So what’s harder to find: good ideas for improving agriculture and farmers’ lives, or money to make those ideas become commercial reality? Both are in pretty short supply, but I’ll bet money is scarcer than good ideas. That certainly seemed to be the case yesterday at the Agri Innovation Forum, an event that brings together […] Read more
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VIDEO: Spring flood warning issued in Sask.
Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency is already warning of the potential for flooding next spring. Most of the province is saturated heading into winter freeze-up, and even near normal snow pack could result in above normal runoff, the agency said in a fall report released Nov. 20. Many areas are actually wetter than they were in […] Read more
Farming hemp: it’s everything. Oil, protein, fibre, animal bedding, concrete, fuel . . .
Yesterday was a cheerful day at the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance annual conference here in Winnipeg. It’s often cheery and positive at this conf in recent years, but I remark on the optimistic tone because hemp, more than almost any other crop on the Canadian Prairies, has had a rocky birth, rebirth, second death and […] Read more
Video: Canada’s agricultural markets updates – Nov. 12, 2014
D’Arce McMillan, Western Producer markets editor, monitors trends in the North American and global agricultural markets. Each week he hosts two markets videos, crops and livestock. The videos are designed to help viewers understand the forces responsible for changes in the trade. Canada’s ag. markets updates will now be available on Thursday mornings. If agricultural […] Read more
VIDEO: Drip irrigation brings water to the field with less power
WOODSTOCK, Ont. — Drip irrigation proponents cite several advantages of their form of water delivery. “(With) overhead irrigation, your pumps tend to be running at anywhere from 80 to 200 pounds per sq. inch. Drip irrigation tends to be 40 to 60, maybe 80 p.s.i.,” said Ray Mackenzie of Vanden Bussche Irrigation, during Canada’s Outdoor […] Read more
VIDEO: A year in the life of a prairie farm
Jay Schultz and his family farm 4,500 acres near Standard, Alberta. Last year he documented the process of their grain and oilseed crops on video. For 2014 he has once again documented season, including the September 8 snowfall that flattened crops. […] Read more
Legends of the Fall winners take different paths to Farmfair
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Video: Canada’s agricultural markets updates – Nov. 5, 2014
D’Arce McMillan, Western Producer markets editor, monitors trends in the North American and global agricultural markets. Each week he hosts two markets videos, crops and livestock. The videos are designed to help viewers understand the forces responsible for changes in the trade. Canada’s ag. markets updates will now be available on Thursday mornings. If agricultural […] Read more
VIDEO: Legends of the Fall winners take different paths to Farmfair
EDMONTON — Tanya Belsham just about didn’t make it to Farmfair this year. The family’s truck and tack trailer were totalled when they hit black ice just out of Houston, B.C. “We almost didn’t get here,” said Belsham. They found another truck and trailer, reloaded their tack and made it to Edmonton in time for […] Read more
VIDEO: The likeliest future for crop prices and how those will affect farmers
Last week the Cereals North America conference provided farmers with a battery of crop price outlooks that provide a great supply and demand-based look at where crop prices are likely to go in coming years. Unfortunately for grain growers, it’s not a pretty place, with huge world inventories and production likely to provide a prolonged […] Read more
