Reading Time: 2 minutes FBN is planning a future expansion of its product line to include things like financial products and more inputs including canola seed.
FBN planning expansion of product line
From AIM: Expect a year of drone drama
Reading Time: 2 minutes Spray regulations haven't kept up with drone advancements.
From AIM: How many flowers in a canola field?
Reading Time: 2 minutes There's no debating the beauty of a canola field in bloom, but it's possible to have a more scientific debate about canola flowers. Such as, how many yellow flowers are there, in a canola field that's one section in size?
From AIM: How do we keep ahead of herbicide resistance?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Proactive thinking and strategies are needed to protect chemical modes of action until new crop protection tools can hit the market, Ag in Motion 2024 attendees hear at Bayer Crop Science panel on herbicide resistance.
First Nations should demand at-market lease rates: Lerat
Reading Time: 2 minutes First Nations need to stop leasing out their land to non-Indigenous farmers for below-market prices, says farmer and band councillor Terry Lerat of Cowessess First Nation in south-central Saskatchewan. Instead, bands should be getting every penny they can for the farmland they own and using that money to get themselves back into farming.
From Ag in Motion: Livestock goes high tech
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Saskatchewan ag tech startup company helps assure livestock farmers that their animals are receiving adequate water.
Sask. government researching water quality with ag tech
Reading Time: 2 minutes At the Livestock AgTech Happy Hour at Ag in Motion on July 16, 2024, Chelsey Siemens, a livestock and feed extension specialist with the province, said they are doing a research project through ADOPT (Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technology), looking at how FarmSimple can be used to monitor sulfate levels over the summer.
Farm growth pushes farmers to bring grain handling and conditioning home
Reading Time: < 1 minute As farms have increased in size, their storage requirements now mean far greater quantities of a single crop, whether it be canola or wheat. This means higher capacity, flat-bottomed bins. These are often centrally located, with larger capacity handling equipment and sometimes permanently installed handling equipment.
Indigenous producers discuss farming challenges in AIM Panel
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers on the Ag in Motion Indigenous Producers Panel say there isn't enough Indigenous agriculture today and there's too much reliance on others for lifestyle.
From AIM: Sawfly and midge-resistant wheat named AAC Oakman VB
Reading Time: < 1 minute The variety, which is in its first year of seed grower increase and marked for a 2026 release, is a surprise even to its future seed supplier. This is because naturally-bred insect tolerance is rare, said Todd Hyra, western business manager for SeCan at Ag in Motion 2024.
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