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 moreNews
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
Grain leaves Churchill
The first grain vessel in four years left the northern Manitoba Port of Churchill on the weekend of Sept. 7-8, according to social media posts from port owners Arctic Gateway Group. “Happy to report the successful completion and departure of the first grain vessel of the season from Churchill,” said Arctic Gateway on Twitter and […] Read more
Football team dragged into meatless burger debate
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association continues to meet with the Saskatchewan Roughriders football club after beef producers raised concerns about a television commercial filmed during a game. An A&W ad currently running shows people wearing Rider gear trying the restaurant’s meatless Beyond Meat burgers outside Regina’s Mosaic Stadium. Beef producers and others complained that it […] Read more
Guelph plans honeybee research centre
Guelph may soon become the honeybee capital of Canada. The University of Guelph is planning to build a $12 million research and education centre dedicated to honeybees and other pollinators. The proposed structure will house the existing Honey Bee Research Centre at the university, which has more than 300 bee hives. “Our plan is to […] Read more
