Farm show acquires permanent home
The Ontario government announced the land acquisition of Discovery Farm Woodstock by Glacier FarmMedia has been finalized.
This gives Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show a permanent home at the site and paves the way for continued growth and development.
The 100-acre land purchase was finalized last November.
It will ensure farmers can continue to have a place to learn about cutting-edge research and innovative solutions at the new Discovery Farm Woodstock.
Alfalfa program looks for producers
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The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association’s Green Gold program needs alfalfa producers to test through the May and June growing season until the first cut.
Hay fields should be mostly alfalfa, fairly new and in good condition.
Up to 19 fields have enrolled across eastern, central and western Manitoba over the years.
Producers who sign up will receive results from Green Gold fields twice weekly from the beginning of sampling until first cut.
Samples from maturing alfalfa fields are sent to the Central Testing Laboratory to pinpoint the best day for the first alfalfa cut.
B.C. names outstanding young farmers
Awards for British Columbia’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2022 were awarded to Gurpreet Lidder, a fruit producer in Keremeos, and Rick and Erin Springford, a mixed cattle and poultry operation from Nanoose Bay.
Lidder operates an 80-acre fruit farm with his parents.
He completed a business degree and returned to the farm in 2003.
He produces quality fruit while improving efficiency through infrastructure so he can supply his wholesale market.
Using three types of tests — soil, leaf and fruit — Lidder continues to improve the quality of the farm’s fruit.
Grain technology funded
The federal government is investing up to $1.1 million to Savormetrics Inc., through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
Savormetrics provides businesses in the food sector with food safety and systems of measurement.
The funding will be used to develop portable devices that will provide users along the supply chain with fast, accurate and easy-to-read predictive metrics on grain quality.
The new technology will provide reliable grain information in real -time, resulting in less food waste and an improved testing and grading process.
Livestock disease protection funded
The federal government is investing up to $113,575 for the company, Be Seen Be Safe, to advance innovative technology to help protect the livestock industry from disease.
The Guelph-based company is using the funding to research, test and develop the technology that will allow real-time tracking and tracing of trailers.
It will then distribute recommendations on the best-fit technology along with information on deployment.
By using data to monitor the movement of these vehicles, farmers can rapidly contain an outbreak, limit losses and reduce the time it takes to return to normal business.
