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: The […] Read more
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VIDEO: G3 promises more efficient grain handling
Global Grain Group plans to provide a much-improved grain handling option rather than just being a tiny player in the prairie economy, says its chief executive officer. “It’s a model based on efficiency and a model based on removing as many bottlenecks as we can,” Karl Gerrand said during a Nov. 3 question-and-answer session at […] Read more
VIDEO: GMO opposition part of non-science movement: Robert Saik
Robert Saik’s goal is to make everyone informed about GMOs before they take a stance on them. The CEO of Agri-Trend is currently working on making Know GMO, a documentary movie about GMOs, telling both sides of the story including the anti-GMO side. Yesterday he gave a lecture at the University of Saskatchewan about GMOs […] Read more
VIDEO: Workplace safety in the spotlight
This is part of a series exploring how farmers, ag consultants and service providers are professionalizing agriculture by integrating the many skills required by today’s complex and challenging industry. This week: The importance of farm safety training to keep employees safe, and the farms viable.
This series looks at how farmers, agriculture consultants and service providers are professionalizing agriculture by integrating the many skills required by today’s complex and challenging industry. You can follow the entire series here. Young farmers expect to learn a lot about soil science, plant science, farm management and animal production when they attend university to […] Read more
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – November 4, 2015
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: Pulse […] Read more
VIDEO: U of M re-engineers ag program
This is part of a series exploring how farmers, ag consultants and service providers are professionalizing agriculture by integrating the many skills required by today’s complex and challenging industry.
This series looks at how farmers, agriculture consultants and service providers are professionalizing agriculture by integrating the many skills required by today’s complex and challenging industry. You can follow the entire series here. Garrett Sawatzky wasn’t the model of today’s professional farmer when he entered the University of Manitoba’s agriculture diploma program. “I was a […] Read moreVIDEO: Don’t give animals same diet your grandpa did: experts
As animal genetics and feeding practices change, producers must also adjust feed to ensure nutritional requirements are met
Livestock producers can’t rely on the same old science when formulating rations. That’s because they’re not feeding the same old animals the same old way, researchers and experts told animal nutritionists and farmers at the Western Nutrition Conference Sept.30. “If we’re going to be doing some genetic selection with (residual feed intake) and selecting for […] Read more
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – October 28, 2015
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: Wheat […] Read more
Video: Alberta foodgrains project huge success
EDBERG, Alta. — It took the Edberg District Growing Project three hours to harvest 90 acres of wheat and raise $37,120.87 for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Harvest may have been quicker, but organizers stopped the five combines at the end of the field to line up for the prerequisite picture of all the combines coming […] Read more
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – October 21, 2015
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: Wheat […] Read more
