PEIFA Golf Tournament
Thursday, August 10th – Countryview Golf Course. 9:00a.m. shotgun start. Includes 9 Holes of golf, cart and bbq steak dinner – $60.00 per person.
Contact Jennifer at 902-368-7289 or jmurphy@peifa.ca to register.
MUST PRE-REGISTER by August 4th.
Local, Regional, Canadian News
Farm Centre Legacy Garden robbed this week
Staff at the Farm Centre Legacy Garden in Charlottetown are coming to grips with a robbery this week. MORE
Aging farmers with no succession plans put future of Canadian family farms at risk
Bryan Maynard says his grandfather, a Prince Edward Island potato farmer, didn’t start talking about retirement until he was 80 years old and had been diagnosed with dementia. MORE
Ag in Motion: Seeing results where they count
At Ag in Motion, seed, crop protection and fertilizer companies, as well as grower associations and industry members will showcase field crop products as they should be seen — in the ground. MORE
LeBlanc wins dairy veterinary award
Dr. Stephen LeBlanc is the 2017 winner of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association’s Merck Veterinary Award. MORE
Environmental Farm Plan Renewals
The Enhanced Environmental Farm Plan Program sent out renewal letters in early 2017 to notify producers that their environmental farms plans would be expiring at the end of the year. If you are a producer who has not yet contacted the office to have your plan updated please call Matt or JoAnn at 902-368-7289.
EFP’s are valid for 5 years and we encourage all farmers to participate in the program. Participation in the program also allows you to apply for funding through the Growing Forward 2 Agriculture Stewardship Program, Farmland Finance Program and the Future Farmer Program. For your convenience the EFP can be completed at your farm or at the PEI Federation of Agricultural office and takes approximately 1.5 hrs to complete. EFP’s are no cost to the producer.
If you feel your EFP may be expired and you have not yet been contacted please call the office and we will check the status of your last plan. Further information on the Enhanced Environmental Farm Plan Program can be found on the PEI Federation of Agriculture webpage www.peifa.ca/efp/
Client Satisfaction Survey: Business Risk Management Programs
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in collaboration with provincial partners, has launched an online survey seeking producers’ input on the level of satisfaction with our Business Risk Management (BRM) programs (AgriStability, AgriInvest, AgriInsurance, and Advance Payments Program). The survey is intended to be completed by producers who have applied to these programs in recent years and focuses on their experience with them.
Results from this survey will help us understand client expectations and improve BRM program delivery services.
The anonymous survey will be available until July 31, 2017 and will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete.
To complete the BRM Client Satisfaction Survey, please click here.
Thanks in advance for helping us better serve Canadian producers.
Livestock
Two cattle left for dead by rustlers
A Rossburn-area farmer who had 21 cows and 30 calves stolen earlier this month from pasture near Olha says even worse was finding two others dead. MORE
Short covering lifts CME live cattle
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed higher on Friday, aided by short covering and futures’ discounts to this week’s better-than-expected cash prices, said traders. MORE
Q2 US Beef Production Up 3.4%
In last week’s prior issues, we did short reviews of 2017’s first six months on the hog/pork and the poultry (broiler and turkey) sectors. MORE
Nebraska Has Stake in Beef Exports
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts has seen off the first shipment of US beef products on a flight to a client in Shanghai on 14 June. MORE
Zoetis Announces NCBA Trade Show Sweepstakes Winner
Tennessee cattleman, ag educator wins $5,000 toward WW Livestock Equipment. MORE
Leading UAE Chefs Educated on Versatility of US Beef
More than 70 chefs from some of the finest hotels, restaurants and catering services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) learned how to utilise alternative cuts of US beef in a variety of ways at training workshops arranged by USMEF. MORE
Biosecurity Key to Gaining Control of Manitoba PED Outbreak
The Veterinary Counsel with the Canadian Pork Council says biosecurity remains the key to gaining control of a surge of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea cases in Manitoba MORE
Pig Prices on a Plateau?
Although the SPP put on a significant 1.43p this week to stand at 163.86p, signs are emerging from the other side of the Channel that prices are levelling off, according to Peter Crichton in his “Traffic Lights” commentary for 14 July 2017. MORE
Chinese, US Enterprises Sign Agricultural Transaction Contracts
Some 20-odd Chinese and US enterprises on Thursday signed agricultural transaction contracts worth $5.012 billion, under which Chinese enterprises will import 12.53 million metric tons of soybean and 371 tons of pork and beef from the US companies. MORE
Shortage of Canadian supply drags on demand for sheep
The law of supply and demand may usually prevail, but it’s having a bit of trouble working in the Canadian sheep industry. MORE
Atlantic Stockyards Market Report – July 13 – HERE
*Scroll down to find current report
Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Market Report – Friday, July 14 HERE
Potatoes
66th International Fall-Potato-Exchange – Save the Date
The Deutsche Kartoffelhandelsverband e.V. invites you to their 66th International Fall-Potato-Exchange on September 27, 2017! As in previous years, the meeting point for the sector is Deck 10 at the Maritime Museum Hamburg. MORE
AAFC / InfoHort Potato Reports HERE
USDA – Daily National Potato and Onion Report HERE
Crops
North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Canola down, but beans up
ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were weaker on Monday, as bearish chart signals weighed on values. MORE
ICE Futures Canada Friday: Canola futures prices higher, barley unchanged HERE
Surveillance turns up strawberry, raspberry pest
Low levels of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) females and males (one to two per trap) have been found in traps in southern Manitoba, the provincial government reported Tuesday. MORE
Thistle caterpillar, aphids, stripe rust appearing
Thistle caterpillar and their webbing continue to be quite noticeable in some soybean fields, the provincial agriculture department reported Wednesday. MORE
Fusarium head blight risk maps
Fusarium head blight risk maps are posted daily courtesy of Manitoba Agriculture. During the winter wheat flowering period up to the end of the flowering period for spring wheat, these risk maps will be provided for you here. MORE
Tank cleaning key to avoid Group 2 herbicide injury in canola
It may take a concentration less than 1/250th for Group 2 herbicides to start damaging canola, according to sprayer specialist Tom Wolf. MORE
Corn, soy rise on bargain buying, temperature outlook
U.S. corn and soybean futures jumped more than one per cent on Friday on bargain buying after steep losses during the past two sessions, traders and analysts said. MORE
AM markets: hedge fund data, US weather depress grain prices HERE
PEI Grain Elevator Prices – HERE
Grain Farmers of Ontario – Daily Commodity Report HERE
More Futures Prices HERE and HERE
General Interest
Nilsson Bros. to buy back JBS feedlot for $50 million
Scandal-plagued Brazilian meat packing giant JBS’s plans to sell off non-core assets will see its major cattle feedlot in southern Alberta sold back to its previous owner. MORE
Teaching Agroecology in the Himalayan Foothills
Neha Raj seeks sleep on the night train from Delhi to Dehradun. It’s not the soundest slumber, but she’s grown accustomed to the sway of the rails. MORE
Regular Updates
FCC Express July 14 HERE
CFA in Action July 12 HERE
Weekly PEI Agriculture Market Reports – July 7 HERE
Rayglen Market Comments – July 12 HERE
Ontario Farm Market Summary – Friday, July 14 HERE
AgWeather Atlantic HERE
Today’s Local Weather – HERE
Meetings and Events
3A Airbrakes Test Facilitation
***UPDATE–WE ARE NOW TAKING NAMES FOR OTHER DATES THAT MAYBE OFFERED FOR 3A TRAINING IF INTERESTED PLEASE GET YOUR NAME ON A WAITING LIST FOR THE NEXT TRAINING SESSIONS!! WE MAYBE OFFERING SESSIONS IN JULY, AUGUST & SEPTEMBER***
From field to road…do you have employees that drive your trucks, but don’t have their licenses?
We are looking for experienced drivers that would like to obtain their Airbrakes and Class 3A license.
The PEI Agriculture Sector Council will be facilitating these two courses through JVI and Access.
This project will be processed through the Canada Job Grant and Skills PEI.
Draft Schedule:
Day 1- Airbrake theory
Day 2- Review of Airbrakes and Airbrake test (written on site), Preform a pre-use inspection
Day 3- Driving and Testing for Class 3A (time scheduled test on site)
Day 4- Driving and Testing for Class 3A (time scheduled test on site)
Requirements- must have valid truck driving experience, but not licensed & Medical completed and returned
Lunch will be provided
For more details on registration requirements, contact Laurie at 892-1091.
Registration is now open, limited seating available. To sign up, contact the PEI Agriculture Sector Council at 892-1091 or e-mail info@peiagsc.ca
Agricultural Youth Green Jobs Initiative
The Agricultural Youth Green Jobs Initiative has been approved for a 2 year period. Applications will be accepted starting April 26, 2017.
The program is designed to hire youth aged 15 to 30 for internships of up to 12 months. It will be of interest to producers and organizations working in the agriculture industry and interested in implementing agriculture projects that are environmentally beneficial.
Producers operating a farm or ranch can hire a young person to implement an environmentally beneficial project in their operation.
Agricultural organizations, such as watershed groups and companies providing environmentally beneficial services can access the program to support an environmentally beneficial project their organization is implementing. Research organizations can receive funding to support their agricultural research that benefits the environment.
For an application form and more details on the program, please visit: Agricultural Youth Green Jobs Initiative
Obsolete pesticide & animal health medication collections – November 6 – 17, 2017
Prince Edward Island from November 6 – 17, 2017.
Collection site locations and dates are available HERE.
