Tag Archives: Agriculture
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday, July 30
Canadian producers with sow barns are invited to provide information to help identify factors related to sow health, reasons for culling and mortality. Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement CEO Brian ...
Jul 30, 2020
Medium infestation of Bertha armyworm in some Southern Alberta locations
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. - Alberta Agriculture says infestations of Bertha armyworms are low in most regions across the province, while some locations are reporting medium infestations. Anything from zero to...
Jul 28, 2020
Olds College releases annual Smart Farm Impact Report
OLDS, AB – Over the last two years, Olds College has been busy transforming its existing farm into a farm of the future, by incorporating the latest technologies aimed at improving productivity,...
Jul 28, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday, July 28
The provincial government has launched the Saskatchewan Chemical Fertilizer Incentive (SCFI) program. The program is designed to help attract new capital investments in large-scale chemical fertilizer...
Jul 28, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Monday, July 27
Clubroot There are benefits to looking for clubroot in the middle of summer. Clubroot galls can start to form on canola roots about three weeks after canola emerges, and it takes another month or so f...
Jul 27, 2020
First Nation producer hopes to see more sunshine to improve crop performance
Similar to many other communities, Red Pheasant Cree Nation hopes to see more dry weather ahead so crops can recover from a long period of heavy rains and wind storms in the Battlefords and surroundin...
Jul 26, 2020
Precipitation impacting some Alberta crops while Southern crops improving
EDMONTON, AB. — In spite of continued precipitation across the province over the past several weeks, overall crop growing conditions are looking positive. Conditions are 78 per cent good to exce...
Jul 26, 2020
Listen: Prairie crop prospects encouraging
Overall crops are looking good heading into the home stretch of the growing season. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Bruce Burnett with MarketsFarm about the outlook for western Canada. alice.m...
Jul 24, 2020
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to create approximately 800 youth jobs in the coming year
OTTAWA, ON. — About 800 new positions are expected to be created through the Youth Employment and Skills Program for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s 2020/2021 program year. The Federal ...
Jul 24, 2020
Listen: Strong demand for Canadian canola
SASKATCHEWAN – A market analyst says there could be good news for canola producers as prices continue to show strength. Mike Jubinville with MarketsFarm gave a commodity market outlook at Ag in ...
Jul 23, 2020
