Regina farm show makes changes
Following the announcement last June that Canada’s Farm Progress Show would change its dates for 2020, organizers have now announced a new name. The show, held in Regina for 42 years, is now Canada’s Farm Show. It is moving indoors at Evraz Place and one ticket will provide three-day admission. The show will hold a […] Read more
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Farm program update urged for intercropping
Farmers see lots of potential in intercropping but are being held back by non-agronomic factors, two farmers told the Canola Discovery Forum. “I can’t cover my risk on that crop,” said Cadillac, Sask., farmer and agronomist Troy LaForge. “Risk management programs need to catch up with the times.” Rosenort, Man., farmer Shane Friesen said commercial […] Read more
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Recyclers try to get the measure of ag plastics
Plastics play a major role in farm supply needs, from grain bags to bale wrap and twine. An Alberta analysis of waste plastic, completed this fall, estimates total agricultural plastic waste in the province in 2019 to be somewhere between 7,044 and 11,384 tonnes. A survey of 428 Alberta crop and livestock producers carried out […] Read more
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Soil microbes can help plants resist disease
A study by scientists at the University of York in the United Kingdom has shown that improved disease resistance can be transferred to the next generation of plants via soil transplants. Dr. Ville Friman at the university’s Department of Biology said the positive effects of so-called suppressive soils has long been known. “However, it has […] Read more
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Rural Canada wants say in national unity
The president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities says rural Canada must not be left out of the current conversation about national unity. Ray Orb told delegates to the recent midterm convention in Regina that he hoped he would get a phone call from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just as several big city mayors […] Read more
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Hey hey, a whole new way to hay
WOODSTOCK, Ont. — Standing hay holds maximum protein, but it’s all downhill from there. Protein drops every time hay is handled. Now, a new system claims to maintain 90 percent of original protein. The Austrian-based Haytec system is common throughout Europe. Using its system, the company says, results in a cost to dry hay of […] Read more
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Lack of acres dampens organic canola demand
A few years ago, Stuart McMillan got a call about organic canola acres in Western Canada. Considering there are 18 to 22 million acres of conventional canola across the Prairies, the caller couldn’t believe online data showing that organic canola was less than 2,000 acres. “I was contacted by an organic data company, saying surely […] Read more
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India may raise pulse imports following poor harvest
Concerns are rising in India about its 2019-20 pulse crops. The Western Producer has already noted that heavy rain and flooding at the end of the monsoon season damaged crops including pulses in some states. This raises the potential for India to import more pulses in 2020 but much depends on whether the government there […] Read more
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Turkey becomes Russia’s top wheat customer
Turkey has overtaken Egypt as the top buyer of Russian wheat this year. Sales to Turkey have eclipsed exports to Egypt for each of the last five months, which is highly unusual, said Andrey Sizov, managing director of SovEcon, a Russian agricultural consultancy. Shipments to Turkey in July, August, September and October were between 750,000 […] Read more
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New crop mission tells durum’s story
Every year, a few teams of people from the Canadian wheat value chain head off to numerous export markets around the world. I am taking part in one such mission heading to major durum markets in southern Europe and North Africa. These “new crop missions” are trips organized by Cereals Canada, the Canadian International Grains […] Read more
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