#canola-management

#canola-management

Mercosur represents a number of South American countries, including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. However, it does not offer a reciprocal trading opportunity for Canadian beef farmers and ranchers.

The public comment period is an important opportunity for producers across Canada to review the draft Code and provide feedback on how it applies to their operations. Producer perspectives from across the country help ensure the Code reflects the diversity of Canadian beef production systems and remains practical for producers who raise cattle.

AAFC spent $40 million to operate the seven sites in 2024-25. Of that total, $27 million was dedicated to scientific research, while $13 million was attributed to corporate support.

The Pesticides Regulatory Directorate will maintain the same mandate as the former Pest Management Regulatory Agency, focusing on the registration and evaluation of pest control products.

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Bayer is supplementing human security patrols around its 8,000 acre Hawaiian corn farm with robotic security dogs, supplied by the tech firm Asylon. The Asylon dogs are meant to guard the company's precious maize from vandals, wildfires, wild fauna, and other hazards around the clock.

The proposal would allow drones to apply products already registered for aerial use, provided applications follow existing label requirements, including water volumes and use conditions.

"Too often we're just focusing on the numbers and forgetting the communication and setting goals," he says, noting that while tax strategies and asset transfers are well supported, the "soft side" of transition-roles, expectations, and ongoing involvement-is often left undefined.

Richardson withdrew its funding from the Canola Council at the end of 2017. At the time, the company said it did not get enough value for its financial investment, which was over a million dollars per year.

"The awesome thing with pulse crops is no nitrogen needs... not having to put any nitrogen on a pulse crop is a great starting point," he says, noting that this allows growers to not only meet PKS requirements but, in some cases, build soil fertility for the rotation.

From a preliminary or initial assessment, there are things to like in terms of supporting Canadian Canola's access to the U.S. biofuels market moving forward for sure," Davison says. A central update confirms that feedstocks from U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) countries are considered domestic for the purposes of the credit. Davison called that clarification "one of the key updates as part of the guidance that is favourable in our case to Canadian Canola.

Kochia continues to spread beyond its traditional areas, bringing resistance to multiple herbicide groups. This shift may require growers to rethink their canola systems, including variety selection.

For 30 years, InVigor hybrid canola has played a central role in advancing productivity and performance for canola growers around the world. This facility expansion marks the next chapter in that legacy, enhancing breeding capacity, integrating advanced automation, and accelerating the development of new hybrids.

If we did that today, it would be a hundred percent, because right now, without question, 2026 is riskier than 2025. So farmers really [face significant challenges]. The war in Iran continues and it works back to the world of agriculture. It's had an impact on fertiliser and diesel prices and commodity markets, as well as currency.

Total wheat area is expected to dip 1.1% to 26.7 million acres in Canada. I have been hearing many growers say they like the idea of wheat's low input requirements, but market fundamentals are giving them pause when it comes to aggressively increasing acres.

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Middleton owns and operates Manawan Mills, a feed mill operation that processes grain into complete livestock feeds for species ranging from poultry to cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. The mill sources most of its grain from nearby farms, often purchasing product that may be discounted at commercial elevators due to quality factors such as splits or lower test weight. Middleton says in this episode of Profitable Practices that those characteristics don't limit the grain's usefulness once it is processed.

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