 at 11:51 am CST

By GFM Staff

Pulse weekly outlook: Drop in India’s production may lead to lower duties

Dec. 17, 2019 at 6:23 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Maple Leaf lands ‘sustainability-linked’ credit

Dec. 13, 2019 at 5:03 am CST

Canadian food processor Maple Leaf Foods is taking its recently-established sustainability cred to the bank. The Toronto food firm announced Wednesday it’s the first Canadian company to secure “sustainability-linked terms” for its credit facilities. Specifically, the company has picked up an unsecured committed revolving line of credit and two unsecured […]

By GFM Staff

NFU paper lays out solutions for climate, farming challenges

Dec. 13, 2019 at 3:43 am CST

MarketsFarm — The global climate crisis is interlinked with the financial crisis on Canadian farms, according to a new discussion paper from the National Farmers Union (NFU). The paper proposes changes to agriculture practices that could help the sector become part of the solution to both major issues. Compiled by […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Field monitoring systems to cast wider Canadian net

Dec. 11, 2019 at 10:05 pm CST

Farmers will soon get a new entry point in the Internet of Things (IoT) as a new company brings field monitoring tools and services to the Canadian market. Austrian tech firm Pessl Instruments and Winnipeg-based Glacier FarmMedia, the owner of this website, on Wednesday announced a new joint venture, Metos […]

By GFM Staff

StatsCan shows corn, soy output down across board

Dec. 10, 2019 at 7:07 am CST

Despite increases in Ontario’s harvested acres for both soybeans and corn, the province’s production of both crops in 2019 followed the rest of Canada’s lower in Statistics Canada’s latest estimates. StatsCan’s November estimates for production of principal field crops, released Friday, dropped Canada’s production of soybeans to six million tonnes, […]

By GFM Staff

StatsCan report puts canola production at lowest since 2015

Dec. 6, 2019 at 10:32 am CST

MarketsFarm — Data from Statistics Canada’s production of principal field crops report, released Friday morning, will likely be supportive of canola values, put pressure on barley, and keep wheat prices steady. In the report, canola production across Canada decreased by 8.3 per cent nationally to 18.6 million tonnes, compared to […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm