Kelvin Dushnisky, who grew up on a farm near Birtle, now runs the third largest gold mining company in the world
No matter where life takes Kelvin Dushnisky, chief executive officer of AngloGold Ashanti in Johannesburg, South Africa, he still considers Manitoba his home. “I have lived in a few places but unequivocally when I am asked where I call home, the answer is Manitoba,” says Dushnisky. “I am very proudly Manitoban and I promote the […] Read moreNews
Plant-based protein boom ready for take-off
MONTREAL — Plant protein demand could help eat a million tonnes of pulse crops if more could be slipped into the biggest products. “There’s potential there,” said Pulse Canada’s Tanya Der during the Pulse and Special Crops Convention. If the main product categories now using pulse proteins could simply boost the amount of pulse proteins […] Read more
Alberta Beef Producers marks 50 year milestone
In 1969, five organizations approached the Alberta government and asked it to establish a commission for the cattle industry. It was the beginning of what is now called Alberta Beef Producers That government was the last Social Credit government in Alberta, led by Premier Harry Strom. The agriculture minister at the time was Henry Ruste. […] Read more
Scientists explore genetic weed control
The goal is to modify male plants that would mate with wild females and produce nothing but male offspring
Weeds are the Achilles’ heel of farming. They invade crops, reduce productivity, compete for water, nutrients and sunlight, and lead to poor crop quality and reduced yield. Herbicides are the farmer’s counterbalance but for aggressive weeds like waterhemp and Palmer amaranth, both of which are resistant to 7 and 8 herbicide groups, respectively, they have […] Read more
Proposed potash mine clears hurdle in Sask.
The provincial government grants a conditional environmental assessment approval for CanPacific Potash’s Albany project near Sedley
A proposed potash mine in southeastern Saskatchewan has cleared one environmental hurdle but has several more ahead before the project can proceed. The provincial government has granted conditional environmental assessment approval to CanPacific Potash’s Albany project, which is to be located in the Sedley-Francis area. But it must meet several more conditions, including mitigating or […] Read more
Kinze’s big plans for big planter
Decatur, Ill. — Kinze brought its all-new 4700 planter, a 36-row, 20-inch unit, to the Farm Progress Show in Decatur for growers interested in narrow row spacing. “Kinze has always been in the 3620, the 20-inch market. But what this planter does is it gives us a little bit more versatility than we’ve had in […] Read more
Air drill demo brings out the knives
LANGHAM, Sask. — Other than Ag in Motion, where can you see 10 air drills and planters in a side-by-side comparison? As expected, the pocket knives came out after each drill made its premier pass. More than 30,000 farmers gathered at AIM over the course of three days in July, and those farmers attending the […] Read more
Mangalitsa pigs fill a specialty niche for farm
Southern Alberta family raises the pigs for two years in their natural environment, where they eat an all-plant ration and are grass pastured
It’s not unusual to run across free-ranging pigs in parts of Alberta, but one particular breed is sure to catch the eye. Mangalitsa (known as Mangalica in Hungarian) is a lard-type pig that was first bred in 1833, in a farm that belonged to Habsburg royalty. It is the only woolly pig in the world […] Read more
Bowls of peas defied the prairie dust bowl
I think one of the few chores I really enjoyed on our farm was when it was time to pick the green peas from our garden. I probably checked the patch of green peas every day to see if they were ready. Nothing was more exciting than when I heard my mother’s “time to pick […] Read more
Retail catches Nutrien’s eye
DECATUR, Ill. — Within a decade, Nutrien Ag Solutions went from having no retail presence in the Canadian crop input market to becoming the leading provider of agricultural products and services with more than 220 retail locations in communities across Western Canada. “We did a lot of that through acquisition across the Prairies. It was […] Read more
