American businessman vows to fund ostrich farm’s legal battle A New York-based businessman has pledged to fund a B.C. ostrich farm’s legal battle, as they dispute an order to cull the birds due to avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull after 69 birds died from avian flu back in December and […] Read more
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for August 1, 2025
AgGronomyTV: When is the right time to spray a fungicide for canola?
Canola growers live in a high-cost environment so it’s important to know when it’s time to spray – if need be – to protect their investment. In this video from Crop Diagnostic School in Carman, Manitoba, earlier in July, Darren Bond with Manitoba Agriculture shares some tips on what canola growers should consider if they […] Read more
AgGronomyTV: Are biologicals the right fit for your fields?
Biological crop inputs, such as living organisms or natural materials, as a replacement or supplement for conventional fertilizers are gaining interest with growers. They offer improved soil health, and in turn, boost plant health as well. At Ag in Motion in Langham, Sask., last week, Twyla Jones with Nutrien Ag Solutions shared how growers are […] Read more
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for July 25, 2025
Trump administration keen on managed trade system based on tariffs While U.S. officials may say that free trade isn’t dead, MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett respectfully disagrees. The Trump administration’s recent moves have effectively taken the United States out of any type of free trade agreement, Burnett wrote this week. The U.S. appears intent on replacing […] Read more
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for July 18, 2025
This week’s ‘In Case You Missed’ comes to you from Agriculture in Motion, held between July 15 and 17 in Langham, Saskatchewan. See all of our Ag in Motion coverage at the Western Producer. Canada’s chief trade commissioner, Sask. Premier talk trade at AIM Canada’s chief trade commissioner visited the Ag in Motion site on […] Read more
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for July 11, 2025
Guelph researchers creating a more robust, transgenic canola Crop breeders from the University of Guelph are well on their way to creating a better yielding, more stress-tolerant canola variety. Early results are showing an increased seed yield of 35 per cent per plant. The researchers used gene editing to remove some canola genes and […] Read more
AgGronomyTV: Assessing crop nutrients when weather isn’t in your favour
It can feel like the lottery when it comes to which fields get rain and which ones don’t when clouds roll in. But what does that mean for fertilizers that need soil moisture to get nutrients moving into plants? Marla Riekman, soil fertility specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, shares what she’s hearing from growers in southern […] Read more
Prairie Crop Update with Bruce Burnett: 2025 edition
Follow Bruce as he provides crop progress updates for Western Canada over the 2025 growing season
Update No. 8, July 8, 2025 (below): Bruce visits a canola and soybean field and both crops are progressing nicely – the canola is bolting and flowering and the soybeans are in the V4 to V7 stage. A little bit of rain reportedly fell in the area which helped these two fields develop, but more […] Read more
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for July 4, 2025
Tax walk-back avoids trade negotiation breakdown Canada scrapped its digital services tax on Monday after U.S. president Donald Trump threatened to end trade negotiations. In a social media post on Friday, Trump had called the tax a “blatant attack” and suggested he’d impose new tariffs. Negotiations resumed after the Carney government dropped the tax, which […] Read more
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for June 27, 2025
Bill C-202 passes in the Senate A bill to protect supply management sailed through the Senate late last week to the consternation of farm and exporter groups. Bill C-202 amends the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act to make supply management untouchable in future trade talks. The Canadian agri-food trade alliance said […] Read more
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