Country Guide's top 10 stories of 2024 - Country Guide
Dec 30, 2024 · CG spoke with two farmers expanding their operations across provincial borders and hundreds of kilometres away.. 6. The uneasy middle. Canada’s mid-size farms are under pressure. But don’t write them off quite so fast — at least not all of them. 7. Seven trends in agriculture for 2024.
Agriculture takes a ride to the city - Country Guide
Dec 16, 2024 · Moyer’s son Brandon enjoys being part of the Farm crew. photo: Jeanine Moyer But there was no way she and her father would turn down this opportunity. With Moyer running her own ag company, Barn Door Communications, and Wallace pulling back from full-time farming, they could work it into their schedules.
Syngenta CEO shares thoughts on leadership, and 'people skills'
Dec 16, 2024 · RELATED: Mechanical innovation helps seed companies keep up with genetic testing speed; Syngenta’s 2023 income is reported at $32.2 billion. As I say, “staggering.” Still, Rowe does find time to get home a couple of times per year and gives a hand to his father, Dean, who runs the 3,000-acre farm with family help and a full-time employee.
Canadian honey production down in 2024 - Country Guide
Dec 12, 2024 · Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — Canadian honey production was down by 18 per cent in 2024 despite an increase in the number of beekeepers and colonies.. Statistics Canada reported 78.18 million pounds of honey were produced in 2024, which compares with 95.65 million pounds the previous year.
Pulse Weekly: Looking at price shifts in 2024 - Country Guide
Dec 17, 2024 · Pulses in Canada had quite the year in 2024 with prices closing out the calendar year in the middle of their trading ranges. Production was higher on the year for most pulses. Dry pea output in Canada rose to just short of three million tonnes, up from the 2.61 million harvested in 2023, according to the Statistics Canada principal field crop report issued Dec. 5.
The formula for farm growth - Country Guide
Dec 9, 2024 · AgriShield is an online farm risk assessment and management tool. Risks are identified, graded and prioritized. Most operators are familiar with managing production, financial and marketing risk. AgriShield includes these risk families along with business strategy, business environment, and people.
Cover crop opportunity leads to higher ground - Country Guide
Feb 21, 2023 · This is a story in two halves. First, Joseph Gardiner got passionate about regenerative agriculture.Then, he and his three partners got equally passionate about building a vertically integrated business that would grow and succeed by …
Top agriculture market-moving news stories of 2024
Dec 30, 2024 · China – China began an anti-dumping investigation into Canadian canola in the fall. The country remains the largest export customer heading into the New Year, but the threat of another trade dispute between the two countries remains ever present.. Trump – Trump’s new administration is bound to generate headlines through 2025, but his proposed policies were already riling up the ag ...
Canadian Prairies, U.S. Midwest to get colder in January as South ...
Jan 6, 2025 · Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – Meteorologist Drew Lerner said he expects colder than normal temperatures across the Canadian Prairies and much of the United States Midwest in January, while a good portion of South America is to be hotter than normal.. Lerner, the president of World Weather Inc. in Overland Park, Kan., also expects above-normal precipitation for the Prairies for the ...
Prairie forecast: Mild, quiet holidays expected - Country Guide
Dec 4, 2024 · The weather for this forecast period will be largely controlled by a large, stationary area of low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska. This has been sending wave after wave over energy into coastal B.C. This will result in a predominately west to southwesterly flow across the Prairies—meaning a continuation of mild temperatures as Pacific air dominates.