Local, Regional, Canadian News
Homesteading: How P.E.I. couples are reinventing the family farm
‘There is a generation in there where we relied on the grocery store for everything’
They’re not the hippies of yesteryear who wanted to move to the country, smoke up, tune out and get away from the rat race. While a different pace of life is a likely and welcome side-effect of living on a homestead farm, food quality and safety are top-of-mind for today’s self-sufficient farmers. MORE
Pulse promoter predicts growth in favas and green peas
‘We feel we can do a lot of good here’
Chris Chivilo and his wife started coming to P.E.I. on vacation several years ago, and that’s when he saw the potential for pulses in his home province. MORE
Minister of Agriculture Visits Southern Ontario to Engage with Youth on Key Agricultural Priorities
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay visited southern Ontario today to seek input from youth on key agricultural issues, tour the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, and attend the International Plowing Match. MORE
Governments Invest in On-Farm Food Safety and Animal Welfare Projects
The governments of Canada and Manitoba will invest $1.2 million in 275 on-farm food safety and animal welfare projects, Dr. Doug Eyolfson, Member of Parliament on behalf of Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced today. 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: September 29, 2016
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time)
For those that confirm their interest (information below), background information and information on participating in the webinar through WebEx will be provided at closer date.
Please confirm your interest in participating below by September 27, 2016.
For more information on this initiative from CFA please contact our Director of BRM and Farm Policy, Scott Ross, at scott@canadian-farmers.ca or 613-236-3633 ext. 2324.
Federation of Agriculture offering Forklift Training through the FCC AgSafety Fund
The PEIFA has received funding for forklift safety training through the Farm Credit Canada AgSafety Fund administered through the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association. This training is open to farm employees needing recertification as well as those who may be entering into employment in the agriculture sector.
Courses will be held across the Island and can he hosted at the farm. This training is being offered at a discounted rate of $20 per person. Space is limited.
Available dates:
September 27th, 28th & 29th
October 3rd, 4th, 6th, 11th, 12th
For more information please contact Charlotte at the PEIFA office 902-368-7289.
Digging into Soil Health
If you care about the health of our soils, this is an event you don’t want to miss!
November 17th, 2016 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Delta Beausejour Hotel, Moncton, New Brunswick MORE
Livestock
Canada signs new agreements securing access for canola and beef
As one of the world’s largest exporters of agricultural and agri-food products, stable and predictable access to international markets is essential to Canadians. MORE
Canada Signs New Agreements to Boost Beef Exports to China
CANADA – Canada and China have signed agreements supporting the export of beef, the agriculture and trade ministers have announced. MORE
U.S. livestock: Cattle erase losses to finish flat
U.S. live cattle futures finished roughly unchanged on Friday, reversing from earlier steep losses as investors squared up positions ahead of a monthly supply report that was released after the market close, traders and analysts said. MORE
CME: How Will China Reopening to Exports Affect US Beef Markets?
After 13 years, China is getting ready to open its doors to US beef, a welcome development given the increasingly important role that China now has in global beef trade, according to the latest Daily Livestock Report published by Steiner Consulting Group, DLR Division, Inc. MORE
Union Concerned Over Scottish Government Cattle Movement Changes
SCOTLAND, UK – Scottish Government has announced that significant changes to Scotland’s system of recording cattle movements are to be introduced at the end of the year. MORE
Measure ß-Carotene On-Farm to Improve Cattle Fertility Using iCheck Carotene
What is the role of ß-carotene in cattle? MORE
Local buyers met with quality sheep, goats
A large sale meant buyers had excellent choice in all classes of animals MORE
Canadian Pork Producers Advised to be on Alert for Pigs with Vesicular Lesions
The Canadian Pork Council is advising pork producers to be watching closely for symptoms of Seneca Valley Virus and avoid shipping any pigs with signs of the infection, writes Bruce Cochrane. MORE
Manitoba Detects 10th PED Case
A 10th outbreak of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) has been reported in Manitoba, Canada.
This new outbreak was reported on 21 September at a finisher farm in southeast Manitoba. MORE
New Research Gives Insight into Effects of Stocking Density on Nursery Pig Performance
Research being conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Pork is providing regulators insight into the effect of space allowance on the health and welfare of newly weaned nursery pigs, writes Bruce Cochrane. MORE
Hog Outlook: Third Largest Weekly Hog Slaughter Reported
This week’s hog slaughter totaled 2.466 million head. That is the third largest weekly slaughter ever, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, Ag Economics, MU. MORE
EU Pig Prices: Slaughter Pigs in Demand
Considerable price increases were observed on the European pig slaughter market last week. The knot has been cut. MORE
Three Ways to Get the Most Out of Creep Feeding Pigs
Nursery management sets the pace for pigs’ lifetime performance, so minimizing production lags is crucial during this phase. Creep feeding is one practice you can use to optimize performance during the weaning period. MORE
Atlantic Stockyards Market Report – September 22 HERE
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Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Market Report – Friday, September 23 HERE
Potatoes
Saboteurs a concern during potato harvest
The P.E.I. Potato Board is still concerned about saboteurs two years after needles were found in Island produce, but it’s grateful to Islanders who are keeping an eye out for suspicious activity. MORE
US Processed 5% Less Potatoes in 2015
US potatoes used for processing totaled 280 million cwt, down 5% from 2014, when the figures reached 293 million cwt, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) report on potato, released in September 2016. MORE
Making a Career Out of Potatoes
Hot potato: a phrase that refers to a controversial issue or situation, which is awkward to deal with. Well, writes Andre Erasmus, being a success in the international potato industry is anything but that. MORE
Too much rain is slowing harvest of Wisconsin potatoes
“Up until two weeks ago, growing conditions were quite nice, but we are struggling through a very warm and wet September to get the remainder of the crop harvested and put in storage,” said Andy Diercks of Coloma Farms. MORE
N.D./Minn. Weather Woes Continue
Already faced with expected big losses this year due to rain and hail, potato growers in the Red River Valley of North Dakota andMinnesota are now having trouble just getting their harvest season started. MORE
Purple Variety Has Bright Future
Many people have heard that blueberries are a so-called “superfood,” without perhaps understanding why. The blue in the berry is the important factor; fruits and vegetables with deep coloring are highly beneficial to our health, a fact that became apparent to food scientists in the mid-1990s. MORE
Cambodia Opens First Potato Research Centre
With potato consumption continuing to rise in the Kingdom, the Cambodian Agriculture Ministry has recently unveiled a USD200k research center which it hopes will develop potato varieties most suited to the country. MORE
AAFC / InfoHort Potato Reports HERE
USDA – Daily National Potato and Onion Report HERE
Crops
North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Canola down with soybeans
ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were down on Friday, as a sharp drop in Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and soyoil weighed on values. MORE
ICE Futures Canada Thursday: Canola futures prices higher, barley lower HERE
Canada signs new agreements securing access for canola and beef
As one of the world’s largest exporters of agricultural and agri-food products, stable and predictable access to international markets is essential to Canadians. MORE
Newfoundland harvests first canola crop
Researchers in Newfoundland are set to test the oil and meal quality of the province’s first-ever canola crop after its harvest on Friday. MORE
Backgrounder – Canola
Building on the progress achieved during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s late-August 2016 visit to Beijing, Canada and China signed a memorandum of understanding on canola on September 23, 2016. The memorandum of understanding outlines a solution that will allow stable and predictable trade in canola to continue on an uninterrupted basis between Canada and China under existing terms of trade through early 2020. MORE
Governments Invest in New Equipment and Resources for Organic Grain Research
The governments of Canada and Manitoba will invest more than $366,000 in organic grain research at the University of Manitoba. Terry Duguid, Member of Parliament on behalf of Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced this new initiative will be funded through Growing Forward 2 and will help mark National Organic Week, which runs September 17 to 25. MORE
Canola crush running close to full capacity
Canadian canola processors are running at close to full capacity, with a near record weekly crush posted during the week ended Wednesday. MORE
P+H bulking up on fertilizer in southeastern Saskatchewan
Winnipeg grain company Parrish and Heimbecker has started construction work to further boost its crop input retail profile in southeastern Saskatchewan. MORE
Ceres hopes to double annual grain handlings
Officials with Ceres Global Ag say the amount of grain the company handles annually will likely double in 2016-17, thanks largely to the completion of the company’s new terminal at Northgate, Sask. MORE
AM markets: palm oil, cotton dodge grain market malaise HERE
PEI Grain Elevator Prices – September 20 HERE
Grain Farmers of Ontario – Daily Commodity Report HERE
More Futures Prices HERE and HERE
General Interest
Save the farm supporters dominate public consultation for new Civic hospital site
People fighting to save the Central Experimental Farm made the most noise at a public consultation Thursday night on where the new $2 billion Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital should sit. MORE
Government of Canada Supports Pilot Project for New Farmer Credit Insurance Tool
Member of Parliament for Tobique-Mactaquac, TJ Harvey on behalf of Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced today an investment of over $400,000 to support the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA)’s efforts to introduce a new accounts receivable insurance tool. MORE
Glyphosate Unlikely to Cause Cancer
No chemical used by farmers, it seems, gets more attention than glyphosate, also known by its trade name, Roundup. That’s mainly because it is a cornerstone of the shift to genetically modified crops, many of which have been modified to tolerate glyphosate. This, in turn, persuaded growers to rely on this chemical for easy control of their weeds. MORE
Open Farm Day showcases agriculture
Manitoba’s agriculture industry put its best foot forward MORE
Twenty-five years of organics
Canada’s longest-running study of organic crop systems continues to yield new results MORE
Regular Updates
FCC Express – September 23 HERE
Rayglen Market Comments – September 21 HERE
CFA in Action – September 20 HERE
Ontario Farm Market Summary – Thursday, September 22 HERE
AgWeather Atlantic HERE
Today’s Local Weather – HERE
Meetings and Events
Federation of Agriculture offering Forklift Training through the FCC AgSafety Fund
The PEIFA has received funding for forklift safety training through the Farm Credit Canada AgSafety Fund administered through the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association. This training is open to farm employees needing recertification as well as those who may be entering into employment in the agriculture sector.
Courses will be held across the Island and can he hosted at the farm. This training is being offered at a discounted rate of $20 per person. Space is limited.
Available dates:
September 27th, 28th & 29th
October 3rd, 4th, 6th, 11th, 12th
For more information please contact Charlotte at the PEIFA office 902-368-7289.
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: September 29, 2016
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time)
For those that confirm their interest (information below), background information and information on participating in the webinar through WebEx will be provided at closer date.
Please confirm your interest in participating below by September 27, 2016.
For more information on this initiative from CFA please contact our Director of BRM and Farm Policy, Scott Ross, at scott@canadian-farmers.ca or 613-236-3633 ext. 2324.
Canadian Agricultural Safety Association Annual Conference and AGM
Rodd Charlottetown Hotel – 75 Kent St. – October 4th-6th
This year’s theme is “Empowering the AgSafe Family – keeping kids safe”. The conference will bring together farmers, safety professionals, equipment manufacturers and researchers to probe the reality and discuss new approaches to improve the safety and health of children, youth, their families and young workers in Canada’s ag community. Conference details and registration information can be found HERE
Digging into Soil Health
If you care about the health of our soils, this is an event you don’t want to miss!
November 17th, 2016 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Delta Beausejour Hotel, Moncton, New Brunswick MORE
World Food Day – October 16 MORE
