A few of the best of MultiOne Equipment Canada’s mini loader tractors were on display at Canada’s Farm Progress Show this year. With over 180 attachments and hydrostatic drive, the articulating tractors cover a wide variety of industries and applications. If you’re after an compact tractor, the company’s S 500 series tractors (model shown in... Read More
Category: Western Canada
Coinciding with the “International Year of Pulses” in 2016, Pulse Canada will be launching a consumer marketing campaign across North America with $3.5 million in support from the federal government. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced the funding through Western Economic Diversification Canada at AGT Food and Ingredients in Saskatoon on Friday morning. “This will help... Read More
Note: There are a couple of rather graphic pictures in this post. Audio included at the end. Losing an animal to any sort of predation can be incredibly difficult to stomach, and a lot of times completely unexpected. The scenes we typically imagine in the wild are those of peace, where cattle low, birds sing,... Read More
“What comes out of the back end of a combine has a direct impact on the success of your seeding operation in the spring,” says Trevor Thiessen, president of Redekop Manufacturing. “What we’re trying to do is makes sure that as a farmer leaves that field in the fall, he’s prepared his land for the... Read More
Your weekly ag news audio update — here’s the TWORA podcast for July 2nd, 2015:
Winnipeg-based Canterra Seeds and Limagrain were in Saskatoon, Sask., Thursday to announce the establishment of a new cereal breeding and development partnership, Limagrain Cereals Research Canada. The joint venture will be located in Saskatoon. Limagrain Cereals will bring “significant added value to western Canadian agriculture by developing new varieties of cereals, with a specific focus... Read More
Drought may have surpassed grain transportation as the number one challenge on the collective mind of Western Canadian grain farmers this year, but the need to address long-term logistical challenges should not be forgotten, says an ag economist from the University of Saskatchewan. “In the current situation it looks like basis levels may return to... Read More
Farmers who know they can grow barley and “make malt” are sometimes frustrated by the narrow margin of error on the specs required for malting acceptance, and for good reason. Malsters have to be incredibly choosey in their choice of malting barley for one reason — meeting the brewmasters’ demands. From how the barley is... Read More