ver get a piece of food stuck in your teeth? It can get pretty annoying after awhile. Now imagine a performance horse with a similar problem, which could be a sharp sliver of tooth that’s digging into the cheek or tongue, causing non-stop irritation or even an ulcer. Add a rider, with his or her
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Students Learn About Modern Ag Methods At MZTRA Farm
“It’s like a circle, with things eating and pooping, and eating and pooping.” – DANNY First, they dug a shallow hole with a spade. Then, they picked around in the clumps of dirt for earthworms. All told, they found a couple of dozen slimy little wrigglers. For the Grade 10 students from Brandon’s Crocus Plains
Hay Sellers And Buyers In A Standoff Over Price
“I think right now guys are trying to decide whether they can afford to keep their cows.” – MARJORIE JARVIS At the Jarvis farm near Gladstone, there’s 1,000 alfalfa-grass hay bales that were put up this summer waiting to be sold. The asking price for the feed-tested hay is four cents a pound. For a
Online Bids For Meat Plant Metal
As it turns out, the jokes about selling it all on eBay were only slightly off the mark. Saskatchewan-based Hodgins Auctioneers will be hosting an Internet-only auction of the leftover equipment from the failed Rancher’s Choice Beef Co-op from Sept 23 to 29. The meat-cutting and slaughterhouse equipment, originally brought to Dauphin from Washington state
For Garlic, Go Local Or Go Home
“As far as I’m concerned, it’s inferior garlic.” – Joe Kozak There’s really only two kinds of people: those who love garlic, and those who can’t abide it. Some manage to get by on cheap Chinese or Filipino imports. Even shipped in from halfway around the world, it still only costs about 67 cents a
“Wild” Oats May Hold The Key To Rust Resistance
There’s wild oats, and then there’s “wild” oats. For researchers looking for genes that could improve the ability of domesticated varieties to fend off crown and stem rust, the wild oats that everyone loves to hate – avena fatua – is not even considered a contender. Although it looks tough, tall and hardy, it’s not
Electronic Sniffer For Taste, Aroma
Move over Toucan Sam, there’s a new nose in town. The parrot in the Froot Loops TV commercials, who “follows his snoot, for flavours of fruit,” has for decades urged children to nag their parents into buying the colourful cereal of dubious nutritive value. At the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceutical Research, scientists
Work Makes The Chore Horse, Says Top Teamster
“Everyday work, that’s what makes the difference, I guess.” – DON BUTTERFIELD It’s a sign of the times. The activities at the Dauphin Agricultural Heritage Club’s annual old-time threshing day could be either nostalgic or futuristic – depending on your view of the future of world oil production. There was no discussion of Peak Oil
Limited Market For Swine Vaccine
Dr. Cate Dewey, professor of swine health management at the University of Guelph, said that a vaccine to prevent “classical” H1N1 influenza infection in swine has existed for years. “But we don’t have information on how well that vaccine is going to protect pigs from the novel virus,” she said. The “novel” H1N1 virus is
Small Farmer Beats Commodity Price Trap
“I’m getting just over $200 per pig. I should be happy.” – IAN SMITH It seems the more the “big” hog farmers hurt, the wider the grin on Ian Smith’s face stretches. Thanks to his carefully nurtured, direct-marketing strategy, the operator of Argyle-based Natural Raised Pork is still getting good prices for 75 to 80
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
