Farmers looking for drought tolerant canola will have access to two new juncea canola varieties this spring. Xceed 8571 and Xceed 8470 are available for production under an identity preserved contract through Viterra. Both varieties offer resistance to blackleg and fusarium wilt, and have good lodging resistance and medium maturity. Both are Clearfield varieties. According […] Read more
Stories by Darlene Polachic
Artist turns gallery dream into Routes reality
HARRIS, Sask. – Liza Gareau Tosh always wanted to own an art gallery. “Art was always a special word for me,” said the artist and farmer from Harris. “From the time I was a child, I’ve loved drawing, painting and music.” Her dream came true last year when she bought the Tessier United Church and […] Read more
Growers mill and market herb
farmliving MOOSE JAW, Sask. – The old and the new reside comfortably beside each other at Doug and Melody Machmer’s place. Visitors to the farm south of Moose Jaw will find the traditional feeder cattle, barley, canola, lentils and durum. But they’ll also find echinacea, a colorful crop that flourishes in the farm’s sandy glacial […] Read more
Canola industry studies lack of crop vigor
A broad range of canola industry players have decided to seek a solution to disappointing seed vigor. More than 70 representatives of seed companies, seed laboratories, grower groups and research institutions met in Saskatoon Jan. 16 to plan what to do about an apparently growing problem with seed that germinates, but does not develop into […] Read more
Canola checkoff to fund research
WINNIPEG (Staff) – The Manitoba Canola Growers’ Association hopes to collect between $250,000 and $500,000 through a checkoff. Bruce Dalgarno, president of the organization, said growers will pay 50 cents per tonne of canola at the point of sale as early as this spring. Most of the money will go toward research and canola production […] Read more
