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. This week […] Read more
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VIDEO: Customer interaction key to ranch’s success
CALGARY — Canadian Rocky Mountain Ranch has one huge advantage over many other farm and ranch operations, says its general manager, Dr. Terry Church. It gets direct feedback, on a regular basis, from those who use and eat its bison, elk and beef products. The ranch is owned by the O’Connor family of Calgary, which […] Read more
VIDEO: Hoop dance unites global family
ROSTHERN, Sask. — When Teddy Anderson returned home to Canada from Rwanda in the 1990s, he had a tough time being nice to people. It wasn’t until he saw his future teacher, Ojibwa Scott Ward, perform the hoop dance that that changed. “I felt it was a way of moving past what I was going […] Read more
VIDEO: Potato growers rebound from financial crisis
Farm was forced to find new markets after potatoes were misdiagnosed with a disease that closed U.S. border to exports
FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. — It’s Ernie Van Boom and Cecil Goutbeck’s 35th potato harvest and it’s going well. Fall rain meant more of the rich top soil comes in from the field attached to the potato than they would like, but workers with shovels and wheelbarrows clean up the soil where it falls from the […] Read more
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – October 7, 2015
D’Arce McMillan, The Western Producer markets editor, monitors trends in the North American and global agricultural markets. Each week he hosts three markets videos, oilseeds, cereals, and livestock. The videos are designed to help viewers understand the forces responsible for changes in the trade. If agricultural markets are important to you, we have you covered. […] Read more
VIDEO: Processing on farm gets birds to market
Mobile slaughter trailer enables quail operators to process 600 birds a day to meet demand from restaurants and retailers
ARDROSSAN, Alta. — A quail farm is spreading its wings and adding a mobile poultry processing facility to the business. Arnie and Shirley Morris have raised quail for table eggs for almost 30 years, but they couldn’t find a way to economically process the tiny birds for the meat market. The cost of slaughtering quail […] Read moreEnthusiastic growers learn, tweak, expand
DARWELL, Alta. — Catherine Smith squeezes the green cone-shaped hops and listens to the sound. The light, papery rustle means the plants are almost ready to harvest. If everything goes according to plan, the first batch of hops will be flavouring beer within days. The Northern Girls Hopyard is the mostly northerly hopyard in North […] Read more
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – Sept. 30, 2015
D’Arce McMillan, The Western Producer markets editor, monitors trends in the North American and global agricultural markets. Each week he hosts three markets videos, oilseeds, cereals, and livestock. The videos are designed to help viewers understand the forces responsible for changes in the trade. If agricultural markets are important to you, we have you covered. […] Read more
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – Sept. 24, 2015
D’Arce McMillan, The Western Producer markets editor, monitors trends in the North American and global agricultural markets. Each week he hosts three markets videos, oilseeds, cereals, and livestock. The videos are designed to help viewers understand the forces responsible for changes in the trade. If agricultural markets are important to you, we have you covered. […] Read more
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets update – Sept.17, 2015
D’Arce McMillan, The Western Producer markets editor, monitors trends in the North American and global agricultural markets. Each week he hosts three markets videos, oilseeds, cereals, and livestock. The videos are designed to help viewers understand the forces responsible for changes in the trade. If agricultural markets are important to you, we have you covered. […] Read more
