Cereals Canada, the newly-formed, industry-led cereals group, recently released its inaugural strategic planning document. The plan, available here as a PDF, sets out the vision and mission for the organization and defines a path forward for "sustainable profitability for the entire value chain." From opportunities and market development, to threats and competition, the 13-page document... Read More
Category: Western Canada
One year and one field does not a trial make, says Mark Van Veen, with Salford, in regards to some of the findings gleaned from the company's tillage trials in Michigan. Salford has spent a few years evaluating several types and timing of tillage in an effort to put together reasonable comparisons of expected planter... Read More
New Holland had their largest 2015 CR series combine on display at the Canadian Farm Progress Show in Regina this year. The CR10.90 Elevation (shown above) tops the six model series, with the highest capacity yet at 410 bushels. The combine runs at up to 653HP, with a Tier 4B compliant Cursor 16 engine. Check... Read More
Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz and member of parliament Scott Armstrong were in Truro, Nova Scotia, today to announce an investment of $8 million for the Organic Federation of Canada (OFC) to lead an organic science cluster aimed at helping "the sector respond to market demand and capture new opportunities," according to a press release. Two... Read More
Farmers across Western Canada may notice two very remarkable things on the Prairie landscape soon — stand alone CLAAS dealerships and brightly coloured Xerion tractors. Caterpillar recently announced its shift out of the agriculture market, which started a chain reaction that will see CLAAS, a company who had a distribution deal for its Lexion combines... Read More
I’ve got to give her credit — Trish Sahlstrom, a vice-president of A&W, recently walked into a room of beef farmers in Saskatchewan to talk up her company's ‘Better Beef’ campaign on beef produced without hormones. It’s a good niche to sell beef, but as I’ve said before, framing it as ‘Better Beef’ is where... Read More
Warning: This post contains graphic images. We've long known the dangers of baggy clothes, jewelry and long hair around power take offs and augers, but even acknowledging the other dangers associated with jewelry, a great many of us have worn earrings or rings around the farm, when perhaps we shouldn't have. When crawling up and... Read More
The RealAgriculture team roster expands by one later this month, as seasoned agriculture broadcaster Kelvin Heppner joins the team as field editor from his home base at Altona, Manitoba. A well-recognized voice by farmers, Kelvin has spent the last six years as the agriculture programmer and on-air personality for Golden West Radio (mainly CFAM -... Read More
Shaun Haney and Debra Murphy discuss this week at RealAgriculture.com. Rhett and Lyndsey took the week off to take care of some very important things. Lyndsey moved to Ottawa and Rhett vanished from the world. Shaun, Jason, and Debra held down the fort for the team and had a great week. In this RealAg this... Read More