Local, Regional, Canadian News
November Member Profile – Frank Johnston HERE
Workers Compensation Board – Coverage for Farmers
Effective January 1, 2017, all farms will be required to have WCB coverage under the Workers Compensation Act. To ensure your farm is protected and your workers are covered, call (902) 368-5680 or visit their website HERE to register your farm today.
Canada and Ontario Supporting Farmers Affected by Wildlife Damage
The federal and provincial governments are helping Ontario’s livestock, poultry and bee farmers by ensuring more consistent, transparent and timely appeals processes and compensation when their animals are injured or killed by predatory wildlife. MORE
Senseless animal slaughter in Ellison
Even the most experienced animal cruelty investigators admit they’re shocked by the level of violence involving the random killing of farm animals by a stranger. MORE
Job opportunity
Dairy Nutrition Assistant – Scothorn Nutrition MORE
Livestock
CFIA destroying herd linked to TB cow in Alberta, brings in more inspectors
Canada’s food safety watchdog is warning that more ranches may be quarantined as part of the investigation into a case of bovine tuberculosis found in cow that came from southeastern Alberta. MORE
Cattle stranded, nerves fraying
As the water keeps rising, cattle producers question pump operation guidelines around The Pas MORE
Live cattle, hog futures stumble on profit-taking
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Thursday, hit by profit-taking and early-session technical selling, traders said. MORE
Global Beef Alliance Highlights Trade, Sustainability as Top Issues
The 2016 annual conference of the International Beef Alliance (IBA) hosted by Beef + Lamb New Zealand in Taupo, 16 – 21 October, offered the opportunity for leaders of the major beef producers groups of Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, and the United States to exchange views on a wide variety of topics including trade liberalisation, sustainable beef production, and young leader development. MORE
Antibiotic Benchmarking Offers Opportunity to Monitor, Manage Use on Pig Farms
A Veterinarian with Warman Veterinary Services says antibiotic benchmarking offers farms an opportunity to better monitor and manage their use of antibiotics, writes Bruce Cochrane. MORE
Eastman Re-Launches Eastman ProturalTM – a Superior Zootechnical Swine Feed Additive
Eastman will be using Eurotier as a platform for re-launching the company’s sodium benzoate–based zootechnical feed additive, Eastman ProturalTM. MORE
US Slaughter Hog Glut Causes Deeper then Expected Price Declines
The Director of Risk Management with h@ms Marketing Services says the glut of hogs available for slaughter in the US has caused a much steeper than expected decline in live hog prices as processing plants reach capacity, writes Bruce Cochrane. MORE
£2 Million Project to Improve EU Pig Health, Production
UK’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is to lead an exciting new European-wide project that aims to improve the pig industry. MORE
Russia Hog Market Report
The current pig price in Russia is 102 Roubles ($1.61) per kg live. This means good producers are making in the region of $50 for a 120kg pig, writes Simon Grey, General Manager Russia, CIS, and Europe. MORE
Atlantic Stockyards Market Report – November 3 HERE
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Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Market Report – Thursday, November 3 HERE
Potatoes
“Tight potato market after busy harvesting period”
Although the drought resulted in very challenging harvesting circumstances, by now the potatoes have practically all been grubbed up. “An enormous amount has been harvested in a short time. MORE
Online sales provide a boost for farmers
Farmer, Hao Jinde, sold his potatoes, over 500 kilograms of them, for 600 yuan (US$88). Instead of setting up a stall on the street, this year Hao sold them to a store belonging to an online shopping platform in his village in Jingle County, a potato growing region in north China’s Shanxi Province. MORE
15 people found in chilled potato lorry
On Tuesday 1 November, 15 suspected illegal immigrants, among them a baby and two children, were found in a chilled potato truck, reports the BBC. The discovery was made at the Albert Bartlett factory in Worstead, a site formerly owned by Heinz. MORE
AAFC / InfoHort Potato Reports HERE
USDA – Daily National Potato and Onion Report HERE
Crops
North American grain/oilseed review: Canola ends weaker
ICE Futures Canada canola ended lower on Thursday, pressured by a weaker technical bias and ideas that harvest conditions in Western Canada could improve. MORE
ICE Futures Canada Thursday: Canola futures prices lower, barley unchanged HERE
Wheat drops, soy edges up after U.S. export sales data
U.S. wheat futures fell more than one per cent on Thursday and soybean and corn prices rose slightly as markets took cues from U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales data, traders said. MORE
Feds fund tomato and apple research
An Ontario research station is getting nearly a million dollars from the Federal government to develop new disease-resistant apple and greenhouse tomato varieties. MORE
AM markets: ags dip, as funds succumb to pre-election nerves HERE
Grain Farmers of Ontario – Daily Commodity Report HERE
More Futures Prices HERE and HERE
General Interest
5 things successful farms have in common
No two farms are the same. It’s true, but what separates the mediocre from the great is actually quite consistent. A recent farm management conference identified 5 key components shared by successful farms, regardless of type. MORE
Agrium posts quarterly loss
Agrium, the Calgary-based fertilizer maker that’s in the midst of a merger with PotashCorp, reported a quarterly loss Nov. 3. MORE
Tax protest in RM of Springfield
Organizers want the Manitoba government to remove education taxes on farmland MORE
Arctic farming: Town turns to hydroponics for fresh greens
The landscape is virtually treeless around a coastal hub town above Alaska’s Arctic Circle, where even summer temperatures are too cold for northern-growing forests to take root. MORE
A backstage pass to an R&D shop
Join me on this tour of engineering facilities with a group of senior managers actually willing to talk about product design MORE
Regular Updates
CFA in Action – November 2 HERE
Rayglen Market Comments – November 2 HERE
Ontario Farm Market Summary – Thursday, November 3 HERE
AgWeather Atlantic HERE
Today’s Local Weather – HERE
Meetings and Events
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
