Saskatchewan farmers now hold the world record for the most combines harvesting on a single field at the same time. Harvest For Kids, organizers of the record setting event, set out to beat the record of 208 combines set in Ireland last July. It prepared 249 swaths on a 200 acre oat field 25 kilometres […] Read more
Robin Booker
Stories by Robin Booker
Canada plans food promotion event in Paris
In advance of SIAL, the world’s largest food innovation marketplace occurring in Paris Oct 21-25, the federal government is holding a food promotion event called Savour Canada, which is being held at the Canadian ambassador’s official residence in Paris. International media, consumers and importers will be able to sample some Canadian food products prepared by […] Read more
Sask. company wins big on Dragon’s Den with camelina venture
A homegrown Saskatchewan business has received national attention after a successful bid in the Dragon’s Den. Natasha and Elysia Vandenhurk convinced Arlene Dickinson, a marketing and communications expert, to invest $150,000 in exchange for a 20 percent stake in Three Farmers, a camelina oil producing company. Natasha said they got what they were looking for […] Read more
Leadership needed to reduce hunger: professor
GM technology is expected to improve tolerance to extreme conditions and create more nutritious crop varieties
An Australian professor is convinced the human race is capable of producing enough food to feed nine billion people. However, Les Copeland of the University of Sydney is less convinced we will eliminate hunger, considering we now produce enough food to feed the world’s population but one out of seven people go to bed hungry […] Read moreHerbicide resistant weeds force greater herbicide use
Herbicide tolerant crop varieties have led to an increase in overall herbicide use in U.S. corn, cotton and soybeans, according to a recent study. Professor Charles Benbrook of Washington State University found that the emergence of weeds resistant to glyphosate has led to 239 million more kilograms of herbicide used in the United States since […] Read more
Winter canola booms on southern U.S. Plains
Winter canola is becoming more popular with farmers on the southern U.S. Plains. Gene Neuens, canola representative for the Producer Co-operative Oil Mill in Oklahoma, said farmers will likely plant more than 300,000 acres of winter canola on the southern Great Plains this fall, compared to 170,000 acres last year. “The main reason we brought […] Read more
Margins shrink for canola crushers in West
Canola crop at 13.36 million tonnes | Farmers likely to see competitive bids for canola through the winter
Margins for western Canadian canola crushers are shrinking because of a smaller than expected canola crop, that will end a seven-year streak of annual production records. According to ICE Futures Canada data, the Canadian Canola Board crush margin is sitting at $65 per tonne above November futures, down from $89 per tonne a week ago […] Read moreOpportunities abound for exporters
Millions of dollars worth of trade were drummed up at the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership’s trade conference, said STEP president Lionel LaBelle. Seventy-five international buyers from 14 countries attended the conference in Saskatoon. “I was in the China market 10 days ago, and we were presenting at a major pea conference in the Yantai […] Read more
Paying to farm by writing about farming
Last night I took a moonlit walk around my modest farm on the south side of the Duck Mountains near Roblin, Man. I heard a late season elk bugling, and geese chattering from a nearby field. These are the same trails and sounds my grandparents experienced, as did my great-grandparents. I’m privileged to experience such […] Read more
Yesterday’s fire truck modified into chemical mixing station
Time-saving machine | Sprayer can be filled from the field
ROBLIN, Man. — When Greg Bailes and his father, Frank, learned that the Grandview Fire Department was selling one of its old fire trucks, they realized that with a little work it could be a useful addition to their farm. Their bid of $4,250 was enough for the 1976 GMC with a 350 cc gasoline […] Read more
