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May 12, 2010 -According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada forecasts, Saskatchewan farmers are facing lower farm income in 2010, a result of the combined impact of US meat labelling regulations, a high Canadian dollar and grain and oilseed prices that are down from record levels.  READ MORE

May 12, 2010 -A bi-weekly meeting of crop advisors and provincial extension personnel acknowledged concerns regarding crop health across much of south-central Ontario in the wake of freezing temperatures across much of the reason, this past weekend. 

May 12, 2010 -A US perspective on Western Canada seeding intentions acknowledges the increase in canola and spring wheat acres, yet insists its impact will be minimal, adding that lower durum seeding will provide more opportunity for growers in the Dakotas to take advantage of premiums there that favour durum over hard red spring wheat.   READ MORE 

May 5, 2010 -Last week, several US farm groups voiced their support for atrazine, travelling to Washington to counter a series of hearings being held by the Environmental Protection Agency, with the potential to revisit the registration and continued use of the herbicide, in spite of its safety record and efficacy.         READ MORE

May 3, 2010 -The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that Pioneer Hi-Bred has received registration for its Optimum AcreMax techonology, bringing so-called "refuge-in-the-bag" management for its corn hybrids to farmers in the US.    READ MORE

May 3, 2010 -The trend of investing in farmland, in this case, in the US, is continuing to build steam, especially on Wall Street, and particularly in light of growing interest in farming following the impacts of the economic downturn of a year ago.    READ MORE

May 3, 2010 -Someone has finally noticed that there has been a marked decline in the number of farmers there are in Canada, as well as the absence of younger farmers taking over.  And it's a politician, no less.   READ MORE

April 30, 2010 -Advances in technology have enabled growers to make better, more-informed decisions, and faster, but that ability comes from the kind of information they can generate from the technology, including on-farm herbicide trials or variety comparisons.        READ MORE