The Western Producer’s Robin Booker attended the Farm Forum Event in Calgary, Alberta, December 5 -7. The following video is a collection of conversations he had with presenters at meeting. 0:40 – Marlene Borsch of Mercantile Consulting Venture 3:40 – Jim Bottomley, Entrepreneur, Consultant 5:30 – Randy Allen RWA Financial Services 7:00 – Markus Braaten Agri-Trend 9:10 – Darryl Mathews, Head […] Read more
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VIDEO: Who is buried in a cemetery near you?
Any like me who drive down rural roads regularly, pass many cemeteries, giving them little thought or maybe not even noticing as they flash past. These quiet green fields of marble and granite, in which generations of farmers, pioneers and townsfolk lie buried, often contain more names than the phone listings of the diminishing towns […] Read more
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – December 7, 2016
D’Arce McMillan, The Western Producer markets editor, monitors trends in the North American and global agricultural markets. Each week he hosts a market video about crops. The video is designed to help viewers understand the forces responsible for changes in the trade. If agricultural markets are important to you, we have you covered.
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – November 30, 2016
D’Arce McMillan, The Western Producer markets editor, monitors trends in the North American and global agricultural markets. Each week he hosts a market video about crops. The video is designed to help viewers understand the forces responsible for changes in the trade. If agricultural markets are important to you, we have you covered.
VIDEO: Turtleford grain elevator destroyed by fire
What was once the old Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator in Turtleford, Sask., burned to the ground last night. Turtleford RCMP closed Highway 26, which runs adjacent to the elevator, just before 11 p.m. and it is believed the fire started shortly after 10. Highway 26 was re-opened shortly after 5 a.m. though fire crews remained […] Read more
VIDEO: Threshing bee breaks record
Harvesting Hope threshing bee sets new world record as 139 antique machines operate for 15 minutes straight
The 8,000 people who attended Harvesting Hope July 31 can now know they indeed saw the world antique threshing record set. They can also know that they saw an event that raised $134,000 for alleviating world hunger and preserving Canadian farm history. Guinness World Records has certified that the 139 antique threshing machines that finished […] Read more
Video: Bayer Agronomy Summit, 2016
The Bayer Agronomy Summit brought together top agronomists from across Canada to Banff, Alta. Nov 14-16, 2016. In the following video The Western Producer’s Robin Booker teamed up with Lisa Guenther from Grainews and talked to some of the presenters at the summit.
VIDEO: Farmers’ dream takes flight
FAIRVIEW, Alta. — The crucial ingredient was farmer ingenuity. That’s what it took to move a broken, 20,000-pound former warplane with a 104-foot wingspan from remote Sitigi Lake near Inuvik, N.W.T., to a farm in Fairview, Alta. The plane is the Canso PBY-5A, and six farmers plus numerous other volunteers have been working to get […] Read more
VIDEO: Soybean pest headed our way
SUMMERLAND, B.C., RALEIGH, N.C. — What has been called the most destructive pest affecting soybean yields in the United States has a new nemesis — the enemy within. In effect, genetic material from the nematode is being turned against itself. Scientists at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., have used a gene targeting method known […] Read more
4-H partnership delivers tractor safety videos
RICHMOND, B.C. — Risks with operating or being around tractors and farm machinery are high for young people living on farms, and education needs to start young. WorkSafeBC, 4-H British Columbia and AgSafe have teamed up to create two new agriculture safety videos, 4-H Working Safely on Tractors and 4-H Working Safely Around Tractors. They […] Read more
