Join us for a farm tour and seed saving lesson in Cherhill, AB! Date Sept 12, 2024 Time 1:00-3:30 PM MST Venue A’Bunadh Seeds Address Treaty 6 Territory. Address: 56417 RR 51, Cherhill, AB T0E 0J0 You can find the Google Maps location here. Please note it will show up on Google as A’Bunadh Seeds/Hill
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Originally published on July 14, 2024, on SeedWorld By SeedWorld Staff The John Innes Centre in Norwich, United Kingdom published study results detailing complex immune receptors. Mosses, liverworts, ferns, and algae may offer a new research frontier in the global challenge of protecting crops from the threat of disease according to a news release detailing
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Originally published on July 10, 2024, on AGCanada By Daniel Bezte The expected shift in the weather pattern materialized as forecasted, as a building upper ridge brought sunshine and heat to the Prairies. The surprise was just how warm that upper ridge was. Temperatures are pushing well into the thirties over a large portion of
Originally published on July 8, 2024, on RealAgriculture By RealAgriculture News Team Canada Beef and the Canadian Cattle Association will share in nearly $6 million of federal funding through the AgriMarketing Program, an initiative under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The funding — split $5,865,110 for Canada Beef and $453,364 for CCA — is earmarked
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Originally published on July 9, 2024, on AGCanada By Sean Pratt Sluggish production blamed on adverse weather conditions and high input costs that lead to reduced fertilizer use Glacier FarmMedia—Rising demand and below-trend yields is leading to a tightness in global supply of the major crops, says one of the world’s largest crop input suppliers.
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Originally published on July 8, 2024, on AGCanada By Alexis Kienlen Glacier FarmMedia—After more than a decade, Canada’s feed industry finally has a new set of rules. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has released their long-promised update to national feed regulations. Formally referred to as the “Feeds Regulations, 2024,” the final version of the framework
Originally published on July 11, 2024, on SeedWorld By Davie Wilson In the more than 290 trial plots we run each year, we sometimes see yield results that would wow the most experienced farmer: yield results from a trait or treatment that sometimes show a 10-, 20-, even 30-bushel benefit over non-treated comparables. How excited
Consistency or Wow: Which Will You Place Your Bets On? Read More »
Originally published on July 12, 2024, on The Western Producer By Janelle Rudolph A new method that has been developed at the University of Saskatchewan promises decontamination with less damage. Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan say a technique used for cleaning swine barns has led them to an effective method for decontaminating eggs. The
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Originally published on July 8, 2024 on RealAgriculture By Lyndsey Smith Each livestock group in Canada has a Code of Practice for Care and Handling that producers must follow. These codes, guided by the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), follow a review process on a rotating schedule. Currently, the beef cattle, equine, pig, and
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Originally published on July 12, 2024, on The Western Producer By Robert Arnason WINNIPEG — The change in drought conditions across the Prairies has been “remarkable,” says an agro-climate specialist with Agriculture Canada. Last October, most of Western Canada was in some form of drought, and a large region of western Saskatchewan and southern Alberta
