KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Agco has released three new 9500 series combines sharing an 8.4 litre engine, ranging from 344 to 502 horsepower. The two larger models, the Massey Ferguson 9540 and 9560, have incorporated a V-format radiator, turbo intercooler and hydraulic cooling layout positioned below a hydraulically driven variable speed fan that manages system […] Read more
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Agco released three new 9500 series combines
Small town festival attracts big names
BENGOUGH, Sask. — Some come for the music, some come for the quaint, small town feel, and some come to witness the almost organic-like growth as the festival takes root and reaches out a little further each year. The Gateway Festival in this southern Saskatchewan town has grown to three days from its inception as […] Read more
Celebrity whistleblowers lose case to get jobs back
Two former Health Canada scientists who lost their jobs after publicly criticizing what they said was Monsanto pressure to approve controversial livestock drugs have been denied reinstatement to their jobs. Shiv Chopra and Margaret Haydon became celebrated “whistleblowers” in Ottawa after complaining to the Senate agriculture committee that there was corporate pressure within the veterinary […] Read more
Western Producer Crop Report – for Aug. 11, 2011
MANITOBA SOUTHWEST Good quality hay Scattered showers, a day of grey skies and patches of rain gave crops a boost. Most cereals are heading and the earliest crops are starting to turn. Some fusarium has appeared, but no other major disease problems are noted. Canola is ending the bloom except for the last-planted crops. Peas […] Read more
Hollywood movie has Prairie link
Every few months, I provide a column on characters from Canadian legal history. This week’s version involves a man some thought of as a hero, some as a rogue; a man who managed to tread on both sides of the law and who travelled the globe in an age where few could do so. I […] Read more
Climate experts study effects of warming on agriculture – for Aug. 11, 2011
A study of the impact of climate change on the Prairies is among five projects recently awarded funding from the federal International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change. Dave Sauchyn, a University of Regina professor and well-known researcher of climate change, is leading the five-year study, which will also look at similar issues in […] Read more
The domestication of horses
LINDELL BEACH, B.C. — The search for ground zero of horse domestication has led researchers to the steppes of northern Kazakhstan. Sandra Olsen, curator of anthropology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has conducted archaeological field work in the region since 1993, including the unique horse-dependent Copper Age Botai culture. The […] Read more
Treasure hunting goes high tech
The Moser family are geocaching geeks. They have stopped at remote locations in Alberta and British Columbia to search for hidden caches and have hidden their own caches in both provinces. “We’re good geocachers,” said eight-year-old Carson Moser. The family recently moved to Camrose and have found that using their GPS unit to search for […] Read more
Timing must be bang on for mustard desiccant
Roundup Weathermax has been approved as a pre-harvest desiccant on tame mustard crops in Canada, but producers are warned that the wrong timing could mean higher than allowed residue levels for export. The pre-harvest application of Weathermax consists of applying 0.67 litres per acre of the 540 grams per litre formulation when pods are green […] Read more
Litter is good when under the grass
STRATHMORE, Alta. — When Charley Orchard clears away the litter from a patch of grass and sees the layer of litter in Rod Vergouwen’s pasture, he knows new soil is being built. After 10 years of intensive grazing management, Vergouwen has created pastures with knee high grass that ripples in the wind on his farm […] Read more
