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Equipment demonstrations, including drones, are among the most anticipated aspects of the Ag in Motion farm show.
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Equipment demos at Ag in Motion
Drones, landscrapers and rockpickers are growing entries on the schedule
Manitoba crops see excess moisture, cooler temperatures
Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 10
Fall rye stands are at the soft dough stage. Rapid advancement in winter cereal crop development continues and crop conditions are rated as good. Spring cereals continue to advance with earliest planted fields having moved into the flag leaf/head emergence stage. Soybean and dry bean crops are progressing at a slower pace given the cooler
Leon Manufacturing for sale
Yorkton manufacturer's assets for sale as part of receivership process
The company, along with Ram Industries Inc., was placed in receivership June 11 after numerous financial difficulties were reported and the company missed payments to BMO. It owes BMO more than $16.6 million.
Some Co-op services still down after “cybersecurity incident”
Open cardlocks not currently selling dyed fuels, company says
Thursday, Federated Co-op Ltd. posted on X that it was "experiencing a cybersecurity incident" that was affecting some internal and customer-facing systems at cardlock and retail Co-op locations. It had shut down some systems as a precaution and had brought in experts, the company added.
Rains partially collapse roof at Kansas Cargill plant
Cargill plans to resume slaughtering cattle on Friday at its Dodge City, Kansas, beef plant, after weekend rains caused a partial roof collapse, the company said on Tuesday.
Protein symposium flags need for problem solvers
Panel discussion identifies lack of breadth, gaps in soft skills in hires
Panel at Manitoba protein symposium says soft skills like critical thinking among the gaps seen in employees.
A decade of Ag in Motion
A decade later, Western Canada’s outdoor farm expo continues to build on early success
It's the 10th anniversary of Ag in Motion at Langham, Sask., and organizers have again added to the schedule July 16-18.
Feds fund organic development groups
MacAulay pledged up to nearly $$1,175,841 for the Canadian Organic Trade Association (COTA) over three years via the AgriMarketing program and up to $985,985 over three years to the Prairie Organic Development Fund via the AgriCompetativeness program.
Bothwell Cheese resumes production
"Thanks to the swift and coordinated efforts of our team, the dedication of Bothwell Cheese employees, and the support of local community partners, we are thrilled to announce that production has resumed at Bothwell Cheese," said Suzanna Dalrymple, president and CEO of Gay Lea Foods, in a news release today.
On the hunt for Lake Winnipeg’s phosphorus problem
Citizen science initiative aims to help pinpoint sources of Lake Winnipeg’s excess nutrients
Where is the excess phosphorus load in Lake Winnipeg really coming from? A network of citizen science water samplers hopes to help answer that question.