Crop Management
That directive, resulting from a decision by Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency, applies to harvested seed and crop screenings, aftermath and — perhaps most importantly for canola growers — canola meal.
Crop Management
Federal ag immigration program will continue to 2025
For years, meat packers, hog farmers, greenhouses and many other segments of Canada's agri-food sector have struggled to attract domestic workers. They have relied on temporary foreign workers (TFW) to fill the void. The Agri-Food pilot program was designed to help more TFW become permanent residents of Canada, so farmers and meat processors have a stable workforce.
U.S. Plains farmers brace for historically poor winter wheat harvest
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Production prospects for the U.S. winter wheat crop are the worst in recent memory in core areas of the Great Plains following a three-year drought, farmers and crop experts said. “I don’t know how to put it into words how bad it is,” said farmer Gary Millershaski in southwest Kansas, among the […] Read more
Ukrainian grain corridor remains uncertain
The biggest factor affecting grain markets today is the uncertainty surrounding Ukraine’s grain corridor, says an analyst. The United Nations-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative expires May 18 and there are mounting concerns it may not be renewed. Even under the current agreement, the corridor is not being used to its full capabilities, because of Russia […] Read more
Sask. fire risk extremely high
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency reported May 5 that there have been more than 190 grassfires already this month, and the risk remains high through the weekend. The agency gave reporters an update on the situation after the northern communities of LaLoche and Clearwater River Dene First Nation began evacuations, mainly due to smoke. A […] Read more
Mustard acres expected to increase this year
Topsoil conditions are the best they have been in for four or five years in many the traditional mustard growing areas of Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Canola’s future hangs on U.S. ruling
On June 14 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is scheduled to make its final rule establishing Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Crushers will be fixated on the EPA’s June 14 announcement.
Pulse breeders get serious about tackling root rot problem
A joint Limagrain-Saskatchewan Pulse Growers program is in full swing as it searches for a solution to aphanomyces
In the latest episode of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers' Pulse of the Prairies podcast, Jason Reinheimer of Limagrain said the French company is combining the best-known sources of resistance from North America and Europe to combat the devastating root rot disease.
Seal a seed within a droplet
The QuadApplicator earned its name from the fact that it can apply four main liquid products: fertilizer, herbicide, fungicide plus cover crop seeds ensconced in large droplets of prescribed liquid nutrient.
Hauling the QuadApplicator
The concept of ensconcing one individual seed into one big nutrient-laden liquid droplet, and keeping it safely stable and suspended until it’s sprayed out onto soil, is a mighty challenge. Hauling the apparatus around in the field is also a formidable task. Nonetheless, it is the sort of thing Bob West at R.A.West does in […] Read more
