CN has resumed service but at a reduced speed through the area REGINA — The Canadian National Railway line through Jasper, Alta,. is open, but trains are moving slowly due to the wildfire that destroyed a significant part of the community this week.The implications for grain movement are unknown, but unloads are already down at […] Read more
Mobile skills lab launches at Ag in Motion
Glacier FarmMedia – Chad Havixbeck remembers the moment he realized the scope of labour challenges the agriculture industry faces. The technical sales representative with PAMI, based in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, was in one of his early university agriculture classes. One of his classmates asked a basic question. “She asked ‘what’s swathing?’ and I thought […] Read more
Energy-free winter livestock waterer showcased at Ag in Motion
Glacier FarmMedia – The mercury is climbing at Ag in Motion near Saskatoon, Sask., but winter is coming. And those bone-chilling temperatures bring all kinds of challenges around watering livestock. For those tired of sick of cutting ice and looking for a lower-cost alternative, Lee Smith has a solution. The Water Box is a livestock […] Read more
New pulse varieties incoming
Glacier FarmMedia – LANGHAM, Sask. — Saskatchewan Pulse Growers’ new breeding partner is poised to release its first varieties. Limagrain has some small red lentil varieties ready for commercialization, Benzon Lorenzana, the company’s head of cereals and pulse research for North America, said during the Ag in Motion show. They will offer “significant yield improvement” […] Read more
Bayer offers up new herbicide combo to dog resistant weeds early
Glacier FarmMedia – Bayer’s Crop Science division’s Ag in Motion site offers Prairie wheat growers a first look at a new-to-Western Canada pre-burn herbicide combo. The company on Tuesday announced the release of Huskie PRE, a combination of pyrasulfotole (Group 27) and bromoxynil (Group 6), registered for pre-emergent application on barley, triticale and spring, winter […] Read more
VIDEO: Ag in Motion Innovation Awards handed out
Just like Ag in Motion, agricultural innovation has blossomed, boomed and spread in many directions. That was obvious at the Ag in Motion Innovation Awards Monday night, in which a rich crop of innovative agricultural products were judged by a crowd of creators and manufacturers. “The pace of change has accelerated,” said Richelle Andreas of […] Read more
Producers can achieve maximum use from their vaccines
Cattle producers spend a lot of time deciding which vaccine to use, getting the timing right and applying it the correct way. However, In order to get maximum efficiency out of the vaccines, we also need to look after them right up until the time of injection. Much has been written on this, but several […] Read more
Value-added ag receives federal funding
The federal government has pledged more than $21 million to Alberta’s value-added sector for product and service development and commercialization. “Today’s investments will help Alberta organizations and companies make even more advancements in the field of value-added agriculture, helping to further diversify our economy while creating sustainable jobs in our communities,” said Calgary Skyview MP […] Read more
Drought recovery ‘remarkable’
WINNIPEG — The change in drought conditions across the Prairies has been “remarkable,” says an agro-climate specialist with Agriculture Canada. Last October, most of Western Canada was in some form of drought, and a large region of western Saskatchewan and southern Alberta was in an extreme or exceptional drought. As of June 30, the situation […] Read more
Moisture welcome, but some areas receive too much
A western Sask., farmer says a moisture probe in one of his canola fields has indicated saturation every day since June 2
REGINA — The 2024 growing season for many Prairie farmers is characterized by the old saying, it never rains but it pours. Most of Manitoba has received far beyond 100 per cent of normal rainfall, leading to unseeded acres and flooded crops. Saskatchewan’s most recent crop report highlighted crop flooding in low lying areas and […] Read more
