Glacier FarmMedia – A partnership between McDonald’s and Syngenta, which will start in the U.S., will pay beef producers to use corn expected to improve the feed efficiency of cattle. Syngenta’s Enogen trait produces corn that contains more alpha-amylase enzyme, creating more efficient breakdown of starch to sugars. Enogen corn feed is about five per […] Read more
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Agribition 2024: Grand champion bull wins second in a row
Rainmaker 4K is now producing offspring at B Bar Cattle
B Bar Rainmaker 4K dominates with his muscling and size, and that enabled his repeat performance as grand champion Limousin bull at Canadian Western Agribition. The bull faced no other competitors in his 2022 birth date class, but judge Craig Wilgenbusch of Halbrite, Sask., named him the grand champion when Rainmaker came up against the […] Read more
Agribition 2024: Farm Simple wins two Agribition tech awards
Smart Paddock picks up the rising star award
A Saskatchewan company that makes monitoring technology for beef producers and outdoor use won the Business of the Year and Most Innovative categories at Canadian Western Agribition’s Livestock Ag Tech Awards. Farm Simple, owned by Katlin Lange, continues to build sensor technology uses for Prairie conditions. The company started out making a system that monitored […] Read more
Agribition 2024: Black Gold wins top breeder and exhibitor in Simmental show
Two Maplelm Simmentals top the percentage championships
Glacier FarmMedia – Judge Jirl Buck called the Simmental show at Canadian Western Agribition “exceptional” and praised the quality of the cattle at the event. Buck, from Oklahoma, efficiently placed cattle Nov. 27 in percentage and purebred categories. Black Gold Simmentals of Lloydminster, Sask., won Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor for the show. The Noble […] Read more
Agribition 2024: Learning from Australian visitors
The beef sector in Australia is enjoying the good beef prices found around the world
Glacier FarmMedia – Australian cow numbers have grown and stabilized after a drought a few years ago, and global demand for beef with stagnating supply has meant good prices there, as they are in Canada. Bryce Camm, chair of Australia Beef, a similar event to Canadian Western Agribition, attended the show in Regina, Sask. recently. […] Read more
Mechanical innovation helps keep up with genetic testing speed
Glacier FarmMedia – Seed companies are working on mechanical innovations to keep up with the speed of genetic technology change. Millions of data points are created by genome-level analysis. That data is then parsed by computers that often use artificial intelligence. The limit is now the physical world and the race is on to automate […] Read more
VIDEO: Agribition 2024 debuts innovative fleece assessment
The 53rd annual Canadian Western Agribition kicked off in Regina yesterday, and among the many displays was one featuring a unique method of grading alpaca fleece. Innovative Fleece Assessment combines human observation with machine testing and it was used for the first time in Canada at the alpaca fleece competition here at Agribition this year. […] Read more
New genomic tools should produce faster seed solutions
Gene editing could help plant breeders find replacements as older genetic modification technologies develop resistance
Glacier FarmMedia – New genomic discovery methods will help farmers deal with older genetically modified crop traits that are no longer working as well as they used to. For example, corn rootworm is developing resistance to the Bt traits that have for years controlled the significant corn pest in North America. New genomic tools like […] Read more
U.S. says agriculture trade opens case by case
U.S. agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack believes his country is making progress as more dairy products move into Canada
The United States still isn’t thrilled about how Canada distributes its dairy market share, but Tom Vilsack, U.S. secretary of agriculture, said progress has been made in sending more U.S. dairy products to Canada. “Last year was a record for exports to Canada of dairy products,” he said during the Global Dairy Summit at the […] Read more
Genetic modification, global trade and illegal seed concern seed growers
Global trade and seed technology were major topics at the World Seed Congress
Western Canadian crops that missed out on rapid improvement during the first wave of genetic modification could see advantages as gene editing spreads. Canada recently announced rules that allow gene-edited crops without the regulatory burden faced by genetically modified crops. Other stories in the New Seed Variety Guide 2025: Individual genes already present in the […] Read more
