ACS seeks Ag Canadafunding projects
Agriculture Council of Sask-atchewan is looking for new short-term projects in which to invest Agriculture Canada funds through the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program.
Proposals must meet program principles. Eligible projects could be in the areas of traceability, environment, climate change, capacity development, pests and diseases.
Final application deadline for CAAP funding is Oct. 25. Projects must be complete by Dec. 31.
CAAP is a five-year, $163 million national initiative designed to help agriculture remain competitive.
For more information, contact ACS executive director Blair Goldade at goldadeb@agcouncil.ca or 306-975-6922.
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Farm management videos
Alberta Agriculture is offering six farm management videos.
The videos address wheat quality; exporting grain, oilseeds and special crops to the United States; contracts; production costs and returns; introduction to farm financial analysis and developing marketing plans for crops.
All videos are available on Alberta Agriculture’s YouTube channel or on their homepage under the farm business and marketing playlist.
AQHA accepts scholarship applications
The American Quarter Horse Foundation is accepting applications for scholarships for 2014-15 ranging from $500 to $25,000. They vary in length from one to four years. The scholarships are renewed annually. Deadline is Dec. 1.
Applicants must be an AQHA or AQHYA (youth association) member. Recipients are selected on academic achievement, financial need and American Quarter Horse involvement, outstanding leadership and communication skills.
Canadian residents have received AQHA scholarships. Janelle Cameron of Millet, Alta., was awarded a $4,000 AQHF general scholarship this year.
For the 2013-14 academic year, $277,000 was awarded to 133 students. More than $5.7 million has been given to more than 1,000 AQHYA members since 1976.
For more information 806-378-5029 or email foundation@aqha.org.
Recipient of Robert C. Clark award announced
The first recipient of the Robert C. Clark award is Wayne MacDonald; the government studies program manager with the Faculty of Extension at the University of Alberta.
The Robert C. Clark award is given to an individual to recognize a significant contribution to advancing access to information.
MacDonald contributed to the development of the Information Access and Protection of Privacy certificate program at the University of Alberta. The program registers 450 students annually and is internationally recognized as a leading post-secondary program supporting information rights legislation and administration.
The award was named after Alberta’s first information and privacy commissioner Robert Clark.
SCR launches dairy cow monitoring system
SCR, a provider of dairy cow management and monitoring systems, recently launched the SCR Heatime HR-LD System.
The cow monitoring system transmits activity and rumination data from every cow anywhere on a farm. The data is transmitted a few times every hour through the use of radio frequency based long-range communication.
The system monitors cow health and provides heat detection reports, which improves farmers’ ability to optimize reproduction performance and the health of their cows.
The long-range radio is also set up with two-way communication, allowing data storage and software upgrades of the tags without removing them from the cows.
