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
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Video: CIGI hosts international milling program
The 48th International Milling program at the Canadian International Grains Institute was in Winnipeg recently. On July 27, Western Producer reporter Ed When joined them for a tour of CIGI’s milling facilities at its downtown Winnipeg headquarters.
Video: Canola headers, varieties studied
Rigid, varifeed and draper headers compared
A prairie farm implement research centre is studying which styles of cutting headers work best for straight combining canola. Nathan Gregg, who leads the research for PAMI, said researchers compared the traditional swath and belt pick-up system for straight combining canola with a rigid header, a varifeed header and a draper header. The three-year study […] Read more
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets updates – July 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
Efficient water use key to growing 100 bu. canola
Prairie farmers will have to increase their water use efficiency if they are to achieve 100 bushels per acre in dry land canola production, says Phil Thomas of Agri-Trend. The company recently announced that the first contest in its new Agri-Prize Initiatives will be Canola 100, in which the first farmer to achieve yields of […] Read more
Video: City overtakes Vancouver Island sheep farm
Biggest challenge is educating urban residents about how to conduct themselves around the farm’s livestock
account_id=”2206156280001″ player_id=”HJ11Iy7v”] Don and Deborah Wytinck have been attending the All Canada Sheep Classic for more than 25 years. | Ed White Photo[/caption] This doesn’t seem to bother the Wytincks, who have always em-braced challenges. Don grew up on a farm in Cypress River, Man., and was a full-time farmer at the age of 14. […] Read more
Video: Summer research jobs never boring
Student employees at ag research centres are there for the science, but there are also burgers to flip
account_id=”2206156280001″ player_id=”HJ11Iy7v”] Chase Kendall, left, and Jeremy Wiebe do agronomic research at the Carman University of Manitoba research farm, as well as flip burgers for farmer tours. | Ed White Photo[/caption] “It’s fun, actually,” said Brandon University music education student Emily Hodge as she worked in the University of Manitoba’s research farm kitchen organizing hot […] Read more
Video: Straight-cutting canola old hat for Austria
The Biso Ultralight 800 header can switch from harvesting cereals to canola in minutes
Canadian canola producers are increasingly interested in straight-cutting canola. New technology, such as shatter resistant varieties and new chemicals to desiccate the crop, has spurred the movement. However, when it came to headers that can efficiently straight cut canola, new designs didn’t have to be developed because they could be imported from a region that […] Read more
VIDEO: Canada’s agricultural markets updates – July 22, 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: Heliodor suitable for no-till system
The machine manages crop residue, levels fields and conserves soil moisture, says designer
REGINA — European equipment manufacturers trying to capture business from broad-acre prairie farmers need to remember farmers here like to stretch out. Laurent Letzter, commercial sales manager at Lemken Canada, said the company’s new 52-foot disc for high speeds, called the Heliodor, is built to answer the prairie demand for more acres per hour. The […] Read more
