Community Meeting on Amalgamation – options for municipal reform
Thursday, July 28 – 7:00pm – Bites Café – Hampton – 19566 Trans Canada Highway
With MLA Peter Bevan-Baker – All Welcome – Light refreshments will be served
For more info call 902-620-3977
Local, Regional, Canadian News
Cattle rescued from barn fire
Fire department tankers haul 227,000 litres of water to blaze MORE
Canadian ministers vow to develop new agricultural policy framework at Calgary meeting
Canadian agriculture sector generates over $108B MORE
Statement from Minister MacAulay on Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Agriculture Annual Conference
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, today issued the following statement regarding the annual conference of federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture. MORE
Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Set the Direction for the Next Agricultural Framework
Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture today concluded their annual conference with Ministers issuing the Calgary Statement ― representing a consensus among Ministers regarding the key priorities to develop the next agricultural policy framework, set to launch in April 2018. MORE
Livestock
Canadian Meat Industry Welcomes Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine
The Canadian meat industry has welcomed the signing of a Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement which represents an important milestone in the Canada–Ukraine bilateral relationship and will create new opportunities for businesses in both countries. MORE
U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures rally before USDA report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Friday after short-covering and bargain hunting snapped a three-day losing streak, traders said. August live cattle ended 2.425 cents per lb higher at 109.950 cents, and October closed 2.375 cents higher at 108.075 cents. MORE
CME: Cattle Slaughter Largest for June Since 2013
USDA-NASS has released its June monthly livestock slaughter numbers. Although USDA-AMS reported daily slaughter gives us a fairly clear picture of what monthly slaughter was before the monthly report comes out, the monthly numbers are helpful in terms of putting longer term trends in perspective, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. MORE
Cattle Outlook: Cattle on Feed Below Trade Expectations
USDA’s July cattle on feed report said June placements were 103.0 per cent of a year ago and June marketings were 109.4 per cent. The number of cattle on feed on July 1 totaled 10.356 million head, up 1.2 per cent compared to 12 months earlier, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, Ag Economics, MU. MORE
Hog Outlook: Hog Prices Plunge
Hog prices were sharply lower this week. The national negotiated barrow and gilt carcass price averaged $69.88/cwt on Thursday, down $4.08 from a week earlier and down $7.31 from two weeks ago, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, Ag Economics, MU. MORE
CME: Hogs Post Record Slaughter Levels
USDA-NASS has released its June monthly livestock slaughter numbers. Although USDA-AMS reported daily slaughter gives us a fairly clear picture of what monthly slaughter was before the monthly report comes out, the monthly numbers are helpful in terms of putting longer term trends in perspective, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. MORE
Australia’s richest woman buys two cattle stations
Mining magnate buys 550,000 hectares, 40,000 head of cattle MORE
Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Market Report – Friday, July 22 HERE
Potatoes
Potato Scouting Meeting
Tuesday, July 26th at 7:30 am at the Agriculture Insurance office in Kensington. This meeting is a good chance to meet and update each other on any current issues with the 2016 potato crop. For more information call Brian Beaton at 902-314-1607
StatsCan – Canadian potato production, 2016 (planted area)
Potato farmers planted 342,602 acres (138 647 hectares) of potatoes in 2016, down 1.8% from 2015, continuing the overall downward trend of the past 12 years. Seeded area decreased in all provinces, except Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. Prince Edward Island accounted for 26% of total potato planted area in 2016, while Manitoba accounted for 19%. MORE
Norfolk potato yields could be down 50 per cent
Simcoe potato farmer Joe Lach winces as he pulls the soil away from a dying plant on his farm near Nixon, Ontario. The relentless sun has heated the sand to the point where it is painful to the touch. MORE
Nicaragua: Lack of potato imports unleashes smuggling
Despite the government’s authorization for free imports of potatoes for a month, a measure taken because of the scarcity of potatoes in the country, Nicaragua won’t be able to import said product. MORE
Odisha (India) to grow potatoes on 25.000 hectares
Potato shortages put consumers in the Indian State Odisha and the Odisha State government in trouble year after year. Now the Odisha State Government has announced an ambitious plan to cultivate potato in 25,000 hectares of land. MORE
AAFC / InfoHort Potato Reports HERE
USDA – Daily National Potato and Onion Report HERE
Crops
North American Grains/Oilseed Review – Canola, Soy Drop With Fund-Selling
THE ICE Futures Canada canola market finished lower on Friday as large funds went on a selling spree before the weekend. MORE
ICE Futures Canada Friday: Canola futures prices lower, barley unchanged HERE
AM markets: wheat futures extend revival, boosted by EU woes HERE
Most Alberta crops in good to excellent condition
With significant rains across the province, particularly in the South and Central Regions over the past two weeks, most of the agricultural lands in Alberta have seen at least near-normal amounts of precipitation to date. MORE
Pulse popularity portends bright future
Record attendance at this year’s Pulse and Special Crops Convention wasn’t a coincidence, says Pulse Canada president Gordon Bacon MORE
U.S. grains: Soy falls as harvest expectations rise; wheat, corn firm
U.S. soybean futures fell 2.3 per cent to a three-month low on Friday as the weather forecast for August reinforced expectations that the crop developing in the U.S. Midwest would blossom into a bumper harvest. MORE
EU approves Monsanto Roundup Ready 2 Xtend beans
Also gave a green light for a type of GM soybeans sold by Bayer MORE
Grain Farmers of Ontario – Daily Commodity Report HERE
More Futures Prices HERE and HERE
General Interest
John Deere offers new guidance receiver
ohn Deere has again updated its satellite guidance product line with the introduction of the StarFire 6000 receiver and new SF3 signal correction. In a June press announcement, the company claims these new product offerings will give customers “greater precision capabilities, accuracy and uptime.” MORE
Regular Updates
FCC Express – July 22 HERE
StatsCan – Crop Condition Assessment Program, April 11 to July 10, 2016 HERE and HERE
Ontario Farm Market Summary – Friday, July 22 HERE
AgWeather Atlantic HERE
Today’s Local Weather – HERE
Meetings and Events
Community Meeting on Amalgamation – options for municipal reform
Thursday, July 28 – 7:00pm – Bites Café – Hampton – 19566 Trans Canada Highway
With MLA Peter Bevan-Baker – All Welcome – Light refreshments will be served
For more info call 902-620-3977
Weed Wiping – Pesticide Training Session for Blueberry and Cranberry Growers
July 28 – Registration at 6:30 p.m, Course from 7 to 9 p.m.
Rodd Royalty Hotel – Trans Canada Hwy – Charlottetown
You are asked to pre-register by noon, July 27, 2016 by calling 902-368-4880 or 902-368-4145 MORE
Silage Management Workshop
Aug 04 – 10:30 am – 1:30 pm – Crasdale Farms, South Rustico
Topics will include Bunk Management, New Alfalfa technology, Inoculant – is it worth the money, New Seed treatment: Lumivia. Lunch provided. RSVP by July 28th to Cameron MacDonald at 902-892-1275 MORE
East Coast Style 2016 – Dairy Sale & Show
Aug 11 – 13 – Eastside Holsteins, Frenchfort MORE
Farmers Helping Farmers Annual Beef Barbecue
Saturday August 13th from 4:00-6:30pm at the Harrington Research Station, 1200 Brackley Point Road.
Tickets are $30 each for adults, $10 for children under 12, and take-out is available. You can get your tickets by emailing farmershelpingfarmerspei@gmail.com or dropping by the PEIFA Office in the Farm Centre, 420 University Avenue.
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
