Tag Archives: Agriculture

Listen: Selective weed control saves money and the environment
SASKATCHEWAN - Could farmers reduce pesticide use by 95 per cent while maintaining crop yield and saving money? The head of Precision.ai is excited for new technology being developed on selective cont...
Alice McFarlane Aug 21, 2020

Livestock transport research studies stress
Researchers say studying how stress affects animals during transport is the key to minimizing the impact. An ongoing study is assessing the effects of long distance versus short distance transport of ...
Alice McFarlane Aug 21, 2020

Agriculture Roundup for Friday August 21, 2020
SASKATCHEWAN – RCMP are investigating a theft at a farm equipment dealership at Humboldt, Sask. In the early morning hours of Aug. 11, a GPS receiver was stolen from a combine at the business on...
Alice McFarlane Aug 21, 2020

Listen: Artificial Intelligence to help create smarter agriculture practices
A group of organizations have partnered on a project to help lower crop pesticide use. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Protein Industries Canada CEO Bill Greuel about today’s announcemen...
Alice McFarlane Aug 20, 2020

Farmers in north west Saskatchewan ready to start 2020 harvest
SASKATCHEWAN – While farmers in south west Saskatchewan have 11 per cent of the crop combined, producers in the north west are just getting started. Less than one per cent of the crop is in the ...
Alice McFarlane Aug 20, 2020

Red Deer area youth encouraged to enter 2020 ‘Youth for Agriculture Award’ contest
Red Deer County would like to encourage local youth ages 6 to 25 to enter the 2020 Agricultural Service Board Youth for Agriculture Award Contest. The contest asks youth to submit one of an article, v...
Red Deer County Aug 20, 2020

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday August 20, 2020
New artificial intelligence will help farmers specifically target crop pests. Protein Industries Canada announced the development of this new technology that will increase efficiencies and providing e...
Alice McFarlane Aug 20, 2020

Be alert – Be patient on highways during harvest
With harvest just nicely getting started it is the time of year when we’ll be seeing a lot of very large farm equipment on highways. As producers are working hard to bring in the 2020 crop motor...
Alice McFarlane Aug 19, 2020

Olds College signs two new school divisions to dual credit program
Olds College has announced the signing of two new school divisions into its dual credit program offerings for Alberta high school students in the upcoming academic year. Prairie Rose School Division a...
rdnewsNOW staff Aug 19, 2020

Cougars target ponies, dogs in pair of Vancouver Island attacks
QUALICUM BEACH - Conservation officers plan to destroy two cougars believed to be responsible for killing a pony and constantly hovering around a sprawling wooded community north of Qualicum Beach. Tr...
Ian Holmes Aug 19, 2020

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