Canada is positioned to lead in this technology sector but is hampered by scattered funding and information sources
Digital agriculture can help Canada’s farms manage the increasing pressure to produce food, minimize environmental impact and provide a living for farmers, but only if scattered research dollars and talent are brought together. “We need to do a lot better if we want a food system that is more productive, that is more sustainable, and […] Read moreNews
VIDEO: Fun at the fair – photo essay
Last week’s Royal Manitoba Winter Fair in Brandon allowed thousands of families, youth, rural and urban people to get up close and personal with livestock. | Ed White photos and video
BrettYoung flags efficiencies
Glacier FarmMedia – The new jewel of BrettYoung’s Winnipeg operations will focus on the turf side of the seed company’s business, but executives say improved efficiencies will carry into the rest of the firm. The new NorthCore seed processing plant is a $20-million investment for BrettYoung, whose business includes forage and turf seed, crop inputs […] Read more
China to boost ag innovation
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China says it will speed up science and technology innovation in the agriculture sector to help boost self-reliance in agricultural technology amid food security concerns. The country will expand efforts at developing “new productive forces” through science and tech innovation in agriculture, the ministry of agriculture and rural affairs said. China […] Read more
Why is the sky blue? It’s all about solar radiation
A young reader asked recently why the sky is blue? And as part of that, why is it not blue early in the morning or evening? To begin, we need to look at what happens to the incoming shortwave solar energy as it comes into contact with Earth and then goes through the different layers […] Read more
Ag Notes
Grant to help with land restoration Vickie Derksen of the Rural Municipality of Caron is the winner of a Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan grant that is intended to contribute to an on-the-ground, small-scale restoration project or a restoration-related research project. Derksen will receive $2,000 for a two-acre restoration project on her family farm. The […] Read more
Sask. reservoirs mostly full
REGINA — Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency said April 3 that it expects most of the province’s reservoirs to fill this spring. The agency said 33 of the 45 major reservoirs are near full or will fill, and six more are between 70 and 90 percent full and still filling. The remaining six that won’t fill […] Read more
Theft a problem but real headache is cost of repair
A stolen truck, lovingly referred to as “the Sister of PigPen”, has been found, but the damage swirling in its wake, like the dust of the Peanuts character namesake, remains a problem. Early on March 31, Easter Sunday morning, two people were captured on video surveillance in the compound of the Twin Valley Co-op location […] Read more
Feds fund national school food program
Glacier FarmMedia – The federal government plans to spend over $1 billion over five years on a national school food program that will feed an additional 400,000 school-aged children a year. The announcement came from Prime Minister Justine Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland at an event in Toronto April 1, and is part of […] Read more
Texas, CDC say bird flu detected in person exposed to dairy cattle
CHICAGO, April 1 (Reuters) – Texas and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported a human case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected with the virus. It is the second case of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza identified in […] Read more
