If you're a livestock producer in Ontario and are wondering where the renewal form is for the Risk Management Program, wonder no more: they haven't been sent out yet. The usual deadline to enrol lamb, cattle, hogs, and veal sales for the current year is April, however last year and this year's deadlines were pushed... Read More
Year: 2021
Protein Industries Canada (PIC) has announced another investment, this time into a project to develop a national strategy to improve diversity and inclusion of Indigenous groups in the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector. Led by Indigenous Works, the project is part of the organization’s Luminary Initiative, a six-year program created to advance Indigenous-led research and... Read More
A private member's bill designed to level the tax burden when selling an incorporated small business to a family member versus selling to a non-family member received final approval from the Senate on Tuesday, clearing the path for Bill C-208 to become law. The bill, brought forward by Manitoba MP Larry Maguire, addresses the issue... Read More
If your farm is not one that holds regular meetings, this is your encouragement to start small... but start. That's because research shows that business that hold regular meetings are more profitable than those that do not. We're not talking about a morning tailgate chat on what's ahead — that's an operational meeting to start... Read More
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published its annual report on estimates of support to agriculture, titled the "Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2021." The report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies in 54 countries, including the 38 OECD countries, five non-OECD EU Member States, and 11 emerging economies. Between 2018 to 2020,... Read More
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio, and thanks for taking time to listen in. On today's show you'll hear: Martin von Lampe, senior agricultural analyst at OECD, on global ag support, subsidy, and assistance programs, and how Canada stacks up; Kim Gerencser and Peter Manness of MNP, on what makes a good plan;... Read More
A University of Saskatchewan researcher is set to receive $2.5 million to improve processes of transforming pulses into novel food ingredients, new bioplastics, and high-value biomedical materials. Dr. Yongfeng Ai has been awarded the funding from the federal government and province of Saskatchewan as part of Saskatchewan's Strategic Research Initiative Program, which announced its theme... Read More
On Monday, June 21, the federal government announced the easing of some travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Canadians returning to Canada. The Quarantine Act is still in effect however, requiring farm workers to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Canada. Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association (OFVGA) says that the requirements of the act,... Read More
Welcome to another week of RealAg Radio. On today's show we've got an Agronomic Monday! You'll hear from: Carrie MacLean, agronomist at PRIDE Seeds, with an update on what's going on in Ontario; Brunel Sabourin of Antara Agronomy, on ultra-early seeded wheat and grasshopper populations in soybeans; Tyler Wist, field crop entomologist at Agriculture and... Read More
Should growers sell their wheat straw after 2021 harvest? That's a question RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson has been asked often in recent weeks. With fertilizer prices up 125 per cent and straw prices hovering around three cents per pound, many growers say they would rather blow the straw back on the field, take the nutrient... Read More