Verify product acceptance with buyers because even registered products may not be acceptable in certain markets
Glacier FarmMedia – With harvest on the horizon or already underway, pre-harvest management strategies are useful to maximize yield. To achieve crop dry-down, weed control and facilitate timely harvesting, product choice is important. Many generic products are available, but Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist Kim Brown recommends using brand-name products such as Roundup, Heat or Reglone, […] Read moreNews
New program to provide master class on soil agronomy
WINNIPEG — Soil health has become such a large part of agriculture that it even has its own glossary of terms. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has published a list of soil health terminology, which includes things like “aggregate stability,” “soil respiration” and a tool called an amoozemeter. In addition to the amoozemeter, which measures […] Read more
Former federal ag minister had key policy roles
Chuck Strahl, who managed several portfolios in former prime minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet, has died at age 67
Glacier FarmMedia – Chuck Strahl, the logger turned politician who served about a year and a half as federal agriculture minister in former prime minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, has died at the age of 67. Strahl, who died Aug. 13 in Chilliwack, helped carry several of the Harper government’s policy plans through to completion. […] Read more
Harvest trouble spells disaster for Argentine bean sales
SASKATOON — A major player in the bean market is having a disastrous year. “We are in a painful situation around here,” Lucas Genera, a trader with Agrofin, said during the Global Pulse Confederation’s (GPC’s) Argentina Pulses Update webinar. Related stories: “It is the worst crop since the drought of 2013.” He is forecasting the […] Read more
Arrest made in Sask. hay bale fires
UPDATED Thursday August 29, 2024 – 1340 CST – REGINA — Saskatchewan RCMP have charged a local man in relation to a hay bale fire near Macklin. Logan Sieben, 25, of Macklin was arrested and charged Aug. 26 after an investigation began due to a July 31 fire. In a post to social media the […] Read more
Grain commission revokes Purely Canada licences
REGINA — The Canadian Grain Commission has revoked the licences of Purely Canada Foods. The commission said Aug. 28 both dealer and primary elevator licences at the company’s Saskatchewan facilities in Avonlea, Kindersley and Lajord had been pulled and farmers in all three prairie provinces could be owed money. Farmers should contact the CGC if […] Read more
Steam engines no dying breed on the Prairies
The next generation is introduced to the puffing dragons that once played a major role in western Canadian agriculture
Glacier FarmMedia – Max, age 8, (almost 9, he emphasized) cranked the steering wheel of the black, green and red Case steam engine and leaned back over the metal-cleated wheel that revolved slowly over the turf in Austin, Man. Andy MacMillan stood at the throttle, supervising the overall-clad, soot-streaked youngster. “Does he have a licence […] Read more
Sask. expands bovine TB monitoring in wildlife
Hunters in two wildlife management zones in east-central Sask. will now be required to submit samples to the province
Hunters in Saskatchewan may have an extra task added to their to-do lists this year, depending on their wildlife management zone. The provincial government has made it mandatory to provide disease testing samples of elk and white-tailed deer in certain zones due to potential bovine tuberculosis. The decision by the provincial environment ministry builds on […] Read more
Diversity called key to strong cover crops
Diverse mixes beneficial for forage production and soil health, but it depends on what producers want to do on their farms
Glacier FarmMedia – MELFORT, Sask. — For some, cover crops come from anything available to keep things green through the shoulder season. For others, they’re a carefully curated recipe to make specific improvements in a field. The blend demonstrated in late July at the Melfort Crop Diagnostic School was closer to the second option. It […] Read more
VIDEO: Researchers look for alternatives to glyphosate
The goal is to evaluate different tank mixtures that could do the same job as glyphosate and delay herbicide resistance
WINNIPEG — Fifty-nine weed species around the world have developed some resistance to glyphosate, according to data from the International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds. Countries and regions including Mexico and the European Union have come close to banning its use, based on perceptions or misperceptions of its safety and the risk to human health. […] Read more
