Reading Time: < 1 minute Washing potatoes sounds like a tedious, but necessary, job – no one likes a dirty spud, right? But this field side mobile potato washer unit adds plenty of speed to the process – to the tune of 200,000 pounds of potatoes per hour no less. Find out what other tricks this nine-metre trailer unit from […] Read more
AGCanadaTV Special Feature: Spud washer supreme
VIDEO: Summer Series: Brooklyn and Harley Siemens
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this last instalment of our summer video series, we spoke with fourth generation Manitoba egg farmers, Brooklyn and Harley Siemens, about how they make everything count: business decisions, opportunities, and advancing the industry and their community.
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it: Your national ag news recap for Aug. 30, 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute The rail strike that wasn’t, canola fears China-Canada EV crossfire, and GMO wheat—coming to a country near you. It’s your national agriculture news recap for August 30.
AgGronomyTV: When to spray a fungicide for blight in peas
Mycosphaerella blight is a widespread disease among Manitoba pea fields. So, how can pea growers in the province get two steps ahead of this economically injurious disease? For starters, it’s important to know what you’re up against before loading your tank with a fungicide and spraying your crop. Why? Another common blight in peas looks similar to Mycosphaerella and a fungicide will have no effect, as Dennis Lange, pulse and soybean specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, explains.
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VIDEO: Summer Series: Travis and Brad Hopcott
Reading Time: < 1 minute Travis and Brad Hopcott are third generation British Columbia beef producers, processors and retailers, and grow cranberries for Ocean Spray. They were also a 2023 winner of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers. Country Guide caught up with them just before their win to chat about managing it all, identifying opportunities and how they feel about the […] Read more
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it: Your national ag news recap for Aug. 23, 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute Big bin energy, pigs weighed in 3D, and the rail lockout: on, then off, then on again? It’s your national ag news recap for the week ending Aug. 23. Editors note: As this video was in production, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference issued a strike notice to CN, effective the morning of Aug. 26.
VIDEO: Summer Series: Meet the Lindgrens, Pt. 3
Reading Time: < 1 minute In the final instalment of our three-part series, the Lindgrens talk about expanding the operation to ensure its viability in the future, how they leverage technology, and their process for making decisions. Watch part three now and catch up on part one and part two here.
AgGronomyTV: Is it aphanomyces or fusarium?
Jennifer McCombe-Theroux with Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers talks about pulse crop diseases at Crop Diagnostic School in July 2024.
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AgCanadaTV Special Feature: Farming ‘Innovation’ from the ground up
Reading Time: < 1 minute Innovation Farms, west of Winnipeg near the community of Grosse Isle in Manitoba, has become a testing ground for some of the latest technology and farming practices. In this video from Manitoba 4R Day in early August, Leanne Koroscil with EMILI talks about how its research gets out to the wider farming public, how soil […] Read more
VIDEO: Summer Series: Meet the Lindgrens, Pt. 2
Reading Time: < 1 minute In part one of our three-part series featuring the Lindgrens, you heard how this farm family found other ways to diversify their Saskatchewan farm as farmland prices spiked. Hear more from the Lindgrens and their farm operation in part two of our three-part video series.
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