Agriculture

Spring seeding will have a whole new meaning to Dyrland Farms in Kyle, Saskatchewan, this growing season – after placing the highest bid for use of a new Quantum Air Drill at the Field of STARS event this past July.

Tuesday, February 5 is Chinese New Year, and 2019 is the “year of the pig”. The pig is a symbol of prosperity, and the entire Chinese festival is full of special traditions, special foods, and horticultural symbols.

In 1941 only 21 Whooping Cranes existed in the world and many thought North America’s tallest bird was doomed to extinction. Through decades of dedicated and painstaking efforts the endangered Whooping Cranes now numbers some 650 in the wild.

Beef remains a part of the revised Canada Food Guide launched today by Health Canada.

Even though I have covered agriculture as a significant part of my job for the past three decades, I am still at times surprised by the level of diversity in the sector in this country. A case in point is the developing story of potatoes in Manitoba.

Through a continuing co-funding partnership with the Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) and other producer commodity groups, Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) is pleased to announce over $2.

It was only a few issues back I wrote about the anticipated emergence of increased robotic farming. And then thanks to one of my social media connections I came across www.ecorobotix.

The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) is applauding today’s news that two canola traits developed using biotechnology have been approved in China.

With the new year off and running farmers can begin in earnest to plan what they will plant this spring.

Ceremony for 2019 class to be held in late April