New soft wheat executive
The executive of the Alberta Soft Wheat Producers’ Commission includes: President Art Eckert of Duchess; vice-president John Nikkel of Coaldale; secretary Peter Pepneck of Vauxhall; treasurer Everett Tanis of Picture Butte; and directors John Van Trype and Gerard Oosterhuis, both of Bow Island, Harry Brummelhuis of Vauxhall, Barry Grain of Taber, LeRon Torrie of Grassy Lake, Rodney Dyck of Rosemary, Edwin Bronsch of Tilley and Bob Skiba of Coaldale.
Help for spring planting
Four crop planning guides covering the black, dark brown and brown soil zones, plus special crops, are available at Saskatche-wan government Rural Service Centres. Each provides budgets for seeding crops on fallow or stubble fields but the government urges individual farmers to modify these by inserting their own costs, yield and price information.
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China purchased just over 20 million tonnes of wheat, corn, barley and sorghum last year, that is well below the 60 million tonnes purchased in 2021-22.
Alberta 4-H honors two
The Alberta 4-H Hall of Fame has added two men to bring its total up to 45. Terry Crisp of Monitor and Bill McGrath of Vermilion were added in January.
Crisp was both a member and leader of the Consort Calf Club. He served on the district council for 26 years and spent years on the regional and provincial councils.
McGrath has been in club leadership roles since 1977 and served as president of both regional and provincial councils. For the past five years he has been a member of the Alberta 4-H Foundation.
Project done
MTC Animal Health has finished a $2 million renovation of its manufacturing plant in Cambridge, Ont. The renovations, which include a new computer controlled air system to assist in making areas sterile, will prepare the company to be competitive in the world, said general manager Steve Crnkovic.
Expansion for animal care
A animal care company based at the University of Saskatche-wan has expanded to Edmonton and Calgary. This spring, Minerva Animal Health Corporation will be selling its first products, which are shampoos and skin care products based on oat ingredients.
Soil is an opportunity
A joint venture by two fertilizer companies should benefit farmers in southeastern Saskatchewan, say the businesses.
Agrico, which has been supplying fertilizer to Canadian farmers through independent dealers for 65 years, has bought half the shares of Sharpe’s Soil Services. The 20-year-old Saskatchewan firm has offices in Rocanville, Langenburg, Stockholm and Moosomin.
A top-rated company
A sulphur fertilizer company, Tiger Resources Technology Inc. of Calgary, has been named one of Canada’s 50 best-managed private companies for 1996. The 32-year-old firm was chosen by a panel from the accounting firm of Arthur Anderson, the Financial Post and Canadian Airlines.
