Those last two letters on the end of @ChrisLaneCBC's twitter handle might soon be changing. Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) today announced that Lane has been appointed as the new chief executive officer for the show. "On behalf of the board, we are pleased to welcome Chris to the CWA team," CWA president, Stewart Stone, said... Read More
Category: Tradeshows & Events
Langbank, Saskatchewan-based equipment manufacturer Seed Hawk debuted a new metering system for its air carts at Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina last week. The company hopes to put the plugging problems associated with its iCon seeding system to rest with the release of the Fenix III, a metering unit designed by Seed Hawk's Swedish... Read More
Are carcass weights too high? Are we not putting enough emphasis on quality feet and legs? These are questions Temple Grandin, well-known cattle handling expert, had ranchers and reporters asking themselves as they filed out of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association's 103rd annual general meeting and convention. As part of her presentation, Grandin described a... Read More
A Swedish company is bringing its mechanical and selective weed cutter to North America with a promise of giving farmers another method for fighting weeds. The CombCut is designed to comb through the leaves of a cereal crop, bending over flexible crop stems, cutting stiffer broadleaf weeds with its static knife. "You comb through your... Read More
The lumberjack show has become a tradition at Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina. West Coast Lumberjack Shows has returned to the show this year, hosting three shows daily just outside Hall 12. Our hard ag news-only journalist duo of Kelvin Heppner and videographer Jason Stroeve caught up with Darren and Lauren for a Facebook... Read More
Moisture is finally scattering across the prairies, and yield potential is looking good, but what is behind the agricultural commodity complex rising? Can this rally sustain itself over the rest of 2016? Or is it just an imposter rally sucking in the unsophisticated longs? At Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina Saskatchewan, Shaun Haney caught... Read More
A Western Canadian equipment manufacturer is taking the land-roller, increasingly used to push stones into the ground and flatten soil ridges to make harvest easier, and adding several other functions to accomplish more with each pass. Ag Shield Manufacturing added a leveling blade on the front of its roller for removing mole hills and small... Read More
John Deere's W- and T-Series combines underwent a comprehensive redesign for 2016. The new models have larger active separation and cleaning shoe areas; faster unloading rates and crop conversion; 40km/h top speeds; and more power. "The goal from the new development of the new T-series was to increase the capacity of the machine," John Deere's... Read More
Herbicides are one tool for managing cleavers in canola, but there are many other "small hammers" in the toolbox as well. Seeding rates, row spacing, control timing, and crop rotation all need to be considered, explains Ian Epp, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, in this episode of Canola School. "We can add... Read More
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is strongly encouraging countries to partake in an assessment of veterinary services, developed in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), The assessment, called the Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) tool, is designed to assist countries in assessing current levels of veterinary service performance to... Read More