(Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday July 10, 2019

Jul 10, 2019 | 9:58 AM

Roughly 400 farmers and industry professionals attended CanolaPalooza at the Saskatoon Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Station.

Visitors worked through 12 learning stations that covered topics ranging from fertility management to heart health.

This is the third year the event has been held in Saskatchewan.

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A Tisdale 4-H Beef Club member had a lot to brag about after the Melfort Ag Society Regional Beef Show and Sale.

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Justin Harcourt had the Grand Champion Steer and the Reserve Grand Champion Female at the annual event.

The Grand Champion Female was shown by Dallas Grona while Jayme Berting of the Bar West 4-H Beef Club had Reserve Grand Champion Steer.

Sale results to come soon.

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The Prairieland Junior Ag Showcase featured 300 4-H youth in Saskatoon.

Cade Bartel of the Carlton Trail 4-H Beef Club had the Grand Champion Steer while the Reserve Grand Champion Steer was shown by Colby Wignes with the Viscount 4H Beef Club.

Sale results to come soon.

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Canadian wheat exports continue to rise.

The recent market outlook from SaskWheat said wheat going to other countries was up 14 per cent.

The report indicated May was the strongest month for Canadian wheat exports year-to-date.

Canadian exporters shipped roughly two million metric tonnes (MMT) of wheat.

The report said the three of the largest customers in May where China, Japan, and Australia.

China has now surpassed Indonesia as the biggest customer of Canadian wheat this year.

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A new report said China was preparing to limit canola imports long before the trade tensions earlier this year.

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute assisted University of Ottawa Masters student Margaret Zafiriou with the document. It showed China had been changing their agricultural policy to diversify food supplies and enhance food security since the 2008 global food price crisis.

The report also pointed to China’s restrictions against Canadian canola imports in 2009 and 2016 raising concerns about the plant disease blackleg.

It said the federal government’s intervention to solve that trade dispute gave people a false sense of security as the temporary resolution was due to expire the following year.

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