REGINA – Morris Industries debuted a form of automated sectional control to its seed cart systems at this year’s Western Canada Farm Progress Show in Regina. “We knew farmers were looking for the ability to shut off the sections of their machines when they are overlapping previously covered ground at the end of a field […] Read more
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Morris introduces sectional control seed cart
Downpour floods town, roads
Noelene McDougald had to hang up her telephone and run to save her lambs for the second time in days.She and her husband, Ray, ranch in the Cypress Hills about 10 kilometres south of Maple Creek, Sask.Typically, they face drought and heat, but not this year.“It’s like Niagara Falls,” Noelene said June 21 during a […] Read more
Peace crops desperately need drink as conditions remain dry
VALHALLA CENTRE, Alta. – While it may seem like the southern Prairies have developed a monsoon season, the Peace River area of northern Alberta and British Columbia is wishing rain would come north.The May long weekend was the last moisture farmers received and crops are beginning to suffer, said Marv Moore of DeBolt, Alta.“The spring […] Read more
Have vacuum will travel
REGINA – Buhler Industries has added another Cummins diesel powered machine to its growing farm equipment lineup.The Farm King 6644 is a heavy duty version of the 6640 grain vacuum attached to a 4.5 litre diesel engine and mounted on a tandem trailer.Adam Reid of Buhler said the machine is for farmers or commercial grain […] Read more
Farm Progress wraps up
Manager Rob O’Connor thought the Western Canada Farm Progress Show would be a winner even before it officially began.More companies were exhibiting, more international guests had registered and the show had the use of six new indoor arenas at Regina’s Evraz Place.Some thought otherwise, guessing that this spring’s rainy weather, delayed seeding and the general […] Read more
National traceback on track
Canadian governments and livestock sectors are on track to meet national traceability goals that ministers set last year, says a senior Agriculture Canada official.In July 2009, federal and provincial agriculture ministers committed at their annual summer meeting to establish a mandatory comprehensive national system for livestock by 2011.“I believe I will be able to stand […] Read more
Ag Canada studies livestock transport
LETHBRIDGE – A livestock transportation study is designed to improve animal welfare and increase producer profits.Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein, a beef welfare and behaviour specialist at Agriculture Canada’s research centre in Lethbridge, said Canada’s livestock transport regulations are 30 years old and about to be changed.As a result, the industry and regulators decided it was time to […] Read more
Farmers paying higher rail shipping rates post WGTA
Prairie farm organizations want a rail costing review in light of a study showing farmers paid $275 million more to ship grain last year than what was considered fair under previous legislation.Allen Oberg, chair of the Canadian Wheat Board, said a Travacon study showing farmers paid $8.81 per tonne more to ship in the 2008-09 […] Read more
Looming interest rate hikes pose serious farm threat
With record farm debt and looming interest rate increases, Canadian farmers could face a financial calamity if they don’t take steps to protect themselves, says an eminent agricultural economist.George Brinkman, former chair of the department of food, agriculture and resource economics at the University of Guelph, said June 14 many farmers are over-exposed with debt […] Read more
Floods will show flaws in farm programs: Grits
Liberal opposition MPs left Parliament Hill for a summer parliamentary break last week vowing to return in autumn demanding more effective safety net programs to help farmers in distress.They expect the spring flooding on the Prairies to expose the inadequacy of support and timeliness of payments that are available through existing Growing Forward programs.Heading into […] Read more
