Tag Archives: Agriculture
Listen: Identifying nutrient deficiencies in canola
If your canola crop is showing signs of being unhealthy, it could be too little or too much of a nutrient. Soil scientist Tom Jensen and agronomy manager Lyle Cowall discuss some of the symptoms. alic...
Alice McFarlane Jun 25, 2020
Southern and east central regions concerned about soil moisture levels
While some areas received a much-welcomed rainfall last week there are still concerns about dry conditions in southern and east central regions of Saskatchewan. In the latest crop report, Crops Extens...
Alice McFarlane Jun 25, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday June 25, 2020
Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) had good year. President Chris Lees said CWA reported net income of roughly $325,000 for 2019. “In 2019, we invested in the show, brought in new programming and...
Alice McFarlane Jun 25, 2020
Listen: Crop tours impacted by pandemic
AgriARM, applied research and demonstration organizations located across Saskatchewan have cancelled their summer crop tours due to the pandemic. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Mike Hall, the...
Alice McFarlane Jun 24, 2020
Manitoba crops either too wet or too dry
Most of the crops in Manitoba are off to a good start. Provincial crop specialist Dane Froese said spring seeding is essentially complete with a few locations reporting unseeded acres too wet to seed ...
Alice McFarlane Jun 24, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday June 24, 2020
A new slate of directors will guide Cereals Canada through its amalgamation with the Canadian International Grains Institute. The board of directors elected Todd Hames with Alberta Wheat as its new ch...
Alice McFarlane Jun 24, 2020
Listen: High numbers of diamondback moth and aster leaf hoppers
There has been a larger and earlier migration of aster leaf hoppers and diamondback moths into Saskatchewan this year. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to entomologist Tyler Wist about the implica...
Alice McFarlane Jun 22, 2020
Plant protein processing gets financial boost
The federal government is providing roughly $100 million for a new protein processing plant in Winnipeg. Merit Functional Foods will construct a commercial-scale protein extraction facility that will ...
Alice McFarlane Jun 22, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Monday June 22, 2020
A national dairy cattle traceability program kicks in this fall. Lactanet Canada and Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) announced DairyTrace, will provide a single framework for dairy farmers to track anim...
Alice McFarlane Jun 22, 2020
Listen: Improved protocols stop spread of pig disease
Several lessons have been learned by improving bio-security protocols to protect against porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Jenelle Hamblin, the manager of swine ...
Alice McFarlane Jun 19, 2020
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