The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association has hired a new executive director as Blair Rutter has stepped down from the position. Rutter joined the Wheat Growers in 2005 and led the organization in advocating for ending the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly, while pushing for improved market access, a less restrictive variety registration process and improved... Read More
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Deere & Company has announced a deal to acquire precision planter manufacturer Monosem, including the European company's four facilities in France and two in the U.S. "Through this action, we continue to build on our leadership position in precision agriculture," said John May, Deere's president of Agricultural Solutions and Chief Information Officer, in a statement... Read More
Case IH’s 2016 Steiger tractor line-up is promising to get farmers up to speed faster with a more efficient transmission. The new transmission for the Steiger line, which features three row-crop tractors and four independent positive-drive track models, offers improved shifting performance and increased shuttle shift speed. The tractors were rolled out at the 2015... Read More
The grain market this past week turned its attention to more demand and weather headlines as North American harvest pressures are starting to subside with the large majority of the crop now in the bin. The planting pace down in Brazil of soybeans continues to accelerate, with some of the previously drier regions finally getting... Read More
Don't forget to change your clocks this weekend! Fall back...back one hour..or go to a place where daylight savings doesn't exist. They call it Saskatchewan. Get the latest Canadian ag news delivered via email by subscribing here!Read More
In this episode of Saik’s Agri-Treks, we are back on the tour of Ieuan Evans’ 4.5 acres of diversity. Besides being credited with discovering the Evans cherry tree in a gardener’s home near Fort Saskatchewan, Evans is also well-known for his passion for lilies. Saik’s Agri-Treks: Sunflowers, Sheep and Ieuan Evans Saik’s Agri-Treks: Grafting, Non-Browning... Read More
The AgriInvest program was designed to help Canadian farmers manage small declines in income, but the Canadian Federation of Agriculture wants the government to recognize the benefits of the program are much broader in scope. As one of the four main business risk management programs under the five-year Growing Forward 2 framework, AgriInvest offers producers... Read More
I hit the road this week to attend a Planned Grazing Management workshop in Lacombe, organized by the Grey Wooded Forage Association and Organic Alberta. It was the first time I've heard Jim Gerrish (co-owner of American Grazinglands Services LLC) speak, though I've often heard his name mentioned in circles of self-proclaimed "graziers." In addition... Read More
So eating processed meat can cause cancer? Dr. Joe Schwarcz of McGill University, host of “The Dr. Joe Show” and author of numerous books interpreting scientific information for the general public, joins RealAg’s Kelvin Heppner on this week’s TWORA podcast to explain the World Health Organization’s report linking processed and red meats to cancer. Elsewhere,... Read More
Editor's Note: This blog was written the day after the election. We waited for approval from the area's Returning Officer. Not because we had to, but because we wanted to ensure no oaths were broken in the typing of this blog (Debra's a stickler for rules). A couple of weeks ago, I was forwarded a... Read More