Crop Management
The Milk River Watershed Council Canada (MRWCC) is warning users of southern Alberta’s Milk River of a drop in flow due to a “catastrophic failure” the morning of June 17. According to an email sent by Mary Lupwayi, MRWCC program coordinator, the failure occurred at the St Mary siphon over the St Mary River near […] Read more
Crop Management
Wireworms remain persistent pest for producers
Nestled in the soil and hard to kill, this insect is a constant headache for growers across Western Canada
Glacier FarmMedia – They’ll survive things that would kill other crop pests. Some species will eat each other. If food is scarce, they might reverse molt to become smaller and harder to starve. They’ll go after grain crops, potatoes, onions, carrots, strawberries or almost any other field crop. Their tendency to feast on germinating seeds […] Read more
Bourgault releases Signature Edition drills
50th anniversary models include matching drills and carts with the signature of Gerry Bourgault who headed the company
In late May, Bourgault released a short video on social media of one of its 50th anniversary air drill and cart combinations leaving the factory. It received thousands of views. The brand announced its plan to build the special limited production models as far back as last January, so the video’s popularity was a little […] Read more
ACC launches mechatronics degree program
Program to teach electronics, mechanics, controls and automation to build the skills that are needed on modern farms
Heavy-duty mechanics and agronomy have consistently been seen as first choices by many farm kids pursuing post-secondary education at a college or university. And it makes sense. Both are important skills that can improve a farm’s operations and provide an option for off-farm employment. But as technology has advanced, there’s now another option that can […] Read more
Vaderstad launches planter with new processing computer
Vaderstad unveiled a pre-production example of its high-speed Tempo K planter at the Big Iron farm show in Fargo, North Dakota, last September and it is now taking orders in North America. “For the first official launch, we are keeping it at 24 row, 30-inch spacing, with the plan in the future to release a […] Read more
New shallow tillage tool by Vaderstad
Vaderstad introduced its Carrier 925 high-speed disc to members of the media in late May at its manufacturing facility in Sweden. The unit is designed specifically for very shallow tillage applications. Unlike Vaderstad’s other Carrier models on the North American market, the Carrier 925 has a third row of discs instead of two. The extra […] Read more
Flax pellet plans move back to Saskatchewan
Regina based Prairie Clean Energy is bringing its flax pellet facility home. After one year of using Hemp Sense’s pellet mill facility in Gilbert Plains, Man., PCE is preparing for a more local launch. It announced a crowdfunding campaign with a goal of $1.5 million on June 11 to buy the equipment needed to process […] Read more
Including cattle on cropland didn’t help soil health
Saskatchewan and Manitoba research finds soil benefits from cover crops, but grazing them doesn’t really move the needle
Glacier FarmMedia – Annual cover crops have another research receipt to support their purported soil health benefits. But while those mixes can help cattle producers graze longer or recover some of the establishment cost by feeding livestock, cattle activity might not magnify soil health gains as much as many would hope. The research comes from […] Read more
Millet research a step towards more acres
New research at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan shows millet has promise for Saskatchewan farmers. The crop is nutritionally dense and resilient in dry conditions. Raju Soolanayakanahally of AAFC and his colleagues discovered how and where millet stores nutrients. “Millets will give us nutritional security, and these […] Read more
Plants and bacteria: friends for 500 million years
WINNIPEG — Bacteria have been on earth for much longer than humans. The first ancestors of humans with the ability to walk on two legs arrived about four million years ago, says the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Related story: Yes, kids do need to get dirty In comparison, fossil evidence suggests that microbes and […] Read more
