Local, Regional, Canadian News
Farmers pay the freight
That’s the message Transportation Minister Marc Garneau heard two weeks before he unveils a plan to revamp Canada’s transportation system MORE
EU, Canada sign free trade deal but battle not over
The European Union and Canada signed a free trade agreement on Sunday that aims to generate jobs and growth though it must still clear some 40 national and regional parliaments in Europe in the coming years to enter fully into force. MORE
Jack-o’-lanterns and more
Prairie Fare: Don’t forget all the tasty foods you can create from this fall mainstay MORE
Picking up business
New food-processing technologies are creating a new era of opportunities, including for crops that just get plowed under today MORE
Livestock
Bovine tuberculosis discovery leads to quarantine for 30 Alberta ranches
About 30 southeastern Alberta ranches are being quarantined after bovine tuberculosis was reported in a single cow from the province that was slaughtered in the United States. MORE
Cattle stranded in The Pas flood fight
Fall flooding at and around Tim Berscheid’s ranch in the Rural Municipality of Kelsey, near The Pas, has left 400 of his cattle reachable only by canoe. MORE
Cattle Outlook: Heifer Retention May be Slowing
There were nearly 521 million pounds of beef in cold storage at the end of September. MORE
Beef Demand Key to Imminent Fed Cattle Prices
Fed cattle futures have been buoyed in recent days on firm cash prices and hopes for a more positive outlook for beef demand going into Thanksgiving and Year End holidays, according to the latest Daily Livestock Report published by Steiner Consulting Group, DLR Division, Inc. MORE
New Research Helps Determine Forage Composition for Cattle Nutrition
New research from Cornell University helps forage testing labs to more accurately determine the percentages of grass and legumes in forage, to help get cattle nutrition right. MORE
Canada Hog Market – No Joy In Mudville
For most hog producers in the small patch that is Southwestern Ontario, those that are also dirt farmers have had harvests that have gone quite well, writes Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario MORE
Finisher Barn Construction Costs Estimated at $500-520 Per Pig
DGH Engineering estimates the cost of building new finisher barn capacity at 500 to 520 dollars per pig place. MORE
Hog Outlook: September Pork in Cold Storage Below Last Year’s Level
In last week’s article I carelessly confused price per pound and price per hundredweight on retail pork. I should have said: The average retail price of pork during September was $3.789 per pound. MORE
Boneless Hams Trading at Larger Than Normal Premium
We would like to remind our readers that starting next week USDA will implement changes to the way in which USDA calculates the ham primal value. MORE
CME hog futures rise again
Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog contracts landed in positive territory for a second straight day on Friday, lifted by short-covering and technical buying that offset bearish fundamentals, traders said. MORE
Small producers will hear more about new chicken quota program Nov. 1
A spokesman for Manitoba Chicken Producers hopes a meeting November 1 sets the record straight on how its new annual specialty quota program set to launch in 2017 will operate. MORE
Atlantic Stockyards Market Report – October 27 HERE
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Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Market Report – Friday, October 28 HERE
Potatoes
Brrrrrrr!
Refrigeration technology then and now MORE
The Smorgasbord: Reveille Russet
This month’s Smorgasbord takes a look at Reveille Russet, a uniform, medium-early, high pack-out fresh market russet, with wide adaptability. Reveille Russet was developed by the Texas Potato Breeding and Variety Development Program. MORE
New Innate Varieties Deregulated
In October, the USDA deregulated the Ranger Russet and Atlantic varieties of the second generation of Innate biotech potatoes, developed by the Simplot Co. These varieties join the Innate second-generation Russet Burbank potato, which was deregulated in 2015. MORE
Growers planting English seed potatoes
English seed potatoes are once more being planted in Scottish fields.
Latest figures show that 18 ware crops north of the border were planted with such seed in 2016. MORE
The decision not to drop potato prices proved the right one
All big producers have finished harvesting potatoes, only France is still finishing. “They started in September but had to stop because of the high temperatures and lack of rain,” explains Claudio Brintazzoli, President of CESAC. MORE
Swiss Federal Council changes import regulations for consumption potatoes
The Swiss Federal Council agreed with changes to the agricultural import regulation system on 26 October 2016. MORE
As Australia is facing a potato shortage, prices rise.
Australian customers should be prepared to pay more for their roast spuds, hot chips (French Fries) and potato salad. MORE
As potato consumption increases, Cambodia opens first research center
With potato consumption continuing to rise in Cambodia, the Agriculture Ministry unveiled last month a USD 200,000 research center it hopes will research and develop potato varieties most suited to the country. MORE
Due to the late potato harvest the NEPG delays publication yield estimates till late November
As a result of the late potato harvest in the North-western European countries (BE, DE, FR, NL, UK), the potato growers organisation NEPG has decided to postpone publication of its annual yield estimates till the third week of November. MORE
AAFC / InfoHort Potato Reports HERE
USDA – Daily National Potato and Onion Report HERE
Crops
North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Canola up, beans down ahead of weekend
Winnipeg, Oct. 28 (CNS Canada) – ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were up on Friday, hitting levels not seen since the middle of June as persistent Canadian harvest delays provided support. MORE
ICE Futures Canada Friday: Canola futures prices mixed, barley unchanged HERE
Excess moisture issue for remaining canola
Late season canola harvesting could mean difficulties for those trying to lower moisture levels MORE
Soy eases on profit-taking after big weekly gains
U.S. soybeans futures fell one per cent on Friday, reversing from a two-month high while wheat and corn also eased as investors took profits after recent gains, traders and analysts said. MORE
This Old Elevator: October 2016
The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba MORE
AM markets: wheat ticks higher, along with US dryness fears HERE
PEI Grain Elevator Prices – September 20 HERE
Grain Farmers of Ontario – Daily Commodity Report HERE
More Futures Prices HERE and HERE
General Interest
Precision ag tech’s link to broadband under study
Crop growers in southwestern Ontario are being asked how their access to high-speed internet, or lack thereof, has helped or hindered their adoption of precision ag tools. MORE
Ottawa to back P+H’s Hamilton flour mill
Winnipeg agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has lined up more government financing for its planned new flour mill at Hamilton, this time from the federal level. MORE
EU probe to hold up ChemChina’s acquisition of Syngenta
European Union antitrust regulators on Friday opened an in-depth investigation into state-owned Chinese chemicals group ChemChina’s US$43 billion bid for Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, China’s biggest-ever foreign acquisition. MORE
Regular Updates
Rayglen Market Comments – October 26 HERE
FCC Express – October 26 HERE
CFA in Action – October 26 HERE
Ontario Farm Market Summary – Friday, October 28 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
ACORN’s Conference and Trade Show in Moncton is fast approaching, November 28-30 and the deadline to book your hotel room at our special room rate ($129, parking included!) is November 3rd.
Don’t miss out on this special rate: book your hotel room today: http://tinyurl.com/z74vja2
