In-field winter feeding can save time and money, while fostering healthy crop and forage growth, according to Jeff Schoenau of the University of Saskatchewan. Schoenau and colleagues at the university’s College of Agriculture and Bioresources conducted a three-year study following the effects of in-field winter feeding on animal and pasture health, as well as on
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Corral water after in-field feeding
Professor says farmers and ranchers are “an endangered species”
The rural landscape is changing, and not for the better. “Farm and ranch people are an endangered species, without the benefit of protective legislation,” Roger Epp told farmers attending a recent grazing conference in Winnipeg. “Their habitat has also become subject to persistent encroachment over time.” Agriculture and rural life on the Prairies were once
Winter wheat can help you manage your time and risk
When Lee Moats’ grandfather began farming in 1910, near Riceton, Sask., the soil was rich and fertile, and required little more than occasional summerfallow to produce bountiful crops of wheat and other cereal grains. Moats’ father was a wheat grower too, although by the 1960s, the soil’s fertility was running low. Today, as the third
Research needed to improve crop adaptation to changing global climates
At the last minute — actually during an extension of time — the 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Conference of Parties or COP17) in Durban, South Africa late last year, came to an agreement under which the participating nations committed themselves to extend the Kyoto Protocol and work toward adopting a new
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Say goodbye to blending benefits Recently, at the Strudwick farm east of Regina, a farm building full of open marketers got the news they wanted. Starting in the new crop year, they will be able to market their own wheat and barley. Former Western Canadian Wheat Growers president, (Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel was elated.) Under the bright
Ranchers not fooled by rainy cycle
One Interlake farm family is developing a rubber management strategy — one that bounces back in wet times or dry — for dealing with weather extremes. Don Green even joked about the new “Interlake cowboy boot,” made of rubber of course, as he shared his approach to dealing with the wet cycle of the past
Practical fusarium management tips
Neil Galbraith takes an integrated approach to managing fusarium head blight on his farm at Minnedosa. He shared his techniques at the 7th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight in Winnipeg recently. Most of the conference speakers were scientists often delivering highly technical information. Galbraith provided a view from the field. Wheat variety selection, seeding
Wheat variety development: Farmers asked to contribute more
Canada has fallen behind its competitors in spending on cereal research and one way or another, farmers are going to pay the cost of catching up, industry leaders say. “I think this now will be the biggest issue facing Canadian agriculture in the next 10 years, this issue of R & D expenditures,” Murray Fulton,
Experts say Canada falling behind in crop research and development
Getting the federal government to fully restore funding for agriculture research remains a top priority for Canadian farm groups, says Richard Phillips, executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada. With federal spending cuts looming, farm groups want the Harper government to consider plowing royalties from existing crop varieties developed by Agriculture Canada scientists into
U.K. wool prices are at 25-year highs
Reuters — Wool prices in Britain are at their highest in a quarter of a century and look set to stay, bringing relief to farms that survived years of having to shear their sheep at a loss, the head of the British Wool Marketing Board said. Fewer sheep, strong demand from emerging economies such as
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