Tag Archives: Agriculture
Listen: Developing a safe and effective vaccine for African Swine Fever
Researchers around the world are using various techniques to develop vaccines to protect pigs from African Swine Fever. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to VIDO-InterVac Director and CEO Dr. Volke...
Jul 14, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday July 14, 2020
MELFORT, Sask. – The Canadian Crop Hail Association said crop damage hail claims continue to mount. President Rick Omelchenko said group members reported 120 claims for storms in late June and e...
Jul 14, 2020
Wendy’s Canada to source lettuce from Coaldale greenhouse
COALDALE, AB. - A Coaldale greenhouse has been chosen to provide all Wendy’s restaurant locations in Canada with greenhouse grown lettuce. Whole Leaf greenhouse uses technology to capture and re...
Jul 14, 2020
Thanks for Farming tour travels across the prairies
A Watrous, Sask. area farmer is taking part in a summer tour sponsored by an agriculture company based in Winkler, Man. Lesley Kelly is one speaker on the Thunderstruck Ag Equipment Thanks for Farming...
Jul 13, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Monday July 13, 2020
The United States Department of Agriculture released its July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report on Friday. The U.S. corn yield was pegged at 178.6 bushels per acre which wa...
Jul 13, 2020
Scouting for wheat midge
MELFORT, Sask. – Grain farmers in east central Saskatchewan should be scouting their fields for wheat midge. The adult wheat midge is a very small, orange fly about half the size of a mosquito. ...
Jul 10, 2020
Listen: Canada’s grain supply chain expands with G3 Vancouver Terminal opening
G3 has opened its new grain terminal at the Port of Vancouver. Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Brett Malkoske G3’s Vice-President of Business Development and Communications. – alic...
Jul 09, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday July 9, 2020
May was the second biggest month for Canadian wheat exports this crop year. The Sask Wheat market outlook said Indonesia was the biggest buyer of Canadian wheat at 352,000 tonnes, followed by China at...
Jul 09, 2020
May and June in P.A. see wetter than normal conditions
Prince Albert and area have seen wetter than normal conditions for the past few months. Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada said the city and surrounding area saw ab...
Jul 08, 2020
Listen: Irrigation expansion in the works for Saskatchewan
A $4 billion mega irrigation project has been announced for Lake Diefenbaker. Saskatchewan Irrigation Projects Association chair Aaron Gray tells Alice McFarlane with Ag Access he is looking forward t...
Jul 08, 2020
