A question for many when they hear about inflation and rising prices is: how does this impact food, beef, and and what are the potential effects on demand? The extreme volatility doesn't help anything either, says Anne Wasko, of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, in this week's Beef Market Update. "One day it's going to be... Read More
Category: Crop Production
The Manitoba Association of Watersheds (MAW) and Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds are rolling out the Prairie Watersheds Climate Program. The first phase of program includes up to $40 million available in funding for projects in Manitoba and Saskatchewan that focus on beneficial management practice (BMP) uptake and awareness. Funded by Agriculture Agri-Food Canada’s On-Farm Climate... Read More
Regina is set to welcome a new flax straw processing facility that looks to be a win-win business model as it allows producers a solution to flax residue and also will create oversea business opportunities in the way of biomass fuels. Prairie Clean Energy is the company behind the facility and Brita Lind, chief marketing... Read More
Have you ever wished you had the ability to move your grain bin from one yard to the next? With a transport height of 17 feet, and 27 feet wide, the T-Bin mobile telescoping bin allows you to do just that. Pat Beaujot, one of three founders of the system, says they do that through... Read More
BASF says it is investigating an issue with the performance of some InVigor canola seed in Western Canada. The company issued a statement on Thursday saying it "has been made aware that certain InVigor canola hybrids may be experiencing slow emergence in select geographies..." "We have a dedicated team examining possible contributing factors," the company... Read More
Grain markets are losing some steam as summer starts to heat up, but it's not the dry corn crop that's driving the sell-off. Joe Vaclavik, founder and president of Standard Grain based in Tennessee, says that yes, weather is front and centre for those with plenty of experience trading agriculture commodities, but there's far more... Read More
Corn growers often turn to tissue testing to diagnose a problem. When plants in a field are yellowing or pale, grabbing a sample and sending it to the lab can seem an obvious way to confirm a nutrient deficiency. But there's more to the tissue testing story than simply identifying a problem and finding a... Read More
The sins of the spring are expected to show up about now in the crop, but what about weather conditions last fall? This week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word fields several questions about strange observations in the field: from stressed corn, weirdly tall wheat, tire-track greenness and much more. Have a question you’d like Johnson... Read More
The University of Saskatchewan College of Engineering and College of Agriculture and Bioresources, in partnership with the Livestock Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE), are working on establishing a “living lab” to bring together producers, established tech companies, and ag-tech start-ups to create an environment and a platform to reduce current barriers to adoption of smart... Read More
It's time to talk about one of host Lyndsey Smith's favourite topics on The Agronomists. What is it, you ask? If you guessed forages, you would be correct! Today's show, featuring Christine O'Reilly, grazing and forage specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), and Andre Bonneau, range management specialist with... Read More