2025年1月4日 · First Nations farmers have often been frozen out of agricultural lending. An all-Indigenous team at Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is working to ensure they get proper access to capital.

2025年1月16日 · Glacier FarmMedia — Tom Wolf, a research specialist at Agrimetrix, shared some of the spray drone research he and others in the subject area have done at the Nufarm Information Theatre during the Western Canadian Crop Production Show Jan. 15. While the use of spray drones for chemical application is still illegal in Canada, research on how to use them efficiently and effectively is ongoing ...

2025年1月5日 · Farmers will want to know their potential farm consultant’s credentials, fees, services and successes when hiring someone to help them access grant money.

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2024年4月5日 · It’s called humalite, an organic soil amendment found exclusively in large deposits near Sheerness, about 25 kilometres from Hanna. It’s shaping up to be a made-in-Alberta solution for better nitrogen use efficiency, say researchers. Some farmers have been combining the amendment with conventional fertilizers for years, but didn’t have scientific information on why it increased nitrogen ...

2024年12月30日 · As 2024 flew by, it can be tough to keep on top of all the news. Here's a few stories that struck a chord with farmers in the Wild Rose province.

2024年12月24日 · Canola yields less oil in 2024 Oil content of western Canadian canola was below the 10-year average, according to the Canadian Grain Commission

2025年1月3日 · Sophie Kernéis-Golsteyn is a microbiologist and teacher at Lethbridge Polytechnic. She is researching two types of plants to see if they have properties that can fight pathogenic E. coli in poultry. photo: Submitted In 2016, Kernéis-Golsteyn’s research team began testing native plants to look for antibiotic properties and built a collection of more than 150 samples. They have narrowed the ...

2024年12月11日 · As January began, feed grain prices on the Canadian Prairies remained lower and are likely to stay that way until spring, commented broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.

2025年1月7日 · The Alberta fed cattle market was quoted on a live basis in the range of range of $262-$265/cwt fob feedlot last week. Fed cattle forward contracts for March and April delivery (Alberta) were quoted from $270 to $272/cwt. Compared to last week of November 2024, fed prices are up $20/cwt on average.