The Prairie Shelterbelt Program is ending, but research and technology development will continue at the federal Agroforestry Development Centre in Indian Head, Sask. Agriculture Canada has reached a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agroforestry Centre in Lincoln, Nebraska. The agreement, announced just days after Ottawa confirmed that production and distribution […] Read more
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Canada, U.S. to share forestry information
Researchers release triticales containing ergot resistance
Agriculture Canada crop development | Sunray and Brevis expected to be available to farmers in 2013
Two new triticale varieties bring with them the advantages of ergot resistance and substantially higher yields. Brevis and Sunray were developed at Agriculture Canada research centres in Lethbridge and Swift Current, Sask., and seed is expected to be available for general use next year. Sunray is the first triticale variety with ergot resistance, said research […] Read moreSmall claims court accessible but can be lengthy process
Q: I am in a dispute with my neighbour over hay bales that he bought from me. They have already been delivered and fed, but now there is an argument over quantity, quality and of course, price. I have the documentation to support my position, but my neighbour will not pay me what I am […] Read more
Flaxseed applies for Health Canada cholesterol label
Flax is attempting to boldly go where few crops have gone before. The Flax Council of Canada has filed a health claim submission with Health Canada containing more than 700 pages of scientific review and analysis on how consuming flaxseed can lower blood cholesterol levels. “Once we get our health claim, it will be really […] Read more
Producers, industry must find ways to fill void from research cuts
The Western Grains Research Foundation isn’t thrilled with federal funding cuts to wheat research, but the foundation is willing to adapt, said Dave Sefton, WGRF chair. “Now is the time for producers and industry to find ways to increase cereal research investments to levels competitive with other crops and other countries,” said Sefton, who farms […] Read more
Pastures will likely return to provinces
All 85 federal community pastures will be open this year as Ottawa begins to turn the land back, in most cases, to the provinces. Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz said the federal government would begin to divest itself of the pastures next year. “No pastures will be affected this grazing season and we will work in […] Read more
Redford vows change ison the way
Surprise win | Despite what polls were predicting, Alberta Progressive Conservatives return to power with a majority
Albertans showed they prefer a softer side of conservatism when they returned their 41-year-old Progressive Conservative government back to power April 23. The closely watched election saw a PC majority declared an hour after polls closed when many expected a rout by the upstart Wildrose Alliance Party, which formed two years ago as a right […] Read moreNew fababean distributed to seed growers
Saskatchewan growers will soon have another pulse crop option. Breeder seed from a new variety of small-seeded fababean was distributed to select seed growers this spring. There is enough seed to plant 7.5 acres of the crop. It will take two to three years for seed multiplication to reach levels where the unnamed variety will […] Read more
Sugar beet seeding starts after successful negotiations
Southern Alberta sugar beet growers have begun planting crops, now that contentious contract negotiations have been resolved. The Alberta Sugar Beet Growers (ASBG) and Lantic Inc., which operates the Taber, Alta., sugar refinery, signed a three-year contract April 14 after protracted negotiations that at one point threatened the future of the 2012 sugar beet crop. […] Read more
