SASKATOON — The renewable diesel math does not add up, says an economist. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule in June 2023 establishing a mandate for four to 4.5 billion gallons of renewable diesel and biodiesel by 2025. In the meantime, the U.S. biofuel industry has announced plans for six billion gallons […] Read more
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VIDEO: Connections in farming and farm machinery – tracks
Glacier FarmMedia’s senior editor for machinery and equipment, Scott Garvey, takes a look at how farm machinery has evolved over the years. In this, the second video in this series, Scott looks at the evolution of tracks.
Alberta farmers plan for dry conditions
The quick melt of the mountain snowpack during the spring of 2023 in Alberta combined with hot and dry temperatures throughout the growing season and dry early winter have left irrigators with little more than hope for improved conditions by spring 2024. Irrigation districts, the Alberta government and farmers along with other water stakeholders including […] Read more
VIDEO: Connections in farming and farm machinery – horses to horsepower
Glacier FarmMedia’s senior editor for machinery and equipment, Scott Garvey, takes a look at how farm machinery has evolved over the years. The first video in this series takes us from horses to horsepower.
Lentil prices to depend on India’s import needs
SASKATOON — There are differing opinions on how many lentils India will import in 2023-24. That elusive number will go a long way toward determining price prospects for the crop, says an exporter. Stat Publishing is forecasting 1.13 million tonnes of imports this year, down from 1.44 million tonnes last year. However, it noted global […] Read more
What is war fatigue?
In 2023, Ukraine will celebrate Christmas for the second time on Dec. 25, instead of Jan. 7, as it was before. Frankly speaking, my friends are divided into two camps — some will celebrate Christmas in a new way, others do not want to change anything. However, this is far from the biggest problem in […] Read more
Canada continues to import U.S. lentils
SASKATOON — American lentils are pouring across the border into Canada. Canada accounted for 41 percent of all lentil exports from the United States in 2022-23 and 50 percent of shipments so far in 2023-24, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Vegetables and Pulses Outlook: December 2023 report. That amounted to 76,000 tonnes last […] Read more
Verticillium’s impact studied
WINNIPEG — For a few years, canola industry leaders have been worried about verticillium stripe and its impact on crop yields. Reports out of Europe suggest the fungal disease could cause a wide range of losses, anywhere from 10 to 50 percent on oilseed rape. However, the extreme losses are usually confined to a tiny […] Read more
Sask. may deregulate pests
REGINA — The Saskatchewan agriculture ministry is reviewing several pests for possible deregulation, including clubroot, grasshoppers and Richardson’s ground squirrels. Changes could be in place by spring 2024. SaskCanola requested changes a year ago to how clubroot is treated. The organization asked for clubroot to be removed from the Pest Control Act where it had […] Read more
APAS takes stock of ’23; looks ahead
REGINA — Tisdale farmer Ian Boxall was re-elected president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan at the organization’s annual meeting earlier this month. Vice-president Bill Prybylski of Willowbrook and Bev Pirio of Radville were also re-elected. Two board members, Donovan Block in District 5 and Wanda Reid in District 1, stepped down. Christopher Procyk […] Read more
