Canada Agriculture News

Chain Reference is pleased to announce the availability of a new simple-to-use web-based bar code label printing tool.

In Canada, there are different farming jobs, depending on the type of farm and its location. Operations selling directly to clients, for example U-pick farms, are situated close to population centers.

Agriculture Sector Gains an Important Resource to Foster Networking & Innovation

Guru Grow Lights has spent the last two years extensively researching LED grow lights and their use in growing plants. It is described what makes Guru Grow Lights different from other LED grow light manufactures and why they beat out HPS grow lights.

In today’s market you’ll find two types of solar tracker systems, single axis and dual axis. Single axis trackers will track the sun from east to west on a single pivot point. Dual Axis trackers track east to west and north to south tracking.

Agcapita Partners is pleased to announce that Agcapita Farmland Fund III has been opened to investors. Agcapita Fund III is the only RRSP eligible farmland fund in Canada and is a $20 million offering.

This beautiful private gated estate property offers 5 acres, 3 pastures, 5 horse stalls, a sprawling rancher, new barn with a 2000 sqft guest suite, salt water pool, tennis court, and basketball court. The perfect place for a growing family.

Alpaca farmers forced into herd auction due to health crises.

Farmers in southern Ontario say government red tape is restricting them from growing their businesses. This is just one key finding in five new reports that take an in-depth look at farming in Brant, Norfolk, Elgin, Oxford and Middlesex counties.

Site redesigned to be easier to navigate, more videos to see and more post harvest processing information.

Agropages has newly published neonicotinoid insecticides insight. This is a comprehensive show on the classification of neonicotinoid after Benzimidazole Fungicides Insight and Sulfonylurea Herbicides Insight.

Site dedicated to making it easy to apply traceability labels to bagged produce items.

Farmers Edge has been ranked 11th by PROFIT in their annual ranking of Canada’s Top 200 Fastest-Growing Companies.

With all the scares recently in regarding tomatoes and products containing them being recalled more and more people are looking to grow tomatoes at home.

Spud Smart magazine, published by Issues Ink, has launched a comprehensive web video series focusing on issues Canadian growers are facing.

Lambton Golf and Country Club is ramped up and ready to open April 21, 2011 come rain or shine and without any ‘winter kill’ to slow down the growth..

Statistically, more than 700 kinds of crop diseases have appeared in China and 300 of them occurred frequently on main crops, affected 113.39 million ha of planted area and 153.41 ha of the area was treated at present.

Maintain your lawn and garden with the help of landscapers. Find out great ways to maintain your lawn.

Brazil could harvest a record crop of 70 million tons of soybeans in 2011 according to Hamburg based Oil World consultants. "Prospects for soybean has improved, with the possibility of a record crop of 69/70 million tons this year," said Oil World.

Agricultural chemical sales in Brazil in 2010 totaled US$ 7.3 billion and sales are expected to increase once again in 2011 according to the director of the National Association of Plant Protection (Andef).

“Rusts,” a group of fungi that attack and damage plants and trees, cost the international agriculture and forestry sectors billions of dollars in lost revenue every year, with an estimated loss of $200 million a year due to the destruction of...

The Blackfoot Outdoor Farmers Market is seeking new vendors! Open Saturdays and Sundays as of May long weekend with Fresh Alberta & B.C. produce, local arts, crafts, collectibles & antiques! We offer vendors large stalls with 4' x 8' covered tables.

The Prairie Grain Development Committee meetings, held the week of February 21st in Winnipeg, Man., brought home just how serious an issue fusarium, and the damage it causes, is for western Canadian grain producers.

Needle-free Injection Technology for Swine Producers Improves Efficiency, Decreases Operating Costs and Ensures Animal Welfare, Biosecurity and Safety Compliance.

Horizon Livestock, the premier supplier in the Manitoba livestock, poultry and agricultural industries, is now offering Muck Boots™ with three fully stocked stores ready to supply ag producers with this innovative brand of products.

Wert-Berater, Inc. is a leading provider of feasibility studies in the aquaculture and aquaponic industries, among others. Please visit our website at www.wert-berater.com or call 888.661.4449 for more information. Thank you!

Garden centres will help you out when you encounter problems or unexpected issues.

The publishers of seed.ab.ca, Alberta’s Seed Guide, recently launched a website dedicated to educating Alberta farmers on Alberta’s fight against fusarium. www.fusarium.seed.ab.ca challenges farmers to fight fusarium by making smart choices.

Grizzly "GZD" Increases MAIM Permit Land Holdings for Potash to More than 2.34 Million Acres

SunSations Energy's unique design for ground-mount tracking solar systems cuts installation time to two days, nearly one-tenth of the tradition time needed to install a ground-mount. This allows for more installations to beat the August 31 deadline.

Chinook Trailers is under new ownership and location. If you are looking for the quality cargo, horse, ATV, and car hauler trailers, look no further than Chinook Trailers in Lethbridge on the Crowsnest Trail across from the Casino.

Over time you will learn to recognize weeds, signs of nutrient deficiency, signs of dryness and signs that more compost should be spread.

Look at the recent Baltic pipeline and the ecological debate. For more information at Ben Mauerberger .com

Posie Packer is now able to offer sales and service to packers and re-packers of bagged fruit and vegetables for it's Wicketed Produce Bag Labeling Machine

Germination magazine recently launched a media site to provide the Canadian seed industry with high-calibre content, issues-focused information, research developments, industry updates and impactful discussions with leaders in the seed sector.

Spud Smart magazine has launched a practical web product for Canadian potato growers. The website provides highly-ranked content, issues-based information including research developments and regulatory changes, and industry news affecting growers’.

iFind Systems’s Wandering Shepherd “Smart Tagging” Ear Tag Selected as One of the Top 5 Startups for IBM’s Smart Planet SmartCamp in Silicon Valley September 8th and 9th, 2010

While geothermal is touted as one of the most efficient ways to heat homes and business, lack of conductivity increases the length of loop required and reduces the efficiency of the installation.

Available online, the course series will focus on urban agriculture as an integral part of sustainable food security

How will we be able to feed nine billion people by 2050? In his new book, Future Harvests, Christophe Pelletier presents an objective and comprehensive overview of both the challenges and the potential solutions to produce more food.

Chinese agrochemical firm Wynca has its Innovation on the Manufacturing Technique of Glyphosate, a project of “11th five-year plan” National Science and Technology Support Programs, passed the acceptance inspection.

Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia- Gaiamatics Solutions today announced the official release of ObliqueMapper.ObliqueMapper allows users to easily and efficiently generate 2D and 3D vector data from features observable within photographs.

Choosing the best pest control company to come into your house and work around your personal belongings is one of the hardest things to do. There are many things to consider before making this critical decision.

Community style gardens enabling local women to grow their own vegetables are now open.

(Prices are 30% lesser than RCC tanks. Our tanks come with 3 years written warranty & 10 years of free supervision at the time of cleaning) These Panel Tanks are available in capacity from 10,000 Litres to 4 Million Litres.

(Prices are 50% lesser than RCC) PVC Geo-membranes are used in a variety of applications, such as:  Water reservoirs for rain-water harvesting.  Pond-lining for artificial lakes and irrigation of farms.

19 April, 2010, Toronto. Chadha Traders, an import export based canadian firm has launched their new product in India - Food Grade Silos for grain storage. These silos come with a heavy duty Polyethylene Reinforced Food Grade Liner.

Once retailers got their first look at Evengrow™, The Turntable for Potted Plants at the Montreal Gift Show last August, they couldn’t wait to take this revolutionary new product out for a spin.

Looking to expand your product line? Starting a new business with a great product idea? Or just falling short of technology and resources for product development? Canagra is a fully equipped innovative food technology company that provides solutions.

A collective of artists, including one who creates art using the landscape of his rural Ontario farm, gather their work for a group show at ENGINE GALLERY in Toronto's Historic Distillery District.