A joint initiative involving the Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada, Pulse Canada and the Prairie Oat Growers Association, it is intended to ensure the flow of Canada’s agricultural exports is not negatively impacted.
Pulse breeders get serious about tackling root rot problem
A joint Limagrain-Saskatchewan Pulse Growers program is in full swing as it searches for a solution to aphanomyces
In the latest episode of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers' Pulse of the Prairies podcast, Jason Reinheimer of Limagrain said the French company is combining the best-known sources of resistance from North America and Europe to combat the devastating root rot disease.
Ukrainians make new home on Prairies
Like millions of fellow Ukrainians who left in a panic following Russia’s invasion more than a year ago, Liudmyla Todorova’s family has faced wrenching dislocations.
Find relief from sleep disorders
Q: Our adult son has a sleep disorder and seldom gets a good night’s sleep. What are his options besides sleeping pills? A: Instead of looking at sleep disorders as problems, we can best understand them as adaptations to life’s circumstances. Coyote pups go into a sleep-like state when their parents are away from the […] Read more
It is almost time to make the most of spring vegetables
Fresh garden vegetables are a real treat after the long winter of last season’s root vegetables, winter squash and preserved foods. As much as we crave simply steaming and slathering on the butter or tossing with a dressing, we are always on the lookout for new ideas. Dark green salad greens, kale and spinach are […] Read more
High-tech CGC lab aids farmers in disease fight
Canadian Grain Commission facility focuses on quick analysis as it aims to identify crop disease at the microscopic level
In the Canadian Grain Commission’s laboratories, the rapid evolution of technology is allowing scientists to spot, catch and exactly identify specific strains of diseases like fusarium, the toxins they produce and many other threats to grain quality and safety.
G7 ministers talk food security
Canadian agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said the food supply chain, sustainable agriculture, innovation and open trade were all on the agenda.
Commodity prices lag food inflation, says NFU
Food processors and retailers are good at “leaving the impression that somehow these much higher food prices are somehow directly related to the farmgate prices,” said Stewart Wells, vice-president of operations for the National Farmers Union.
Seal a seed within a droplet
The QuadApplicator earned its name from the fact that it can apply four main liquid products: fertilizer, herbicide, fungicide plus cover crop seeds ensconced in large droplets of prescribed liquid nutrient.
Hauling the QuadApplicator
The concept of ensconcing one individual seed into one big nutrient-laden liquid droplet, and keeping it safely stable and suspended until it’s sprayed out onto soil, is a mighty challenge. Hauling the apparatus around in the field is also a formidable task. Nonetheless, it is the sort of thing Bob West at R.A.West does in […] Read more
