AgrotechSaskatchewan offers agtech startups $30,000 to test products on real farms
The ACRE program from Innovation Saskatchewan matches startups with farmers and funds on-farm pilots, provided a partner puts in matching money.
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CropsFertilizer recovered from wastewater holds up in Canadian potato trials
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada found a blend of 75 percent conventional fertilizer and 25 percent struvite cut environmental costs by up to 22 percent.
HealthFrost, hail and debt: BC fruit growers push for longer mental health support
After years of frost, hail, fire smoke and floods, British Columbia fruit growers are asking for the eight-session cap on free farm counselling to be lifted, saying long-term problems need long-term help.
LivestockAn Alberta ranch sells cattle when grass and the market say so, not by the calendar
Cross Cattle Company in Claresholm, Alberta, keeps calves on grass until prices are right, breeds every heifer and sells the surplus bred, a marketing plan built around the feed it has.
CropsDemand for Canadian non-GMO soybeans lifts premiums as Ceresco expands processing
Ceresco says its purchases rose 15% in 2025 and 20% in 2026; a $6 million upgrade at St. Albert, Ontario, lifts cleaning capacity from 9 to 20 tons an hour for tofu, natto and grit markets.
Market ManagementSell high, then higher: grain adviser urges incremental sales over chasing the peak
AgChieve founder David Drozd told a Manitoba Agriculture webinar that farmers should lock in profitable prices in steps, citing soybean bids near $16.50-$17 a bushel and $5 oat specials, and keep no more than a third of a crop sold before harvest.
LivestockCanadians to eat a record amount of chicken in 2026 and 2027, USDA attaché forecasts
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service projects Canadian per capita chicken consumption at 39.5 kg in 2026 and 39.8 kg in 2027, the highest on record, even as population growth stalls.
CropsHigher soybean yields are mining soil phosphorus and potassium, Manitoba agronomists warn
A 40-bushel soybean crop removes about 35 lb/acre of P2O5 and 46 lb of K2O; Manitoba specialists say growers should replace phosphorus and potassium across the whole rotation rather than in the soybean year.
AgrotechFarmers get days, not hours, to fix tractor emissions faults before power cuts in
A software update following US EPA guidance replaces the four-hour limit for fixing diesel exhaust fluid faults on heavy tractors with a gradual derate over days; CNH, John Deere and AGCO are complying and Canada is following.
EnvironmentGrassland climate model expands to eight of Canada's top beef watersheds
The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association's Aquanty modelling, which forecast 2.5°C of warming by 2050 and stressed groundwater in three Manitoba watersheds, now covers Alberta, B.C., Ontario and Quebec.
CropsManitoba finds six new clubroot cases in canola, some unusually severe
Provincial pathologist Simon Huang said the galling looked more like Alberta's hot zone; the fields grew first-generation resistant varieties, and pathotype results are due in early 2027.
CropsNavy beans can diversify rotations and income, Hensall Co-op tells Ontario growers
The co-op's Barry Cavanaugh advised well-drained loam fields, planting from 20 May to 10 June, early weed control and gentle harvesting at about 18% moisture, starting with 35 to 45 acres.
AgribusinessAgWest's creditor protection filing shows the strain on Prairie machinery dealers
Court filings by AgWest, an eight-location AGCO, Fendt, Massey Ferguson and CLAAS dealer in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, point to falling machinery sales, weaker used-equipment values and higher borrowing costs across Western Canada.