Agriculture Canada study | Researchers have found possible sensitivity in Group 2 resistant kochia to other herbicides
A new discovery by Agriculture Canada researchers could help prairie producers better manage harmful kochia weed populations. Officials have documented for the first time negative cross resistance in ALS-inhibitor (Group 2) resistant kochia. Negative cross resistance when resistance to one herbicide results in increased susceptibility to another. The study, recently published in Weed Technology, examined […] Read moreStories by Dan Yates
Quebec company seeking wheat for special flour
Sustainable agriculture farming | Grain industry changes may prompt miller to source wheat from the West
Changes to the grain industry in Quebec could prompt a miller in that province to look west for wheat crops grown with fewer chemicals. The move revisits an idea previously left dormant on the Prairies. Elisabeth Vachon, an agronomist with Moulins de Soulanges, a miller that produces specialty flour, said the company may need to […] Read moreSpectrometry dissects food to improve health, nutrition
Identify beneficial components | Researchers could use information to develop high efficiency feed for livestock and healthier food for humans
When George Katselis moves into his new laboratory at the end of the year, he’ll be looking for tiny molecules that could have big implications for the health of farmers and agricultural workers. The Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture’s National Agricultural-Industrial Hygiene Laboratory will be housed within a new expansion at the […] Read moreGrazing trial assesses cattle, goat partnership
Joint venture | Goats help cattle producers manage weeds; cattle producers provide grazing for goat sector expansion
HUMBOLDT, Sask. — When goat producer Brian Payne moved his animals onto the Wolverine community pasture this summer, he came with them and stayed. Payne, manager and partner in Caprina Farm & Ranch, has been camping out on the pasture west of Lanigan, Sask., since July 19, watching over a herd of 700 goats of […] Read more
Wheat yields, quality generally good
Prairie-wide look | Wheat avoids some of the problems farmers are seeing in canola
Amidst reports of lower-than-expected canola yields, some producers have found wheat crops have performed better under the environmental and disease pressures that slowed the oilseed’s development in 2012. And growers who coupled good growing conditions with well-timed fungicide applications are seeing healthy yields for spring wheat, say farmers and market experts. “In our area it […] Read moreSemen protein found to prompt ovulation
New findings from the University of Saskatchewan about mammal fertility are expected to draw interest from researchers in a variety of disciplines. However, the researcher who led the project says he has cattle producers in mind. A team headed by Gregg Adams of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine studying seminal fluid has identified a […] Read more
Foodgrains bank OK with aid policy changes
More ways to help | The updated agreement allows organizations to provide cash or vouchers and offer a wider range of food
A new international treaty add-ressing global hunger policy has been met with approval from the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, al-though it has concerns about the country’s long-term commitments under the pact. Negotiations for the Food Assistance Convention concluded in the spring and include a number of changes from the 1999 Food Aid Convention, which saw Canada […] Read morePine beetle stabilized
Officials are continuing to carefully watch the movement of mountain pine beetles in Alberta, says a provincial official. The latest results are a mixed bag. Surveys conducted at 179 sites across Alberta’s pine forests in May and June found a wide variation in the over-winter mortality for the beetle, whose populations cut off nutrient supplies […] Read more
Local food producers must adapt to satisfy international tastes
Amid a changing Canadian population and calls for policies that place new emphasis on local food production, researchers are beginning to ask questions about practices that could address food concerns of new immigrant and refugee communities and create new market opportunities for producers. Researchers say the questions are timely. Projections peg the percentage of Canada’s […] Read more
Youth weight issues targeted by university
Fighting fat in children | University of Saskatchewan program includes education, fitness and optional followup
A new initiative from the University of Saskatchewan aims to curb the trend of childhood obesity across the province. Within Canada, research shows approximately a quarter of youth under 17 years old are overweight or obese. In Saskatchewan, that number rises to 29 percent. Beginning in September, U of S students and officials from a […] Read more
