CanolaPALOOZA is an event held across the Prairies that tackles all things canola agronomy — and more. Covering everything from pre-emergence to post-harvest, marketing, and more, canolaPALOOZA offers three separate days of learning in three provinces. The summer can often be filled with field days and trade shows, so the goal of the event is... Read More

Alberta-based Renn Mill Center Inc. and Wisconsin based H&S Manufacturing Company Inc. – both manufacturers of feed processing, hay, and forage equipment – have announced a distribution agreement. The agreement states that Renn will help expand H&S's equipment availability in Western Canada and Australia, while H&S does the same for Renn in the U.S.. “Our... Read More

Alberta-based farmer Lynn Dargis spent much of Canada's Farm Progress Show on the other side of a booth, bringing attention to her recently unveiled grain pricing platform. Farmbucks, launched at the end of February, collects, sorts and displays grain prices in real time, with its newest version (2.0) offering price history lines, price alerts, geographic... Read More

A new innovation unveiled at Canada's Farm Progress Show kills weeds without herbicides. Instead of chemically terminating the plant, the unit simply overcooks them with steam. "We produce steam at up to 200 to 300 degrees celsius and it kills everything that it touches," says Ron Gleim, founder and president of the company behind X-Steam-inator,... Read More