Local, Regional, Canadian News
Job Posting – PEIFA
The PEI Federation of Agriculture is seeking a full-time Program Officer.
Deadline for applications is today, October 14th, 2016
View the job posting HERE
Sheep and goat farmers get help fighting scrapie
Federal funding helps to implement eradication plan against disease MORE
ESDC/IRCC Webinar on TFWP Operations for Agriculture
CFA would like to pass on information regarding an upcoming webinar on the agricultural streams of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to its members. Any interested members or individual producers are invited to a webinar session with officials from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to learn more about the Temporary Foreign Worker and Agriculture programs within an operational context.
Through this webinar, ESDC and IRCC will provide a comprehensive overview of the end to end application process of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program and the Agricultural Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
Date: Friday, October 21, 2016
Time: 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Please confirm your interest in participating here.
For more information on this initiative from CFA please contact me at scott@canadian-farmers.ca or 613-236-3633 ext. 2324.
Apprenticeship Networking Commons
This event will provide your company with an opportunity to meet with job seekers interested in the skilled trades and technology sector to discuss your company’s hiring needs.
Saturday, November 5th 2016, 3pm to 6pm
Tourism and Culinary Centre Cafeteria – 4, Sydney Street, Charlottetown PEI
For more information you can call us at (902) 368-4650
Due to limited space please register as soon as possible!
Young Farmers, Apply to the Successor Development Program Today
The program will award 10 lucky young farmers with the opportunity to join us at 3 prestigious farm management events in the coming year, and work with renowned farm family coach Elaine Froese along with farm consultant Cedric MacLeod to help build their farm management skills while navigating through family farm transition. Young farmers must apply by written submission or video by October 24th, so time is of the essence! MORE
Livestock
CME mulls cash settlement for volatile cattle market
CME Group is considering switching to a cash settlement process for its live cattle futures, a managing director said Thursday, as traders continued to complain about extreme volatility. MORE
Cattle plumb new lows on technical selloff
U.S. cattle futures tumbled two per cent on Thursday, extending losses to six-year lows on pressure from technical selling and weak prices in cash cattle markets, traders said. MORE
US Beef Production Expected to Expand Further in 2017
The monthly USDA WASDE report provides an opportunity to regularly step back and take stock of the supply situation not just next week but many months down the road. MORE
Global Beef Associations to Gather in New Zealand
New Zealand is hosting beef producers from the International Beef Alliance in Taupo next week. MORE
Research Identifies Effective Technology for Regulating Swine Temperature in Transit
Research conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc indicates the use of a supplemental fan bank ventilation system when swine transport vehicles are sitting stationary, enhances the effectiveness of water sprinkling in regulating the body temperature of the pigs, writes Bruce Cochrane. MORE
USDA Significantly Increases 2017 Pork Production Outlook
The monthly USDA WASDE report provides an opportunity to regularly step back and take stock of the supply situation not just next week but many months down the road. MORE
Five Steps to Better Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae Control
Pig health is critical for maintaining animal welfare and ensuring a steady supply of safe and affordable pork. “Sustainable Health” is a series of articles about common health issues in today’s swine herds and options available for managing them sustainably, writes Lucina Galina, DVM, PhD. MORE
Video Tutorial Now Available for The Electronic Medicine Book
A step-by-step video guide to adding antibiotic usage into the electronic medicine booklet (eMB) has been produced by AHDB Pork for the UK pig industry. MORE
Iowa Pork to Participate in Trade Mission to China, Japan
Iowa Pork is to join Governor Terry Branstad on a trade mission to China and Japan in November. MORE
Atlantic Stockyards Market Report – October 13 HERE
*Scroll down to find current report
Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Market Report – Thursday, October 13 HERE
Potatoes
Growers Nervous about USDA Report
American farmers are nervous as to what the next USDA crop production report will show. The hashtag #NoYieldTweets has caught fire on ag Twitter—farmers aren’t sharing yield numbers so prices don’t drop lower. MORE
RDO Highlights Sustainability
Potato harvest around Park Rapids, Minn., wrapped up last weekend as crews dug the final fields for the 2016 season. The R.D. Offutt Company’s (RDO) Park Rapids Farm covers 9,000 acres of RDO’s potato-producing operation stretching from Baudora to the northern part of the Ponsford prairie in northern Minnesota. MORE
Drone Technology Ushering in New World
Wayne Kilcollins remembers picking potatoes by hand while growing up in Aroostook County, Maine. MORE
Kazakhstan slashes imports of potatoes and traditional veg
In the season 2015/16, Kazakhstan significantly reduced imports of potatoes and traditional vegetables; import volumes fell by 44% year-on-year. Kazakhstan imported 207,700 tons of potatoes and traditional vegetables in the season 2015/16, almost half as high as a season before, when imports had totaled 374,800 tons, reports Fruit-Inform. MORE
Uganda desperately needs quality potato seed
A new study has revealed that Ugandan potato farmers are suffering from a shortage of quality, varied seeds, estimated at a whopping Shs 19bn. MORE
Belarus biggest importer of Ukrainian potatoes
According to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Belarus was the largest importer of Ukrainian potatoes in the first nine months of 2016. Ukraine’s exports of potatoes to Belarus totaled $1.1 mln. MORE
European potato commission’s warning about Polish potatoes unfounded?
After a record Polish potato harvest, with an increase in production of 35% compared to last year, there is great potential for the oversupply to help fill the gaps in countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands and France, where growers are experiencing lower production, due a bad harvest because of dry conditions at the end of the summer and autumn. MORE
AAFC / InfoHort Potato Reports HERE
USDA – Daily National Potato and Onion Report HERE
Crops
North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Canola Jumps To 3-Month Highs
ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were stronger on Thursday, hitting their highest levels in three months on the back of weather concerns and speculative buying. MORE
ICE Futures Canada Thursday: Canola futures prices higher, barley unchanged HERE
ICE canola climbs as weather concerns mount
Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform hit fresh three-month highs on Thursday, as weather concerns in Western Canada provided support. MORE
Oat crop quality varies with moisture damage
Oat quality is mixed across Western Canada, one buyer says, as moisture caused damage to not-yet-harvested grains. MORE
DuPont nets Agrow Award for crop protection
DuPont has received a prestigious Agrow Award in the category of best new crop protection product for DuPont Zorvec disease control at the annual awards ceremony in London. Agrow is a leading provider of news, analysis and data to the global agriculture industry. MORE
Focus on corn planters to improve plant spacing
A new study published in the Agronomy Journal saysuniform within-row plant spacing is important in obtaining high corn yields. But planter technology has not evolved to the point that this is consistently achieved in most fields. MORE
Wet North America harvest adds pressure for farmers
Cropland is soaking wet as harvest time winds down MORE
Wheat futures soar on short-covering
CBOT corn, soy also climb MORE
AM markets: wheat futures extend recovery. Can it continue? HERE
PEI Grain Elevator Prices – September 20 HERE
Grain Farmers of Ontario – Daily Commodity Report HERE
More Futures Prices HERE and HERE
General Interest
Take baby steps to bigger profits
Kristjan Hebert is managing partner of Hebert Grain Ventures at Fairlight, Sask., and has extensive experience in farm business management. He began his farming career at the age of 15, renting his first land, and by 17 had 500 acres and a custom spraying business. MORE
KAP takes proactive stance on carbon pricing
The group says a good plan could help farmers be part of the solution and generate new revenue while doing it MORE
Syngenta Spotlights Women in Ag
A new television series shines the spotlight on women whose roles on and off the farm are invaluable to agriculture. MORE
Never too young to talk about farm succession
As the Ellis family is learning, there’s no such thing as too soon for starting the conversation about farm succession MORE
Deciding on AgriStability
AgriStability has never been popular with farmers, and there’s a burgeoning lobby to get it improved. But keeping your farm enrolled still looks like the right move MORE
Regular Updates
PEIDAF Agriculture Marketing Report – October 7 HERE
CFA in Action – October 12 HERE
Rayglen Market Comments – October 12 HERE
Ontario Farm Market Summary – Thursday, October 13 HERE
AgWeather Atlantic HERE
Today’s Local Weather – HERE
Meetings and Events
ESDC/IRCC Webinar on TFWP Operations for Agriculture
CFA would like to pass on information regarding an upcoming webinar on the agricultural streams of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to its members. Any interested members or individual producers are invited to a webinar session with officials from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to learn more about the Temporary Foreign Worker and Agriculture programs within an operational context.
Through this webinar, ESDC and IRCC will provide a comprehensive overview of the end to end application process of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program and the Agricultural Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
Date: Friday, October 21, 2016
Time: 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Please confirm your interest in participating here.
For more information on this initiative from CFA please contact me at scott@canadian-farmers.ca or 613-236-3633 ext. 2324.
Chainsaw Maintenance and Safety course
The PEI Woodlot Owners Association – in co-operation with the Department of Forestry is holding a Weekend Woodsman Chainsaw Maintenance and Safety course at the Beach Grove Forestry complex on Wed, Oct 19th at 6:00 pm.
There will be a Cutting and Felling workshop on Saturday, October 22nd — weather permitting.
Pre-registration is necessary as only 10 people can be accommodated.
No charge for PEIWOA members; $20 charge for non-members.
Contact John Rowe at 902-940-1933 or rowe@pei.sympatico.ca
Apprenticeship Networking Commons
This event will provide your company with an opportunity to meet with job seekers interested in the skilled trades and technology sector to discuss your company’s hiring needs.
Saturday, November 5th 2016, 3pm to 6pm
Tourism and Culinary Centre Cafeteria – 4, Sydney Street, Charlottetown PEI
For more information you can call us at (902) 368-4650
Due to limited space please register as soon as possible!
Digging into Soil Health
If you care about the health of our soils, this is an event you don’t want to miss!
Healthy soils are the foundation of strong economies, sustainable food production, enhanced biodiversity, and cleaner air and water. Take a moment to think about the consequences of not caring for our soils and then make your plans to come to Atlantic Soils 2016.
November 17th, 2016 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Delta Beausejour Hotel, Moncton, New Brunswick MORE
ACORN, Atlantic Canada’s Organic Regional Network
SEEDS OF CHANGE: Changing Climate, Changing Agriculture – the annual ACORN Conference and Trade Show! ACORN’s conference is a fun, three-day event that brings together organic and sustainable farmers, processors and businesses from across the region and beyond. MORE
World Food Day – October 16 MORE
