Reading Time: < 1 minute Michel Landry, field product specialist with Kubota, gives you a walk-around of the brand’s BV5160 baler at Ag in Motion, and talks about some of the features that help set it apart from other manufacturers on the market.
VIDEO: Kubota baler takes to the field at Ag in Motion
VIDEO: Bringing the Ag in Motion farm project to life
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lisa Guenther, field editor with Country Guide, talks with Dan Kuchma of Glacier FarmMedia about the Ag in Motion farm project, an area of land dedicated to testing new machinery, the latest crop inputs and some of the partnerships involved that helped make the project a reality.
‘Spray Guy’ puts the nix on ‘cavalier’ fungicide application
Fungicide drift should earn the same prevention as herbicide, according to one of Western Canada’s best-known spraying experts
Reading Time: 3 minutes Most farmers are more worried about drift if they’ve got herbicide in the tank, but at least one spray expert says those same concerns should apply to fungicide and insecticide. “I can’t tell you how often I hear, ‘Oh, it’s just a fungicide, fog it in,” said Jason Deveau, the fondly nicknamed “spray guy” from […] Read more
Fencing demos at Ag in Motion
Reading Time: < 1 minute Michael Hargrave, livestock co-ordinator for Ag in Motion, talks about what attendees can expect to see at the daily fencing demo (9:30 am) at the Ag in Motion show, July 17-19 north of Saskatoon.
Global Food Security Conference – 2018
Reading Time: < 1 minute Can’t make it to Saskatoon for three days of biotechnology discussion focused on building a sustainable and secure food environment for the planet? We can help. You can view it live here. The Emerging Technologies for Global Food Security conference in Saskatoon brings together some of the most interesting and influential people working in food […] Read more
Management changes at Farm Business Communications
Reading Time: < 1 minute Laura Rance has been appointed editorial director of Farm Business Communications (FBC), a division of Glacier FarmMedia, effective Sept. 1, Glacier FarmMedia president Bob Willcox has announced. Rance replaces John Morriss, who continues as associate publisher of Farm Business Communications and who will be working in a new capacity developing Glacier FarmMedia’s online grain and […] Read more
GRAINS: U.S. soy drops on rain forecasts; wheat rises on export hopes
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday as forecasts for rain in the U.S. Midwest added to expectations the crop should pass through key stages of development without stress, traders said. “Weather forecasts continue to trend more and more beneficial as we enter the key soy development month,” said Matt Zeller, director of market […] Read more
LIVESTOCK: CME live cattle end lower, but off session bottoms
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled lower on Friday, partly pressured by residual profit-taking and fund liquidation after Thursday’s deep losses, traders said. However, futures closed off morning lows following initial reports of a less-than-expected decline in the price for market-ready, or cash, cattle. “Judging by big futures losses on Thursday and […] Read more
Feds extend railway grain volume rules through harvest
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — The Canadian government will require the country’s two big railways to ship more than the current minimum of 1 million tonnes of crops a week through the autumn harvest as it tries to prevent a repeat of last season’s backlog. The regulations announced on Friday in the world’s third-biggest wheat exporter require Canadian […] Read more
EU/Canada trade pact may be template for U.S./EU deal
Reading Time: 2 minutes There are still obstacles to a Canada-European Union free trade deal, the prime ministers of Canada and France said Thursday, but both said a deal could smooth the way for a similar EU deal with Washington. The initial end-of-2011 timeline to complete the Canada-EU deal has slipped, and a decision from Europe and the U.S. […] Read more
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