Commodity News Service And Western Producer Staff WINNIPEG, Oct. 20 — Almost three weeks since a India pulse fumigation fee waiver expired, the Canadian pulse industry is still in the dark as to what is happening. The exemption applied to fees charged on pulses that would require fumigation upon arrival in India. With the exemption […] Read more
Ashley Robinson
Stories by Ashley Robinson
Farmers may feel new climate change focus
Producers and researchers argue that the agricultural industry has already taken steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Farmers might soon have to deal with a worldwide political push to take more action on climate change. The recent climate change summit in Paris, and a new Liberal government in Ottawa that has vowed to make it a priority, has brought added urgency to an issue long considered less important by the previous Conservative […] Read more
Nature’s light show
The aurora borealis creates beautiful scenes in the night sky, which those living in Canada are often lucky enough to see. Even so, the natural phenomenon is a mystery to many, and most don’t know that it is caused by space weather, which can also mess with global positioning systems. “(Space weather is) basically a […] Read more
Rivers in the sky
Rivers are not confined to the earth. There are also rivers in the sky, called atmospheric rivers, which carry water just as their terrestrial counterparts do. “(Atmospheric rivers are) very long, narrow regions in the atmosphere where there’s a lot of water, so large amounts of water vapour, and that water vapour is being moved […] Read more
Lentil beer shows off pulses
Rebellion Brewing didn’t know what to think last year when AGT Foods and Ingredients approached it about making a beer with lentils, but it was intrigued. “We did a lot of research on it, what we could find, and there wasn’t much done with lentils in regards to beer … anywhere in North America or […] Read more
New U of S researcher studies asexual seed
The University of Saskatchewan’s Global Institute for Food Security has hired its first research leader. Tim Sharbel was leading a research group in Germany when the university approached him two years about becoming the institutes’ Research Chair in Seed Biology. “It’s a huge opportunity,” he said. “Basically it enables me to expand and do more […] Read more
Hackathon will explore ag technology
The University of Saskatchewan is taking an interdisciplinary approach to agricultural innovation. Emerging Agriculture, a three-day hackathon planned for Jan. 9-11, will bring together students from engineering, computer science and agricultural backgrounds so that they can come up with new and innovative technologies for agriculture. “The goal is to foster some collaboration between a bunch […] Read more
Experiential travel taking off
Festivals, U-pick farms and on-farm distilleries are all part of a growing sector of tourism called experiential travel. To be successful, farm entrepreneurs involved in agritourism have to ensure that they provide an enjoyable experience that keeps their guests happy. This takes a lot of planning and lots of helpers. “Agritourism is travel that is […] Read more
Merger in data management
FarmLink Marketing Solutions and Farm at Hand are merging. “The merger made sense be-cause we had two great companies, the cultural fit is fantastic and we have the same vision for the future of the agriculture industry,” said Kim Keller, who co-founded Farm at Hand with Himanshu Singh. The two companies have worked together for […] Read more
Cancer-causing cattle disease increasing across Canada
Infection rates for bovine leukosis, which can cause cancer in cattle, are growing. “(Producers) should be worried, and they should do something about it because, as I said, the prevalence is high,” said Omid Nekouei, a PhD candidate of veterinary epidemiology at the Atlantic Veterinary College. Nekouei, who is working on a thesis study on […] Read more
