***Deadline –July 1st!!!
PEIFA / Island Lime / PEI Agromart Scholarship
$2000 Scholarship to be awarded – Application Deadline is July 1st. DETAILS and APPLICATION
Local, Regional, Canadian News
PEI Potato Blossom Festival – July 18th – 24th
Farmers Banquet – July 22nd – Community Sports Centre – O’Leary
Catered by The Sizzler – tickets $25.00 – Option of chicken or pork.
Purchase ticket at festival office in the Future Tech Building or phone 902-706-3300
RAW planting potatoes
Gary Linkletter speaks with reporter Maggie Brown about the potato season. VIDEO
NDP table GMO labelling bill, again
Private member’s bill about consumer information, not safety, Brosseau says MORE
The changing face of Canadian farms
A close look at the current census will give us a chance to examine the evolution of Canadian agriculture MORE
Both giant farms and new micro-farms are leaving the once-dominant family farmer in their dust
If you’re looking for an average Ontario farmer, you might be out of luck. They’re getting harder to find and that could have big implications for farm policies, according to a University of Guelph agricultural economist. While large commercial farms are getting larger, there are a growing number of small, micro-farms popping up. MORE
Livestock
CME: US Feeder Cattle Imports from Canada, Mexico Decline
Today we will review official monthly live animal imports from Canada and Mexico, focusing on the year-to-date (through to April) cattle and hog numbers, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. MORE
CME: Supply/Demand Estimates for US Pork
It is easy to get lost sometimes amid all the various reports that are issued each day. There is daily and weekly slaughter numbers, carcass weights, cold storage reports, inventory reports, export data, etc. One of the ways in which analysts try to manage all this flow of information is to construct a balance table that accounts for three components: how much is coming in (this could be from domestic production or from import sources, how much is going out (this is product that is consumed domestically or sent to export) and finally what’s the change in inventory position, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. MORE
The COOL effect on beef trade
U.S. beef imports have increased at a faster rate than U.S. beef exports over the last few years. Why? MORE
New Code of Practice Released for the Care and Handling of Hatching Eggs, Breeders, Chickens and Turkeys
A new Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Hatching Eggs, Breeders, Chickens and Turkeys was released today, replacing a 2003 version published by the Canadian Agri-Food Research Council. MORE
Health battles heating up
In 2014, I was fortunate to speak to Canadian cattle people at the International Livestock Congress in Calgary. I held up a new book, and suggested reading and digesting it, as it held the keys to rescuing our industry from the clutches of 50 years of erroneous dietary-health theory. MORE
Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Market Report – Wednesday, June 15 HERE
Potatoes
Weekly Michigan Potato Report – June 15 HERE
Potato prices in the United Kingdom have risen sharply
Since the start of 2016, potato prices in the United Kingdom have risen more steeply than at any other period since 2000. MORE
Start of the new potato harvest, “Palatine spuds”
In the south west of Germany the farmers started with the harvest of the first German new potatoes. MORE
Production on the rise in Guinea’s potato basket
Potato cultivation is on the rise in Guinea, as it is in many African countries, although it is still very limited there. The highlands of Fouta Djallon is the home of intensive agriculture in central Guinea, as the region receives a great deal of rainfall. It is here where potatoes are a dominant crop. MORE
AAFC / InfoHort Potato Reports HERE
USDA – Daily National Potato and Onion Report HERE
Crops
ICE Canada Review: Canola Ends Lower Tracking Soy
THE ICE Futures Canada canola market finished weaker in choppy trading Wednesday, weighed down by losses in the US soy complex. MORE
ICE Futures Canada Wednesday: Canola futures prices mixed, barley unchanged MORE
AM markets: grains ease, amid ‘dark clouds’ for commodities HERE
ICE weekly outlook: Canola establishes range
ICE Futures Canada canola suffered small losses during the week ended Wednesday, with both the July and November contracts chopping around the $520 per tonne mark. MORE
CBOT weekly outlook: Bull still needs to be fed for corn, soy
Fund money pulled soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to their highest levels of the past year in recent weeks, but profit-taking at the highs tempered gains as traders look for more fundamental reasons to keep the rally going. MORE
U.S. grains: Corn, soy retreat on rain in Midwest, profit-taking
Wheat extends slide to five days as U.S. harvest expands MORE
The Hottest Commodity in China Is Feeding Half the World’s PIgs
While trading in everything from steel to cotton futures collapsed following steps by the country’s regulators to deflate a speculative bubble in April, the volume of soymeal contracts has continued to expand. The amount of the animal feedstock changing hands in a single day on the Dalian Commodity Exchange is more than the U.S. consumes in an entire year and dwarfs trade on the Chicago Board of Trade. MORE
Vaclavik: Soybean Acres Could Jump to 85 Million
When USDA releases its highly anticipated Acreage report on June 30, Standard Grain’s Joe Vaclavik expects to see a big jump in soybean acreage compared to the March Prospective Plantings report. MORE
Grain Farmers of Ontario – Daily Commodity Report HERE
More Futures Prices HERE and HERE
General Interest
Innovation awards first up as Farm Progress Show gets underway
Canada’s Farm Progress Show has kicked off for 2016 with innovation awards for new equipment. MORE
Rules on GMO crops in Hawaii heads to US appeals court
The fight over regulating genetically engineered crops in three Hawaii counties was back in a federal courtroom Wednesday as some agricultural giants look to protect their farms from bans against modified food. MORE
Research: Drones as delivery vehicle for biological control agents
Pests are to be fought with ladybirds and mites instead of pesticides. That’s the idea behind a recently started project in Denmark. The University of Southern Denmark is to develop an ecodrone that will combat pests in completely new ways. MORE
Where crop spray chemical goes, clean those
When it comes to cleaning sprayers, the tank is just one target. Here are a few tips for better, faster clean-outs MORE
Regular Updates
Rayglen Market Comments – June 15 HERE
StatsCan – Exports of grains by final destination, April 2016 HERE
CFA in Action – June 14 HERE
Ontario Farm Market Summary – Tuesday, June 14 HERE
AgWeather Atlantic HERE
Today’s Local Weather – HERE
Meetings and Events
PEIFA / Island Lime / PEI Agromart Scholarship
$2000 Scholarship to be awarded – Application Deadline is July 1st. DETAILS and APPLICATION
Combine Clinic – East
Jul 13 – Montague
The PEI Department of Agriculture & Fisheries will be hosting two Combine Clinics featuring combine specialist John Aubin. MORE
Combine Clinic – West
Jul 14 – Summerside MORE
PEI Potato Blossom Festival – July 18th – 24th
Farmers Banquet – July 22nd – Community Sports Centre – O’Leary
Catered by The Sizzler – tickets $25.00 – Option of chicken or pork.
Purchase ticket at festival office in the Future Tech Building or phone 902-706-3300
East Coast Style 2016 – Dairy Sale & Show
Aug 11 – 13 – Eastside Holsteins, Frenchfort MORE
