Wayne Knight’s advice is to create a plan that makes a cattle producer prepared for any disruptions in their operation, and then stick to that plan.
Videos
Drought preparation is better than reaction
Wayne Knight shares a step-by-step guide on building a drought preparation plan
New risks flagged in this year’s ‘Keep it Clean’ list
The updates affect insecticide use on cereals and lentils
Keep it Clean, a collaboration between the Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada, Pulse Canada and the Prairie Oat Growers Association, publishes an annual advisory to help farmers navigate market risks related to agrochemical use.
In the present tense
Fit to Farm: Stretching isn’t necessarily the answer for tight muscles
Tension is a precursor to conditions such as anxiety, pain, sleep issues and many other health complaints — and is an important early symptom to acknowledge and for which to seek support.
Producers must take foot-and-mouth disease seriously
Animal Health: Several other diseases can look similar to FMD
The recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Germany tells us that we all collectively need to be on the lookout for it.
A new easy conversion of hopper bins to aeration
The removable Wavcor Manhole aeration attachment is a low-cost upgrade
Saskatoon-based Wavcor’s Manhole system inserts a short length of ducting through existing manhole covers on bin hoppers, offering an easy, bolt-on way to get airflow through binned grain.
Uncategorized
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for May 2, 2025
Agriculture groups tell the new Carney government to get to work; the dairy sector says supply management isn’t an interprovincial trade barrier; and an Alberta egg farmer spends time in jail in an ongoing dispute with provincial regulators. It’s your national agriculture news recap for May 2, 2025.
Editor’s Rant: The coffee conundrum
The “end of the road” for glyphosate is a swamp of litigation
To be sure, many cancers are no hot coffee burn; it’s difficult at best to assign an indisputable exact cause to cancer. Going by the jury awards against Bayer so far, though, the company may well wish it had been in the coffee business instead.
Canterra buys pedigreed seed firm Alliance Seed
Alliance will remain a 'standalone' brand under Canterra ownership
The lone remaining shareholder in a pedigreed seed company formed by a group of independent grain handling companies in Western Canada is selling that business to another Prairie seed firm. Canterra Seeds announced May 1 it has acquired Alliance Seed for an undisclosed amount, and will continue to operate Alliance as “a standalone brand under […] Read more
Hand-held device detects nutrient deficiencies in leaf tissue
The Nutriscan device won Manitoba Ag Days’ Innovation Award earlier this year
ATP Nutrition’s Nutriscan uses a near-infrared sensor to measure a range of macro- and micronutrients in plant tissue and delivers the results to an app on a user’s smartphone.
Taking the mystery out of soil and tissue tests
Agronomists and soil scientists describe the differences between various tests
Soil tests assess the potential availability of nutrients under optimal conditions. In contrast, tissue tests indicate actual uptake under variable field conditions.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
