By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday Februrary 8, 2023

Feb 8, 2023 | 1:58 PM

MELFORT, Sask. – ADAMA Canada is introducing new crop protection products for imidazolinone-tolerant (Clearfield) lentils, as well as all peas and soybeans for the 2023 crop year.

Davai A Plus, a broad-spectrum herbicide with two modes of action, will be registered for imidazolinone-tolerant lentils, peas, and soybeans.

ADAMA Canada general manager Cornie Thiessen said Davai A Plus is one part of the company’s ongoing strategy to meet the needs of Canadian growers while adapting to ongoing global supply chain issues.

“This new registration brings product choice to growers for a crop that historically had none,” Thiessen said. “We’re proud to offer Canadian farmers a growing selection of high-quality crop protection products.”

ADAMA said lingering supply chain issues plaguing global industry have been complicated by the ongoing European energy crisis. This is expected to contribute to higher prices and product shortages for some crop protection products again in the 2023 crop season.

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The Ukraine war and the resulting European energy crisis are impacting choices for Canadian farmers for the next crop year. Many of the most popular Canadian crop protection products and their active ingredients are manufactured in Europe.

Thiessen said there are facilities in 35 countries that supply ADAMA.

“This globally diversified supply chain has helped us cope with these global supply chain issues. We are confident in our ability to supply the Canadian market in 2023 and are pleased to announce some new products for pulse growers,” he said.

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The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is in support of a bill that would legislate the protection of supply-managed sectors in Canada.

CFA president Mary Robinson says Bill C-282 would ensure the government does not make market access concessions in future trade deals for supply-managed products.

“It can be frustrating to watch promises fizzle when push comes to shove, and supply-managed farmers have seen successive governments renege on their promise to not allow further market access for supply-managed products,” Robinson said. “By voting for this Bill, politicians will be able to show their true support for supply-managed farmers and allow those farmers to rely on the law rather than rhetoric.”

CFA has long advocated that no additional access to supply-managed sectors should be given in future trade agreements, and all political parties sitting in the House of Commons have committed to no additional access and no reductions in over-quota tariffs.

Robinson said despite these commitments significant concessions have been made in recent trade agreements including CETA, CPTPP, and CUSMA, which threaten to undermine the resilience and stable food supply this system affords.

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Hundreds of farmers drove their tractors through Paris today in protest of banned pesticides.

The convoy entered the French capital through a southern gateway, before making its way to the Invalides monument— the site of Napoleon’s tomb.

They protested the French government’s decision last month to ban the use of pesticides on sugar beets and other crops.

The choice of Napoleon’s monument as the site of their protest was significant, as he imported sugar beets from Poland to ensure France’s sugar independence.

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