Agriculture

A look at how the crop is taken in

Terry Boehm has breathed a sigh of relief. The Canadian Seed Growers’ Association , which represents 3,500 seed growers across Canada, voted against a proposed merger with four other seed industry organizations.

B.C. farmed salmon may be pushed off people’s plates by climate change in the coming decades.

Canada had extra cheddar in July. About 38 million kilograms of extra cheddar. That’s not unusual. The sharp, hard cheese — a statistical benchmark for the federal government — has a long history in Canada’s almost $7-billion dairy industry.

Saskatchewan agriculture groups are urging Ottawa to lower barriers blocking farmers from accessing supports in the face of volatile markets.

Producers made significant harvest progress this week with 43 per cent of the crop now in the bin, up from 28 per cent last week and remaining well ahead of the five-year (2015-2019) average of 35 per cent for this time of year.

Three provinces providing $134 million over five years

Verticillium stripe, a stem disease, is showing up in more canola fields in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and harvest is a good time to look for it.

Ontario’s agriculture leaders are calling on the federal government to make changes to a key risk-management program to help farmers survive the volatile markets created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In East-Central Saskatchewan harvest progress has more than doubled in the east-central region thanks to relatively warm and dry weather, suggests the provincial crop report for Aug. 25-31.