Introduced as a smaller scale prototype last year, CleanSeed Agricultural Technologies CX-6 seeder was big hit with farmers and the business crowd. The Vancouver based company changed the usual approach to metering seed, with more electronic management, softer rollers and wireless communication from each run and for each product. Six products are metered on the […] Read more
Robin Booker
Stories by Robin Booker
New video: Seeder’s reach stretches 160 feet
Multi Farming Systems | Company has used large equipment to seed more than 2,000 acres in a day
Scroll down to the bottom of the story for video. My jaw dropped a little when a picture of a Multi Farming Systems seeder showed up on my twitter feed. I’ve seen some big seeders roaming the Canadian countryside, but nothing that stretched out like this Australian rig. Multi Farming Systems already holds a world […] Read moreUse light touch when enjoying great outdoors
My friend convinced me the other night to accompany her to the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon. The exhibition was of prints, paintings and ceramics by David Thauberger of Regina. Thauberger received inspiration for many of his pieces by driving through rural Saskatchewan and taking pictures of grain elevators, small town diners, gas stations and […] Read more
Video: Weekly WP Canadian agricultural news & markets update
January is normally a busy agricultural information month in Western Canada, with several large provincial events taking place. Compounding the normal flow of information and meetings has been the significant transportation issues that have driven delivery basis spreads wider than at any time in recent memory. This week’s Western Producer news and markets video-cast catches […] Read more
Video: Crop Production Week
This year at Crop Production Week in Saskatoon reporters from The Western Producer were not only grinding out thousands of words of copy for Canadian producers, they were also shooting video. This is compilation of some of the clips they collected. Longer videos of individual interviews and scrums will accompany stories posted here on The […] Read more
Harvest 2013 photo album
The Western Producer has asked readers to contribute to a #harvest13 Facebook photo album. The interest has been excellent and there are now more than 180 photos in the album. Check it out here: http://on.fb.me/16qkXbk Please send your harvest pictures to newsroom@producer.com (subject ‘harvest picture’), tweet them to @westernproducer, or post them on the WP […] Read more
Video: Weather station coming to RM near you
WeatherFarm expands | Producers can log on to website for local weather, wind speed and direction, humidity
WeatherFarm, the densest weather monitoring network on the Prairies with more than 850 stations, continues to expand. Spencer Smit, the company’s western network representative, said he has just completed two new installs. The stations were placed in rural municipalities that belong to the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, which is running a program that provides […] Read moreGardening workshop: it all stems from the seed
Choose, grow, save and store | The desire for self-reliance and desire for local food sparks interest in seed saving
REGINA — Chris Strachan’s great-grandmother gave him seeds from an old pole bean variety last spring whose heritage can be traced to seeds she brought with her from Poland during the Second World War. He immediately realized how precious a gift it was. “These are the seeds she had from when she was little, so […] Read moreAboriginal program readies for new year
An agriculture course to help Aboriginals fill the skilled labour shortage will run for a second year beginning in February. Parkland College and Inroads to Agriculture are recruiting students interested in crop production and farmers in the Yorkton, Sask., area willing to participate as employers and mentors. Inroads to Agriculture is a Saskatchewan organization that […] Read more
Internship less painful than rogue pony
The worst $25 I ever spent was at a horse sale in Yorkton, Sask. I had already purchased what I wanted — a docile yet sturdy gelding that seemed healthy and responded well when ridden through the ring. My buying was done. Then the gate opened for the next horse and one of the most […] Read more
