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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.
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
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!
Livestock
8 Reasons to Use Broad Spectrum Mycotoxin Protection
In livestock and aquaculture, feed additives are commonly used to counteract the negative effects of mycotoxins. There are many different kinds of products available on the market, the majority being binders. Some products tackle one specific mycotoxin, while others claim deactivation of several classes of mycotoxins. MORE
Botswana Starts Shooting Stray Zimbabwean Cattle
Botswana police have started shooting to death cattle owned by Zimbabweans that stray into their territory, a radical step announced six months ago as Gaborone scales up its fight against foot and mouth disease, writes Ian Nkala. MORE
Dairy firms plan joint processing venture in Winnipeg
Dairy co-op Gay Lea to extend membership to Manitoba farmers MORE
Vaccine instead of antibiotics
Kansas State University researchers recently patented a vaccine to ward against Fusobacterium necrophorum infection, which afflicts cattle and sheep. It means antibiotics, with the risk of antibiotic resistance, are not needed.
The infection causes liver abscesses, calf diphtheria and foot rot or abscesses. MORE
U.S. livestock: Cattle extend gains on technical buying
CME lean hogs at 14-year low MORE
US 2017 Pork Production Outlook Increased
The USDA has significantly increased its 2017 pork production outlook, expecting 3.8 per cent more pork in 2017 than this year’s record. MORE
US Hog Prices Register Biggest Spring-Summer Decline in History
prices in the just completed quarter registered the biggest spring to summer quarter decline in history (going back to 1980, at least), writes the Steiner Consulting Group. MORE
Pig Feed Price Must Drop, says IFA Chairman
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) National Pigs and Pigmeat Committee Chairman Pat O’ Flaherty has insisted pig compound feed millers must reduce feed prices immediately. MORE
New Pork Label Shows Level of Animal-Welfare
A new Ministry of Environment and Food animal-welfare label, which is being launched in Denmark next spring, will allow shoppers to identify the level of welfare the pig received. MORE
Atlantic Stockyards Market Report – October 13 HERE
*Scroll down to find current report
Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Market Report – Monday, October 17 HERE
Potatoes
Potato growers get high tech
Northern Maine potato growers are entering a brave new world. This past summer Wayne Kilcollins, Northern Maine Community College instructor of wind power technology, found himself above the northern Maine potato fields using cutting edge drone technology to record variations in potato crop yields and quality. MORE
Americans spent $7.5 bln on potato chips in 2015
In 2015, US consumers spent $7.5 billion on potato chips, an average of roughly $23 for every man, woman and child, according to a recent report by Packaged Facts, a market research publisher. MORE
Cornell Gets Funding for Nematode Research
A Cornell University research facility devoted to controlling a potato pest will receive $1.2 million in state funding to assist with upgrades, officials announced Friday. MORE
Long Island Grower Bets the Farm on Vodka
“The earth is gold to farm,” says Dean Foster, who learned before he was in kindergarten how to drive a tractor on his family’s potato farm in Sagaponack, N.Y. As a child, he never questioned going into the family business, which has been growing potatoes on the East End of Long Island for generations. “But now we have an influx of people who realize this earth is gold to build on.” MORE
NVWA takes action against illegal import of potatoes from Poland
Inspectors of the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), are monitoring along the Dutch roads to see whether companies that import potatoes from Poland adhere to the rules. MORE
AAFC / InfoHort Potato Reports HERE
USDA – Daily National Potato and Onion Report HERE
Crops
North American Grains/Oilseed Review – Canola rises with surging soyoil
THE ICE Futures Canada canola market posted large gains Monday in sympathy with the surging US soy complex. MORE
ICE Futures Canada Monday: Canola futures prices higher, barley unchanged HERE
ICE Canola Climbs With Soy and Wet Weather
Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform were higher at 10:35 CDT on Monday, tracking gains in the US soy complex. MORE
‘It’s disheartening’: Quantity, quality of crops in question as early snowfall blankets Alta. farms
Farmers who had been hoping for warmer weather got a huge disappointment last Friday as 10 cm of snow covered the area in and around the Capital Region. MORE
Antibiotic bean coatings under scrutiny
With growing concerns over antibiotic resistance in mind, bean blights will have to be tackled with blight-resistant varieties MORE
Bale grazing – benefiting the pasture and your wallet
Bale grazing has the potential to reduce overwintering costs and leaves substantial nutrients behind, promoting increased forage production and quality MORE
Changes to mildew standards for western milling wheat
Changes will minimize the financial impact on farmers and the grain trade MORE
The three worst forage weeds
The benefit of attending of Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Crop Diagnostic School at Swift Current last July was having the opportunity to get an up-close look at problems farmers face every season. MORE
Soybeans climb one per cent, led by veg oils
Wheat firm on short-covering, export business MORE
AM markets: grain and oilseed market gusto wanes… HERE
PEI Grain Elevator Prices – September 20 HERE
Grain Farmers of Ontario – Daily Commodity Report HERE
More Futures Prices HERE and HERE
General Interest
Income tax change affects farmers with quota
A notable income tax change is taking place in 2017 that will affect some farmers in supply managed commodities. Farm tax advisers suggest producers take note and consider taking action now to mitigate their exposure. MORE
Agriculture Key to Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said in a new report. MORE
Belgian ‘Non’ clouds EU meeting to approve CETA
European Union trade ministers meet in Luxembourg on Tuesday aiming to approve a free trade agreement with Canada but facing regional opposition in Belgium that threatens to scupper the entire deal. MORE
Farm and agri-food employers hail call for foreign worker reform
A new parliamentary report backs their recommendations to fix critical shortage of workers, but will the federal government act on them? MORE
U.S. farmers should vote like it’s 2018
The free enterprise rhetoric of U.S. farmers and farm groups may be about to catch up to them MORE
Chief Veterinary Officer Highlights Official Vet Welfare Role
The importance of the Official Veterinarian (OV) in safeguarding animal welfare and sharing best practice was highlighted in the address made by Nigel Gibbens, Chief Veterinary Officer, at the annual OV Conference, which took place on 29 and 30 September 2016. MORE
Deutz-Fahr aims high with new tractor
With a new factory and ‘global’ tractor lines, the brand is determined to get your attention MORE
Regular Updates
FCC Express – October 14 HERE
Ontario Farm Market Summary – Monday, October 17 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
