Leaders of Canada’s hemp trade have longed talked about ‘whole crop utilization’, or using the seed, fibre, leaves and flowers of the hemp plant. Till now, hemp processors have struggled to develop an industry around the fibre. Harvesting the flowers or leaves to manufacture medicinal products is illegal in Canada. Charles Holmes is determined to […] Read more
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GrainsConnect announces new build at Huxley, Alta.
Grain handling company GrainsConnect Canada plans to build a high-throughput grain terminal in Huxley, Alta. It would be the company’s fourth high-throughput concrete grain terminal in Western Canada. GrainsConnect said June 1 that it will build at Huxley, about 120 kilometres northeast of Calgary. Similar to GrainsConnect’s other facilities, the Huxley terminal will have 35,000 […] Read more
Keep watch for rabies
An Ontario government veterinarian is warning those who are moving livestock, inside the province and out, to monitor rabies outbreaks. The outbreaks in Hamilton and western Ontario might be far from provincial borders, but “there’s always a risk of translocation, and it can be within livestock,” said Maureen Anderson, lead veterinarian in the health and […] Read more
Big company offers small-sized solution
Can-Seed Equipment is the distributer for USC Seed Treaters in Canada and it has a product designed for an average-sized grain farm. “This unit is a small drum treater. It will do approximately 750 bushels per hour. It’s a very manual system for the average farmer. It’s very comparable to an auger style treater,” said […] Read more
Seed treating units can pay off for some farmers
Heavy-duty disease pressure over the past few seasons has agronomy experts stressing the need for seed treatments. Farmers who buy certified seed every year usually have the seed grower treat the seed. Those farmers may not need a seed treater. But producers who keep and clean their own seed could likely save money by having […] Read more
Gas pipeline worries Sask. landowners
Landowners south of Saskatoon are concerned about a natural gas pipeline being proposed to run through a populated area that also includes organic production. Wally Hamm, speaking on behalf of the Friends of the Beaver Creek Ecosystem, said the route must go further south than TransGas has proposed. He also said the corporation must change […] Read more
Stats Canada data suggests economic recovery on horizon
OTTAWA (Reuters) — Canadian exports rose to a record in April and first-quarter labour productivity approached a three-year high, further evidence that the economy is recovering after a long slump caused by low oil prices. Statistics Canada said June 2 that the April trade deficit narrowed to $370 million as exports outpaced imports for a […] Read more
Tips for measuring nitrogen losses using dositubes
A protocol on how to use dositubes to measure nitrogen losses in cropland was developed by the University of Guelph, and has been used extensively by agronomists in Ontario. The method uses a gastec passive dosimeter tube (dositube) to measure NH3 losses. “They’ve used this in Ontario for some time, and we have just de-veloped […] Read more
Sask. MP takes top Tory job
Support from Quebec dairy farmers helped Saskatchewan MP Andrew Scheer win the Conservative leadership. The former Speaker of the House of Commons, and the MP for Regina Qu’Appelle, took 51 percent of the vote in the 13th ballot to defeat Maxime Bernier, a Quebec MP who had advocated the end of supply management. That position […] Read more
Municipalities seek RCMP report on crime prevention
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities says the province has taken positive steps toward addressing crime in rural Saskatchewan. However, RMs are waiting for a report from a provincial task force on crime prevention, added SARM president Ray Orb. The Saskatchewan government announced the formation late last year of a provincial task force on crime […] Read more
