Agriculture

It seems increasingly crops come and go when it comes to what Canadian Prairie farmers grow.

While many farmers are planning their seeding for 2018, Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) agriculture economists have five trends they want to plant in the minds of Canadian producers, food processors and retailers.

Recently, Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness on behalf of Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced $7.

The concept of being able to trace a sample of grain back to the farm long after it has been in the grain handling system is an intriguing one.

A partnership between the City of Yorkton and Parkland College is paying dividends in several ways. That was the message delivered by Gwen Machnee with Parkland College in making a presentation to the regular meeting of Yorkton Council.

Hailing from a region of Canada long-known as ‘the Breadbasket of the World’ because of the wheat grown here on the Prairies, as a farm writer I have been rather keenly aware of the importance of wheat.

There might have been snow on the ground and temperatures well below zero but Grade 5 students at MC Knoll School were still busy harvesting their garden last week.

At times you can have the most distressing conversations in the most unlikely of places. In this case I am involved in a months-long conversation via the social media platform Facebook.

The East Central Research Foundation has released three online videos focused on crop production in the local region.

The clock may be ticking on the future of use of glyphosate to control a range of weeds in a number of crops.