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Ontario has backed off a housing proposal that farmers say would have had a “catastrophic” impact on farmland and livestock operations. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark proposed a series of regulations along with a bill that would allow for more housing to be built beyond urban boundaries and in rural areas. But farmers […]

Pulse growers in Manitoba are waiting for one thing: rain. So far in May, growing areas of the province have not seen any significant precipitation. That’s according to Dennis Lange, industry development specialist for pulse crops with Manitoba Agriculture. He says dry beans  are the last pulse crop farmers have been planting in Manitoba and […]

A proposed merger between Glencore’s Viterra and Bunge Ltd. has the support of two of Canada’s largest pension funds, according to a person close to the matter. The source, according to Bloomberg News, noted that the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the British Columbia Investment Management Corp. are willing to swap their combined 49.98 […]

Increase rail competition and lowering costs of hauling farm commodities are the goals of provisions included in a federal bill to extend interswitching on railways. Ian Boxall, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) noted some provisions to Bill C-47 include ensuring the rates are fair for interswitching and making sure it’s done […]

Retail sales of combines in both Canada and the U.S. showed a marked increase in April this year while the market for sub-compact tractors continues to soften. The count for April 2023 from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers puts self-propelled combine sales in Canada at 166, up 50.9 per cent from April 2022, and at 572 […]

Producer deliveries of major grains last month were up nearly 40 per cent when compared to April 2022, according to Statistics Canada. In April 2023, more than 3.44 million tonnes of grain were delivered, versus 2.46 million a year ago. The uptick in deliveries continued to demonstrate the sizeable harvest farmers reaped in 2022. Canola […]

The governments of Canada and Manitoba are providing up to $65 million in grant funding under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to support the development of agricultural knowledge and skills and improve the competitiveness and sustainability of Manitoba’s agriculture and agri-food sectors, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and Manitoba […]

Quebec provincial police say a two-year-old girl has died after falling into a grain mixer on a farm north of Montreal. They say the accident occurred Friday at a family farm aboutt 85 kilometres from the city. Sgt. Audrey-Anne Bilodeau says emergency services were called at about 3:30 p.m. after the child fell into an industrial […]

A deal allowing the safe wartime export of grain and fertilizer from Ukrainian Black Sea ports has not yet resumed full operations, having come to a halt before Russia’s decision last week to extend it. The pact called the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last July with Russia and Ukraine to try […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 95% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 42, a decline from the previous week’s 99% order fulfillment performance. On a combined basis CN and CPKC have now supplied 94% or more of cars ordered in each of the last six weeks. The nominal decline in performance reflects a decline in […]