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Agricultural Events & Tradeshows - Country Guide
Oct 23, 2024 · Exhibitors from across Western Canada gather in Edmonton each November to showcase their top livestock genetics to purebred producers, local ranchers and international buyers…Visitors are entertained, educated and engaged with beefed-up purebred and commercial cattle shows, […] Read more. November 7, 2024, Fairmont Winnipeg.
Tips for growing a quality oats crop - Country Guide
Feb 13, 2018 · Soil and rotation. Oats grow best in black and grey wooded soil zones that have higher moisture, but can grow on sandy loam to heavy clay soils as long as they have good drainage. To reduce disease pressure and optimize yields, oats should not be grown after cereals. The best rotational crops include canola, hay, soybeans and other legumes.
Livestock Production & Management - Country Guide
Jun 21, 2023 · By Jerry Klassen 6 days ago. Reading Time: 2minutes For the week ending October 5, Western Canadian prices for grass yearlings were steady to as much as $10 higher while values for backgrounded yearlings were relatively unchanged. Calf markets were quite variable with preconditioned 650-800 pound calves trading $4-$8 above week-ago levels.
The life of the Red River - Country Guide
Dec 8, 2020 · Two centuries ago, when the Scottish settlers first began to arrive, the Garden of Eden was nowhere in sight. This place was marsh, it seemed all but useless, and it took farmers to find the value in Manitoba’s famously fertile Red River Valley and to make it habitable. The valley was 60 per cent wetland and its ability to sustain human life ...
The difference between noodles and pasta - Country Guide
Jan 21, 2016 · Noodles and pasta are common food products that people often think are the same thing, but beneath the surface there is a lot that differentiates them, says a technical staff member at Cigi (Canadian International Grains Institute).“Visitors to Cigi’s processing facilities frequently ask what is the difference between them,” says Kasia Kaminska, technician in …
The joy of farm diversification - Country Guide
Mar 11, 2020 · Gervais believes that there is more diversification among farmers now than there was 20 years ago. The reasons can be many and there can be more than one reason involved — from pursuing a passion to making sure there is an income for multiple adult children, to managing risk or simply a need to make more money.
Articles Written by Gerald Pilger - Country Guide
Jul 23, 2024 · Prevention and preparation are key to protect your equipment from burning. By Gerald Pilger February 18, 2021. Reading Time: 7 minutes Can anything instil more fear in farmers than the smell or sight of smoke while combining. The potential for loss in terms of equipment, crop and even life because of a fire during harvest operations is huge.
Controlling scentless chamomile with herbicides - Country Guide
Dec 17, 2019 · Several herbicide treatments were evaluated in a 2019 on-farm research trial to determine best management options for scentless chamomile, a weed with a reputation for being difficult to control. Although 10 treatments provided greater than 80 per cent visual control of emerged plants, new seedlings continued to emerge several weeks after ...
‘I’m a Canadian farmer’ - Country Guide
Jul 22, 2020 · Big statistics describe Canada’s farmers as a whole, though they tell only a small part of the story. For starters, there aren’t many of you around anymore, and fewer with every passing decade: 271,935 at last count. But you take up a lot of space, or rather cover a lot of ground — dedicated cropland was at 93.4 million acres in 2016.