Latest Agriculture News & Events, Market Updates - Country Guide
Dairy farm milk price drops for 2025. The Canadian Dairy Commission announced Nov. 1, 2024 that a decline in feed prices and the stabilization of other costs…. November 1, 2024.
Owen McAuley MCAULEY, Man. - Country Guide
Feb 1, 2011 · Owen McAuley MCAULEY, Man. IN THE WINTER OF 1991, Owen McAuley, who operates a 6,000-acre grain and livestock operation near the western Manitoba village named after his family, was standing on stage receiving a great honour — he’d just been named Manitoba’s Farmer of the Year. As McAuley stood there at the podium, he felt a bit of a fraud.
The pros and cons of tile drainage - Country Guide
Jul 15, 2015 · There are many advantages that come with tile drainage. It can help with water management during storm water events and may also help to reduce high water tables, says Leask. In irrigation conditions, tile drainage can help manage accumulated salts in the soil. Recent wet and flood-prone years in the province are a major driver of the growing ...
University of Guelph hits sweet spot with honeybee research centre
Jul 25, 2023 · The 15,000-square-foot Luckevich Pinchin Honey Bee Research Centre (HBRC) should be operational by 2025 and house North America’s most significant number of honeybee research colonies. Why it matters: The HBRC has operated since 1894, most recently out of a repurposed 1960s bungalow near the U of G Arboretum, and is in dire need of upgrading ...
Agricultural Events & Tradeshows - Country Guide
Nov 6, 2024 · Agri-Trade Equipment Expo. Reading Time: < 1 minute “…attracts annually over 30,000 qualified agriculture buyers and over 475 equipment manufacturers and agricultural services to Red Deer. Agri-Trade is considered one of the best agricultural equipment shows in Canada generating an estimated $300 million annually in equipment sales and ...
How one Hutterite colony is handling farm diversification
Apr 9, 2015 · For the Hutterites, diversification at some level is a practical response to a practical problem. It helps Hutterites earn revenue, manage risk and put people to work. Wipf puts the average grain enterprise for a colony at about 10,000 acres. A colony of 100 people would have about 30 or 35 working men, Wipf says.
Agricost, Europe’s biggest farm at 145,000 acres - Country Guide
Nov 1, 2017 · Here on the Great Island of Braila in the middle of the Danube River in Romania, the summer day is hot and dry, perfect for the beginning of the barley harvest. On the Agricost farm, 20,000 acres of barley wait for the combine. The crop looks good; conditions have been ideal. Agricost farms 145,000 of the 175,000 acres on the island.
Four growers growing cover crops into standing corn - Country …
Jun 14, 2016 · Once the corn is combined, says Schaus, the field greens up, usually within 10 days. Granted, it’s due to the combination of reduced tillage plus cover crops and now inter-seeding, yet Schaus says the results are obvious. Just before and at Christmas, he dug up several corn plants and examined the root balls.
The 10th generation farm - Country Guide
Mar 9, 2020 · The extended Newcombe family, top (left to right): Geneve, Craig, Brian and David. Bottom (left to right): Evan, Edna, Chrissy and Ryan. photo: Light and Lens Photography. In a couple of years’ time he’ll assume an ownership role on the farm alongside his parents, Geneve and Craig Newcombe, and Craig’s brother Brian and Brian’s wife Edna.
Crops & Crop Production Guide - Country Guide
Sep 7, 2023 · Pulse Weekly: Smaller chickpeas leading to lower prices. By Adam Peleshaty 1 day ago. Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canada produced a greater proportion of 8-mm Kabuli chickpeas in its 2024-25 chickpea crop than in other years, which may lead to a price gap between eight mm and nine mm chickpeas on the market.