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Scouting And Managing Tough Weeds: Canada Fleabane. Started by OntAG Admin	0	Aug 14, 2016
Chicken Manure additive for Sunflower crop We are relatively new to farming. Soil testing says we need phosphorus and potassium for sunflower crop. We found a source for chicken man… Started by Brad Daily	0	Jul 10, 2015
Help answer survey questions on Neonicotinoid's for a class project for my Agribusiness program at Olds College Hello everyone, I'm doing a class project for my Innovation class at Olds College in the Agribusiness program. I am from Ontario and I know… Started by Shaylin Ferguson	0	Nov 25, 2014
ATTN Farmers! Let's see your #YieldSelfie - A photo of you, a sign with bu/a, crop type and location, you pick the background Tweet out or post on this chat thread a photo including: You a sign/card to show your bu/a, crop type and location you pick the background… Started by OntAG Admin	0	Oct 8, 2014
Anyone running 20" row soybeans? Anyone running 20" row soybeans? It's our first year in 20"; curious about the different populations guys are running - Rick Willis, Maids… Started by OntAG Admin	2	Oct 7, 2014
How were everyone's wheat yields and quality? We finished wheat a couple of weeks ago. Yields were just not there this year, likely tough winter and wet, cool spring. Looks like we had… Started by Roadrunner	0	Aug 10, 2014
UPOV 91, Do you think the new seed rules will help improve profitability of wheat? Steve Denys shares the point of view from the Seed industry on why the new act will help increase research and breeding in crops such as wh… Started by OntAG Admin	0	Feb 2, 2014
High Corn Yield Tips From Winners at Ontario Corn Yield Challenge Event. The Farms.com team had a lot of fun talking to some of the winning farmers about how they were able to produce such high corn yields. DuP… Started by Joe Dales	3	Jan 21, 2014 Reply by Joe Dales
Corn Yields: How did the hybrids you grew this year perform? Were you satisfied? Post your yields here. Thanks for visiting. We wanted to provide a forum where corn yield results and agronomic feedback could be posted and shared. Ideally peo… Started by OntAG Admin	3	Nov 27, 2013 Reply by OntAG Admin
Video: OFA Research on BioMass Purpose Grown Crops. What would it take to get you to grow some new crop type? What questions do you have before you would investigate some of these alternative crop opportunities?The revenue and cost of production bus… Started by Joe Dales	0	Nov 22, 2013

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Failing Grade for an Out of Touch Federal Budget

The 2024 federal budget is woefully bloated with a deficit of $40 billion dollars and yet falls short in addressing Canadian farmers’ real concerns. “Once again, the federal government has missed the opportunity to support agriculture and those that work in the industry. The real issues impacting us are the cumulative effect of the carbon tax on everything that we do, the growing need to have coordinated grain research, increased funding for the PMRA, and industry efficiency through an improved Canada Grains Act,” stated Daryl Fransoo, Chair of the Wheat Growers Association. The federal government has worked to defeat C-234, a bill that would provide immediate relief to grain farmers from the negative impact of the carbon tax on grain drying. The government fails to understand that these costs impact grain farmers and their ability to grow grain for domestic and export consumption. The government was forced to change their policy on the Advanced Payments Program and increase the int

A Message from Our Executive Director: Spring 2024

Throughout the winter, we took the opportunity to engage with many growers at various meetings and events around the province. Growers are facing many challenges heading into the 2024 growing season including significant dryness in some areas, high costs of production, and weaker prices for some major crops. We know that these factors are placing pressure on growers’ expected margins for 2024. While prices of some major crops are significantly lower since last growing season, most pulse prices have held up fairly well. Prices for green lentils, green peas, and chickpeas have been particularly strong. In addition, India has come back to the market for pea imports after a hiatus since 2017, which has given some support to yellow pea prices since December 2023. Current estimates are that India could import 800,000 to 1 million tonnes of peas from December 2023 to June 2024, while import restrictions there are temporarily lifted. At the same time, Canada’s largest market for yellow peas –

Mobile skills lab to promote ag manufacturing

A mobile skills lab will travel around Saskatchewan to promote careers in agriculture manufacturing. Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada (AMC) will create a virtual reality experience with the lab visiting school campuses and community events to promote industry careers to students, parents, and teachers. In addition to growing the workforce, the mobile skills lab will showcase professional development opportunities to those already working in the agricultural manufacturing industry. AMC President Donna Boyd said the industry has seen huge growth and this in turn has increased the demand for talent “A career in agriculture offers the opportunity to be one of the most successful industries in Canada—one which protects the environment, ensures global food security and fuels the future of food through innovation,” Boyd said. “AMC is directly addressing the needs of our members and our industry through the Careers in Ag initiative. The Saskatchewan Government is providing $300,000 to

Ag content lacking in the Federal Budget

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) was disappointed to see insufficient investment in Canadian agriculture in the 2024 budget. CFA President Keith Currie said farmers continue to struggle under the weight of high-interest rates, a price on carbon for essential farming activities, for which farmers have no viable alternatives, and an increased risk of extreme weather events. He said these challenges are testing the limits and effectiveness of risk management programs. “While we understand there are competing priorities for government funds, with erratic weather and high prices tremendously increasing the risk profile of Canadian agriculture, the government can ill-afford to ignore food production and Canadian farmers,” Currie said. Some positives in the budget included a re-commitment to launch of consultations on interoperability more commonly known as right to repair, carbon rebates for small businesses and previously announced funding for temporary improvements to the A

Keep it Clean launches 2024 Product Advisory

Canadian agriculture must pay attention to export market regulations, an industry rep said

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