The computerized system ‘weight compensates’ so that the animal can ‘weigh less’ and be more comfortable
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan veterinary college are hoping to give animal rehabilitation a big lift. The Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) and Saskatoon-based RMD Engineering, are creating a more effective and humane lifting device It’s called the animal rehabilitation management system (ARMS) and it’s designed especially for horses. Julia Montgomery, research supervisor […] Read moreVideo
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – June 1, 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. Crops:
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – May 25, 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. Crops:
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – May 18, 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. Crops:
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – May 11, 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. Crops:
Reaching a new shore, a better shore, for Manitoba farmers and agriculture
In the last 10 years I’ve learned to back away from direct coverage of provincial politics, something which I once greatly enjoyed. I’m hoping to get back into it with a new Manitoba government that seems more relevant to rural and farming Manitoba. I’ll bet thousands of Manitoba farmers are also eagerly awaiting action from […] Read more
VIDEO: Auxin research may hold key to heat resistance
EDMONTON — When canola crops begin to bloom and the summer heat cranks up to around 30 C, there is nothing growers can do to protect their crops from heat-induced flower and fruit abortion. But that may change as Jocelyn Ozga’s plant auxin research advances at the University of Alberta. Auxins are a class of […] Read more
Students tackle food waste
Three rural Saskatchewan teens hammed it up in a 30 second video to help curb food waste. Kaitlyn Dilsner, Taryn Heidebrecht, and Lauren Palmer, Grade 12 students at Clavet Composite School, invested more than nine hours to produce the video, which took first place and a $500 prize in a Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council competition. […] Read more
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – May 4, 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. Crops:
Spraying: night may not be ideal time
In pre-seed burndown, day applications were more effective than night and morning sprays 78 percent of the time
EDMONTON — Herbicide companies complete many trials to prove a product’s worth before it’s registered for use, but none of the trials include night spraying . “The scientists wouldn’t even dream of doing that,” said Ken Coles, Farming Smarter general manager. But as guidance systems improve and fewer farmers cover more acres in a tight […] Read more
