Gordon Bacon, CEO of Pulse Canada, said during his CropSphere presentation that quality specifications for pulses have traditionally been based on size, shape and colour, but the industry must be prepared to meet more complicated specifications for the food ingredients industry. You can find all our coverage of Crop Production week 2019 here.
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VIDEO: Oats looking good for 2019 – Boersch
Marlene Boersch, managing partner with Mercantile Consulting Venture, says oats should be a good crop to grow again in 2019 and growers should expect prices above $3 per bushel. WP reporter Sean Pratt interviewed Boersch during Crop Production week in Saskatoon. Video of his interview with Boersch can be found below. You can find all […] Read more
VIDEO: Agri-Trend founder joins DOT
MARICOPA, Arizona — DOT Technologies Corp. has brought in Rob Saik as chief executive officer of DOT Ready Retail, a new sales and marketing side of the business. DOT is a Saskatchewan-built robotic platform designed to bring autonomous farming to broad acre grain production. “DOT Ready Retail will run in parallel to the DOT manufacturing […] Read more
VIDEO: Canola council to reduce extension agronomy
The Canola Council of Canada announced sweeping changes to the organization today at the Canola Industry Meeting in Saskatoon. The main changes are that it is reducing its role in extension agronomy, will no longer be doing market promotion and is restructuring its funding model. Council president Jim Everson told delegates attending the meeting that […] Read more
VIDEO: Have leopard frogs changed their spots?
Frogs are a litmus test for the health of riparian areas and efforts are underway to increase populations in Alberta after years of decline
MAGRATH, Alta. — As a youth, DeVar Dahl used to chase and capture northern leopard frogs in ponds in and around his southern Alberta hometown of Magrath, Alta. Later, as a young teacher, he would capture frogs for use in teaching biology classes. But when he revisited those ponds to share the fun of frog […] Read more
VIDEO: GM sugar beets revolutionize industry
Growers say the glyphosate-tolerant varieties have eased crop management and reduced crop’s environmental impact
Alberta sugar beet growers embraced glyphosate-tolerant varieties when they first became available about 10 years ago. They’ve never looked back. The technology has revolutionized crop management and growers say it has also reduced the environmental impact of producing the labour-intensive crop. “It’s nine years since we’ve been growing glyphosate-tolerant sugar beets,” said Alberta Sugar Beet […] Read more
VIDEO: Likely last of the big deals threatening supply management
The government didn’t doubt the sincerity of the United States’ chief negotiator when he told them his President wanted Canada’s supply management systems “gone.” Settling an update for the North American Free Trade Agreement had become tied to a few concessions on Canada’s part to ensure that a dispute resolution tool, outside of the U.S. […] Read more
VIDEO: Sprayer power: Is electricity the next big thing in spray adjuvants?
WOODSTOCK, Ont. — Getting fungicides and insecticides into the canopy and to the underside of leaves is a challenge for most sprayers. Small droplet sizes and even coverage are needed for this and for the fungicide lacquering required for control in most non-systemic products; and that comes with the risk of drift. The concept, and […] Read more
Video highlights of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show – 2018
Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show celebrated its 25th anniversary this summer and The Western Producer was there. Watch the following video for some of the highlights of our coverage: 00:50 – Jens Schmidt of Herbert Dammann talks about the Profi-Class sprayer. 03:40 – Bruce Burnett from MarketsFarm discusses grain markets in the Trump era. 08:10 – […] Read more
VIDEO: Egg farm welcomes contest-winning visitor
The Tabelon family said they were impressed by what they saw while visiting the Brant Hutterite Colony in Alberta
BRANT, Alta. — Nole Tabelon was impressed by the 15,500 chickens he saw Aug. 23. That’s how many are housed in a free-run system at the Brant Hutterite Colony, which he and his family visited after winning a contest organized by Egg Farmers of Alberta. “It was pretty interesting. I didn’t expect there to be […] Read more
