After one year at the helm of the United Farmers of Alberta, President and CEO Carol Kitchen speaks openly about the co-op’s role in Alberta agriculture and communities and looks to the future for one of Canada’s oldest farmer organizations.
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VIDEO: New tool improves pesticide handling and recycling
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Handling pesticide jugs is one of the least favorite elements of farm operations, but a new tool makes loading-out and rinsing a one-shot deal. Bayer and German company Agrotop developed a tool that lets producers and applicators attach a special top to a sealed, cap-off, jug of pesticide and, like connecting […] Read more

VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – April 27, 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: Tapping data for better gains
Farmers could get 15-20 percent more production by using data to better manage crops, says a Monsanto vice-president. And those gains could come more quickly than many expect, Jesus Madrazo told the Canadian Global Crops Symposium April 12. By the end of this decade farmers will be adapting their crop management, guided by improved analysis […] Read more

Video: Antibody detects sclerotinia; nanoparticle counts spores
EDMONTON — Farmers may one day be able to receive text messages telling them how many sclerotinia spores are in their fields. Researchers from the University of Alberta hope the technology will make it easier for producers to time their fungicide applications. The in-field biosensor that they are developing is intended to provide real time […] Read more

VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – April 20, 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: Organic ideals swallowed by food giants
KENASTON, Sask. — The organic food sector began as a fringe social movement in the 1960s, a far cry from the global market that today racks up more than US$70 billion in annual sales. Social movements are often appropriated and transformed into profit seeking markets, and when that happens, the movement’s original goals are challenged, […] Read more
Video: Do more bees mean more canola in the bin?
EDMONTON — Up to 95 percent of seed canola yield is attributable to bee pollination, but it’s not known how much pollinators influence yields in commercial hybrid canola crops. “This is where I come in,” Alberta Agriculture researcher Shelley Hoover told Murray Hartman’s Science-O-Rama in Edmonton April 6. “Part of my research program focuses on […] Read more

VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – April 13, 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: New organic snack guilt-free
The peas had cooled down enough from the baking process the previous day and were now being packaged by University of Saskatchewan Food Centre by staff. They wear hairnets and white coats with red collars that allow access to the facility’s organic areas. Allen Zak, chief executive officer of Zak Organics, made a 300- kilometre […] Read more