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The financial crisis in the cattle and hog sectors has some producers uttering two words aloud that they never would have previously even whispered in the dark. (Cattlemen file photo)

Ontario apple, tender fruit and grape growers wanting to remove unproductive vines or trees have another $2 million in funds to do so and another two months to apply for them. (Dave Bedard photo)

There has been no agreement reached between Canada and Chinese government officials regarding China's intention to implement phytosanitary certificates on all imported canola after Nov. 15, an official with the Canola Council of Canada said Monday.

Putting the new GM hybrid technology through its paces on a working farm

B.C. forestry officials are planning an aerial attack after having found the highest amount of gypsy moth egg masses ever seen in any specific area of the province. (Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA/ARS)

Fully funding its share of federal/provincial business risk management programs such as AgriStability and AgriInvest is expected to cost Saskatchewan an additional $135 million in 2009-10.

Call it counterintuitive if you like, but a nationwide study finds no link between the distance to the nearest urban centre and the likelihood of a farmer working off-farm.

Hog farmers have been given over three extra weeks to apply for loans under the federally-backed hog industry loan loss reserve program. (Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)

A healthy canola crop produces about 50 per cent more flowers than it will use, so days in flower is not a good estimate of yield. To get a better picture of yield potential, look at the early-season leaf density.

A program aiming for 100,000 new acres of winter cereals seeded across Western Canada this fall now has Viterra on board as its "premier delivery partner."