Latest Agriculture News & Events, Market Updates - Country Guide
Dairy farm milk price drops for 2025. The Canadian Dairy Commission announced Nov. 1, 2024 that a decline in feed prices and the stabilization of other costs…. November 1, 2024.
A guide to beneficial insects - Country Guide
May 1, 2017 · Ground beetles (Carabidae). 861 species in Canada – About 40,000 species worldwide. Identification: Head at eyes narrower than section behind head.Front wings may have striations or pits. Run rapidly when disturbed.
Agricultural Events & Tradeshows - Country Guide
Nov 6, 2024 · Agri-Trade Equipment Expo. Reading Time: < 1 minute “…attracts annually over 30,000 qualified agriculture buyers and over 475 equipment manufacturers and agricultural services to Red Deer. Agri-Trade is considered one of the best agricultural equipment shows in Canada generating an estimated $300 million annually in equipment sales and ...
How one Hutterite colony is handling farm diversification
Apr 9, 2015 · For the Hutterites, diversification at some level is a practical response to a practical problem. It helps Hutterites earn revenue, manage risk and put people to work. Wipf puts the average grain enterprise for a colony at about 10,000 acres. A colony of 100 people would have about 30 or 35 working men, Wipf says.
Ontario farmers grow corn acres, and a successful livelihood
Sep 24, 2019 · That conversation was in 2013, when Amos and Timo were working with another farm, which also shifted into cash crops. Six years later, Brielmann Agriculture Ltd. operates on a 45-kilometre stretch of its own land along with custom work on fields that run past the town of Rainy River to the river’s mouth, almost to the point where it enters Lake of the Woods.
Tips for growing a quality oats crop - Country Guide
Feb 13, 2018 · Soil and rotation. Oats grow best in black and grey wooded soil zones that have higher moisture, but can grow on sandy loam to heavy clay soils as long as they have good drainage. To reduce disease pressure and optimize yields, oats should not be grown after cereals. The best rotational crops include canola, hay, soybeans and other legumes.
Summer Series: A practical guide to writing your farm business plan
May 1, 2024 · A written business plan is a key tool that sets your farm business up for success. While the necessary components vary from business to business, here are eight sections that most farm business plan templates include: 1. Executive summary. A concise summary of the key points of the business venture and the purpose of the plan.
A team approach to farm succession - Country Guide
Published: March 3, 2015. Succession strategy. For Ted (l) and Don Tilstra, building an advisory team was key to their goal of creating a harmonious, smart succession plan that works for the whole family. Photo: Dew Imagery. When Ted Tilstra imagined his retirement, he knew that he wanted it to continue to include having a coffee around the ...
Alberta farm builds labour diversity into its core
Jan 7, 2021 · Alberta, for example, has relatively few foreign workers — just 2,355 in 2017 — compared to the 54,500 employed in agriculture-related work there. In Ontario’s much larger agricultural workforce of 97,800 workers, nearly 30 per cent are foreign workers, employed mostly in that province’s horticultural sector.
Winter camelina showing promise - Country Guide
Oct 21, 2021 · About 4,000 acres of camelina were planted in Western Canada in 2019, mostly in Saskatchewan, and about 10,000 acres in 2020. Some of those acres were intercrops with pea or lentil. Eynck says camelina’s growing popularity can be explained by its wealth of benefits and expanding marketing opportunities.