Agriculture

The beef sector has been experiencing record high prices in recent months, with the prospect of good prices remaining for some time as the industry slowly rebuilds cow numbers.

Winter is a good time to reflect on your pasture planning and pasture monitoring strategy. One of the more recently develop assessment tools is called the Grazing Response Index or GRI for short.

As the end of February draws near there is a change in the wind in terms of farming. In general terms farmers tend to go into a somewhat dormant state from about the time Christmas decorations go up, until the calendar flips to March.

Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS), Community Pasture Patrons Association of Saskatchewan (CPPAS), Public Pastures – Public Interest (PPPI) and Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF) examined Saskatchewan’s approach to pasture

The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) has received the latest of its commissioned reports on the export basis numbers for grain within the Canadian transportation and handling system, and the numbers do not reflect good news for

It is no surprise that reproduction has huge impacts to productivity in the cow calf industry. The key to a healthy productive herd is based in a solid nutrition program that meets the needs of the animals that you are feeding.

It is a wonder that when it comes to grain markets anyone has a good idea about what they will be tomorrow morning, let alone months before seeding, and farther still from the next harvest. The most recent report from AgAdvance.

When it comes to technology on the farm there appears to be explosion of potential on the horizon. However, just what farmers might ultimately do with some of the new developments will take some time to see, offered Peter Gredig with AgNition Inc..

Farmers have always tended to be eager adopters of technology, whether it is direct seeding equipment, or the use of GPS.

In general terms farmers have been rather open to adopting new technologies.