4R NUTRIENT STEWARDSHIP – FARM TOUR & TAILGATE MEETINGS
Modhaicdh Farms – September 8, 2016 at 6:00 p.m
Island Holdings – September 9, 2016 at 11:30 a.m
Wallace Family Farms – September 12, 2016 at 11:30 a.m
View full details for these events and to RSVP HERE
Tractor Safety Course
Saturday, September 10th – 8am-4pm – JVI Charlottetown/Reddin Equipment Ltd – Cost: $85
Theory and practical included. Topics include: Occupational Health & Safety, mobile equipment regulations, farm tractors on public roads, tractor stability, instruments and controls, hitching and connecting implements, PTO safety and safe tractor operation.
You must pre-register by contacting Charlotte at 902-368-7289 / charlottec@peifa.ca. Course is limited to 12 participants.
Open Farm Day
Sunday, September 18th!
The PEI Agriculture Awareness Committee is pleased to present Open Farm Day on Sunday, September 18th. Islanders are encouraged to get out and visit some of the 30 participating farms that will be opening their barn doors. Information on each farm along with maps can be found HERE
Local, Regional, Canadian News
Police in western P.E.I. frustrated with ATV scofflaws
‘It’s very frustrating because they’re breaking the law right in front of you,’ says RCMP officer MORE
ATVs seized, charges laid in crackdown
Dozens of ATV drivers refuse to stop for RCMP MORE
York Bridge construction on hold
Department of Transportation asked to look into residents’ concerns MORE
EDITORIAL: Council of Canadians barks up wrong tree on QEH donations
Group patently unfair when it suggests QEH Foundation reject $1 million charitable donation from Cavendish Farms MORE
MEI attacks supply management again
The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) yesterday claimed supply management system, which governs Canada’s dairy, egg and poultry sectors, is pushing Canadians into poverty and forcing families to bear a large cost by imposing higher prices than those that could be obtained on the open market. MORE
Austria expects ‘conflict’ on Canada trade deal
Austria is ready to confront other European Union members states over its opposition to a free trade deal with Canada, Chancellor Christian Kern said, because it sees it containing many of the same problems as one being negotiated with the U.S. Austria opposes a proposed free trade deal with the United States, and Kern said the deal with Canada, called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), had many of the same problems. MORE
Livestock
Understanding cattle markets
By Jerry Klassen
Whenever I provide a market outlook for a producer group or convention related to beef production, I always start off by asking how many producers subscribe to market information. Inevitably, maybe three or four hands go up. The market outlook is always the last topic of discussion at the convention and needless to say, given a back seat to other areas of new information regarding production practices or policy implications. MORE
U.S. livestock: Supply woes drag live cattle to five-year low
Feeder cattle end sharply lower, lean hogs extend gains MORE
CME: Seasonal Strengthening Expected for Beef Cutout Value in Fourth Quarter
Both fed cattle and barrow and gilt live animal prices have experienced a downward trend the past couple months. A main influencing factor in these lower prices is increased supply in both industries, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. MORE
Beef and Sheep Sectors in Trouble, Irish Farmers Say
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) president Patrick Kent has said a Teagasc report on the viability of Irish farms in 2015 shows just how serious the economic situation is, especially for cattle and sheep farmers. MORE
US Hog Supply Demand Balance Expected to Influence Markets
H@ms Marketing Services says the balance between US hog slaughter numbers and US slaughter capacity will be among the key factors influencing live hog prices heading into the fall and winter, writes Bruce Cochrane. MORE
CME: Cyclically Eroding Hog Prices Expected
Both fed cattle and barrow and gilt live animal prices have experienced a downward trend the past couple months. A main influencing factor in these lower prices is increased supply in both industries, Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. MORE
Pork Popularity Growing in Ghana
Until the 1986 Pork Show, pork was not much desired by Ghanaians, although imported pig feet, interestingly, has always been a delicacy, writes Francis Ekow de Heer for The Pig Site. MORE
Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Market Report – Thursday, September 1 HERE
Potatoes
Weekly Michigan Potato Report – August 31 HERE
AAFC / InfoHort Potato Reports HERE
USDA – Daily National Potato and Onion Report HERE
Crops
North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Canola up with follow-through buying
ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were stronger on Thursday, as the market remained supported by expectations for increased Chinese demand following news that the country would delay imposing stricter dockage allowances for the time being. MORE
ICE Futures Canada Thursday: Canola futures prices higher, barley unchanged HERE
AM markets: corn futures extend new (marketing) year gains HERE
U.S. grains: Bargain buyers boost corn, wheat from multi-year lows
Soybeans end higher as U.S. weather risk remains MORE
China delays new canola rules in late reprieve for Canada
China agreed on Wednesday to delay introducing stricter rules on shipments of canola from Canada while both countries work to end a months-long trade spat over sales of the oilseed, offering an 11th-hour temporary reprieve for Canada’s farmers. MORE
Expert advice on accessing export opportunities for pulses
Export Development Canada predicts exports of oilseeds and pulses will continue to perform well. Murad Al-Katib, CEO of AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. in Saskatchewan, agrees. “I think we can be confident that you will see more pulses in everyday foods as a food ingredient and that the Canadian pulse industry continues to have growth potential ahead in the next decade,” says Al-Katib. MORE
PEI Grain Elevator Prices – August 29 HERE
Grain Farmers of Ontario – Daily Commodity Report HERE
More Futures Prices HERE and HERE
General Interest
Editorial: Called out on our dirty little secret
The world is full of customers who think they are special. They are the people who send their meal back in a restaurant if it isn’t cooked to their liking, or the ones who brag about never paying full price for anything. If truth be told, even a few farmers have used their scale or long-term loyalty as leverage to extract a little better deal from their suppliers. In business, that’s considered astute. MORE
Fighting AMR: A true test of human resilience
The ongoing explosion of antimicrobial-resistant infections continues to plague global health care. Our inability to mount significant countermeasures to resistance, while at the same time enduring the decline in research and development of new antibiotics creates a “perfect storm” and the fear we may be on final approach to a pre-antibiotic era of serious and uncontrollable infections in animals and man. MORE
Case IH Unveils Autonomous Concept Tractor
The day when tractors drive themselves on farm fields across North America feels a little bit closer than it did yesterday. CNH Industrial — the parent company of Case IH and New Holland — became the first of the big tractor manufacturers to publicly unveil its own autonomous unit, lifting the veil on a cabless concept machine at the 2016 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa on Tuesday. MORE
9-Year-Old Loves Driving the Combine On His Family Farm Because Why Wouldn’t He
Sometimes, the phrase “family farm” still really means that the farm is run by a family—the entire family. MORE
Regular Updates
ACORN E-News – September 2016 HERE
Rayglen Market Report – August 31 HERE
Ontario Farm Market Summary – Thursday, September 1 HERE
AgWeather Atlantic HERE
Today’s Local Weather – HERE
Meetings and Events
2 Day Standard First Aid and CPR Courses
(Membership discounted rate of $70)
September 8th-9th– Stratford
September 24th-25th– Stratford
September 27th-28th– Stratford
*First aid and CPR course are also available at your farm for a minimum of 8 participants. Please contact Charlotte at 902-368-7289 for more details.
Progressive Agriculture Farm Safety Day!!
Saturday, September 10th – 9am-12:30pm at the Kensington Fire Hall
Registration is $5- includes lunch and a t-shirt
The PEI Federation of Agriculture is excited to be hosting its 5th Progressive Agriculture Safety Day on Saturday, September 10th at the Kensington Fire Hall! This event is open to youth ages 7-14 who have an interest in agriculture ( no farm background necessary!).
Those pre-registered by September 8th will be entered in a draw to win a bicycle! Contact Charlotte at the PEIFA office 902-368-7289 charlottec@peifa.ca
View the poster HERE
Get the Registration/consent form HERE
4R NUTRIENT STEWARDSHIP – FARM TOUR & TAILGATE MEETINGS
Modhaicdh Farms – September 8, 2016 at 6:00 p.m
Island Holdings – September 9, 2016 at 11:30 a.m
Wallace Family Farms – September 12, 2016 at 11:30 a.m
View full details for these events HERE
AAFC Potato Variety Evaluation Field Tour
The 2016 potato variety evaluation field tour will be held on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 1 pm at the Harrington Research Farm located at 1200 Brackley Point Road (7 km north of the Charlottetown Airport). This year new varieties, advanced selections and Accelerated Release (AR) lines from three trials will be on display.
Trial 1: Advanced selections of fresh market and processing lines from AAFC under conventional production.
Trial 2: The Canadian Horticultural Council Research Cluster PEI Potato Variety Trial including new varieties, AR lines, high starch varieties and 6 lines at 75 lbs N/acre.
Trail 3: Advanced selections from AAFC under organic production.
For more information, contact: David Main at david.main@agr.gc.ca or 902-370-1375
Tractor Safety Course
Saturday, September 10th – 8am-4pm – JVI Charlottetown/Reddin Equipment Ltd – Cost: $85
Theory and practical included. Topics include: Occupational Health & Safety, mobile equipment regulations, farm tractors on public roads, tractor stability, instruments and controls, hitching and connecting implements, PTO safety and safe tractor operation.
You must pre-register by contacting Charlotte at 902-368-7289 / charlottec@peifa.ca. Course is limited to 12 participants.
Open Farm Day
Sunday, September 18th!
The PEI Agriculture Awareness Committee is pleased to present Open Farm Day on Sunday, September 18th. Islanders are encouraged to get out and visit some of the 30 participating farms that will be opening their barn doors. Information on each farm along with maps can be found HERE
National Organic Week – Sept 17 – 25, 2016
Canada’s National Organic Week is the largest annual celebration of organic food, farming and products across the country. MORE
PEI COPC 13th Annual Organic Harvest Meal & Celebration
September 25, 2016 6:00 PM at Confederation Centre of the Arts. MORE
Namaste Lamb Event
September 25 – Featuring Celebrity Chef Vikram Vij
A newly branded signature event this year on the Fall Flavours calendar and it will be held on September 24th at 6:00 pm. The event will be held at Rodd Crowbush Resort. Tickets are $90 per person and can be purchased online or by phone at 1-866-960-9912 MORE
Canadian Agricultural Safety Association Annual Conference and AGM
Rodd Charlottetown Hotel – 75 Kent St. – October 4th-6th
This year’s theme is “Empowering the AgSafe Family – keeping kids safe”. The conference will bring together farmers, safety professionals, equipment manufacturers and researchers to probe the reality and discuss new approaches to improve the safety and health of children, youth, their families and young workers in Canada’s ag community. Conference details and registration information can be found HERE
World Food Day – October 16 MORE
