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Bezte: Where I get my weather information

By Daniel Bezte December 4, 2021

ONLINE | Yes, a tropical weather site can show you some good winter weather models

By the time you are reading this it will be December, so the weather article should be the usual monthly weather roundup and then our look ahead to see what the next month might hold in store for us. As most of you probably already know, I have to write these articles well ahead of

Crops, Oilseeds

Combine Adjustment Tips

By Allan Dawson September 15, 2011

Combining faster cuts harvesting costs, but can also result in higher grain loses, says Les Hill, manager of agricultural technical services at the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) in Humboldt, Sask. We know it s all balance, Hill said Sept. 9 during a webinar for the Canola Council of Canada on maximizing canola harvesting. When

Crops

Seed Interactive — A New Online Variety Info Source

By Allan Dawson May 26, 2011

It has all the data found inSeed Manitobaand more Farmers making last-minute seeding changes have a new web-based tool to get the skinny on crop var iet ies cal led Seed Interactive (www.seedinterac tive.ca). The browser-based Internet site has all the variety information, including yield and agronomic and disease data, gathered through the Manitoba Crop

News

Federal Food Guide Puzzles Food Industry

By Alex Binkley November 18, 2010

A new guide that’s supposed to help companies navigate the food-safety system instead has the industry scratching its collective head about the purpose of the document. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has posted an updated Guide to Food Safety on its web-site. It’s a voluntary tool to provide generic guidance on how to design, develop

Weather

All I Want For Christmas Is… A Weather Station!

By Daniel Bezte November 18, 2010

Ithink most people in this part of the world are naturally interested in the weather, but it seems that over the last 10 or so years, that interest in weather and weather-related instruments for the home weather enthusiast has really increased. When I first decided to start observing and recording the weather at home, about

Livestock, Poultry

Scientists Attacked Over Egg Cholesterol Claims

By Ron Friesen November 11, 2010

How much cholesterol is there in an egg? The question has egg producers and University of Western Ontario scientists at each others’ throats. Egg Farmers of Canada last week issued a furious statement after the scientists published an article saying an egg contains more dietary cholesterol than a fat-laden sandwich from Kentucky Fried Chicken. EFC

Crops

Tool To Avoid Glyphosateresistant Weeds

By Allan Dawson July 8, 2010

“Two-and three-way mixes, are in my opinion, the answer if we’re going to use herbicides.” – GARY MARTENS Monsanto Co. has launched a web-site to help western Canadian farmers assess their risk of cultivating glyphosate-resistant weeds. “We know it (glyphosate resistance) can happen so we really wanted to generate this tool so growers could see

Livestock

Government Must Open Purse Strings, Says CCIA Chair

By Daniel Winters January 7, 2010

“…at the end of the day we have to decide what benefits are we getting out of this? Where is it going to get us? How much is it going to cost? …Because it is going to cost a lot, a lot more than the government thinks.” – Steve Primrose The deadlines for implementing the

Country Crossroads

Extending The Elk Glen Project

By Bill Stilwell September 10, 2009

For four generations it has been a special place for the Brykaliuk family and a gift passed down from generation to generation. Today this tract of wilderness is a gift for all Canadians, thanks to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. “It’s been owned by our family since my father first homesteaded here around 1912,” said

News

Carman Grape Growers’ Vineyards Flourish

By Lorraine Stevenson July 9, 2009

Aconventional grain farm on the harsh Canadian Prairies, where temperatures readily plunge to -40C, isn’t exactly ideal for grape production. Unless, of course, it’s in your blood. “Grapes have been part of the family for the last 500 years or so. So, yes, you could say it’s in our blood,” Tom Menold told visiting farm

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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