Some prairie grain farmers suffer from a condition called “check-off fatigue.” They are sick of paying a 75 cents to $1 per tonne levy every time they deliver wheat, canola, barley and other crops to the elevator. The levies are used to support the activities of provincial commodity groups, and a percentage of farmers grudgingly […] Read more
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Flea beetles threw a curve this season
Canadian farmers have had to contend with flea beetles for as long as they’ve been growing canola. This year they…
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Manitoba MP at home in farming country
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Researcher grades on-farm soil management
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ANALYSIS: Cash cows
The typical dairy farmer and the average canola grower in Saskatchewan have similar goals. Both want to produce the highest quality food, while maximizing their profit. But there is one important difference.
The typical dairy farmer and the average canola grower in Saskatchewan have similar goals. Both want to produce the highest quality food, while maximizing their profit. But there is one important difference. The typical dairy farmer in Saskatchewan pays about $33,000 in annual levies to the provincial dairy association, SaskMilk. The average canola grower pays […] Read more
Grain grading not well understood
A farmer says inaccuracies in grain grading and dockage determination could cost growers millions of dollars
A Saskatchewan farmer says prairie grain growers are at risk of losing big money — potentially hundreds of millions of dollars every year — because no one is asking tough questions about the way grain is graded and sold in Western Canada. Grain growers across the West sell tens of millions of tonnes of grain to commercial […] Read more
Alta. Green candidate tackles Tory juggernaut
BELLEVUE, Alta. — It’s not easy being a Green Party candidate in Alberta. Bridget Lacey can tell you that firsthand. The farmer and mother of two young boys from Turner Valley is campaigning in Foothills, where she’s up against Conservative incumbent John Barlow. Conservative blue is projected to sweep the province, wiping out four Liberal […] Read more
Goodale brand expected to prevail in Sask.
Federal election: He is the only Liberal MP in the province, a scenario that isn’t expected to change in this election
Ralph Goodale is used to being the sole Liberal voice from Saskatchewan in Ottawa. And he’s expected to be the only one again after the Oct. 21 vote. Polls indicate that while most of the province will vote Conservative, including in Conservative leader Andrew Scheer’s Regina-Qu’Appelle riding, Regina-Wascana voters are likely to stick with Goodale. […] Read more
Manitoba MP at home in farming country
Federal election: Conservative candidate is a former cattle producer who has represented constituency since 2004
ASHERN, Man. — James Bezan is as comfortable at the Ashern Auction Mart as he is in the House of Commons. The incumbent Conservative MP, running in his sixth campaign, is in friendly territory among the cattle producers watching the Wednesday cattle sale. He is one of them, after all. The former cattle producer, manager […] Read more
Researchers crack secret of stay-green plants
Understanding the genetics behind senescence — the process of aging — should help make crops more productive
Senescence is the condition of aging in plants and animals. One of the best examples is the change in the colour of leaves in autumn as they die and fall off trees. The energy saved from the leaves is stored in the trunk and branches for next spring’s growth. While the process of senescence is […] Read more
Researcher grades on-farm soil management
Prairie producers get top marks for carbon sequestration but fall down when it comes to planting cover crops
OAK HAMMOCK MARSH, Man. — The grades are in. Western Canadian farmers get a grade of A for increasing the amount of carbon in the soil over the last 30 years. But the same farmers are almost failing when it comes to another soil health practice — cover cropping. Mario Tenuta, University of Manitoba soil […] Read more
The vocabulary of combines
Finally, at age 67, I have found my niche in life: combining. I love everything about it, I am reasonably good at it (still have a lot to learn); and it takes place in my favourite season — fall. Combining is the realization of all the hard work that has gone into the year’s cropping, […] Read more
Lethbridge school opens new science facility
Building will be home to chemistry, biochemistry, biological sciences, neuroscience, physics, astronomy and psychology
There wasn’t the slightest vestige of triskaidekaphobia at the University of Lethbridge Sept. 13. Far from superstitious fears associated with Friday the 13th, luck and good fortune were on the minds of dignitaries, who officially opened the U of L’s $280 million Science Commons building, a state-of-the-art facility. The building will house the chemistry, biochemistry, […] Read more
