Soil nutrients and sampling (Repost)

It was during very dry conditions that a retired soil scientist sent a message out on social media telling farmers they need to soil sample to understand what the nutrient carryover will be for the next crop. Smaller yields likely mean the fertilizer applied in the spring was not used up and could …

Agricultural Producers Association of Sask Presisdent AND Soil Biome Survey

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan has a new president. Bill Prybyski was elected to the position during the group's annual general meeting. Prybylski says there are many files the organization is working on but he has one of particular interest to him. Dr. Louis-Pierre Comeau …

Year-in-review AND Canadian Western Agribition

We're going to be talking a lot in the next few weeks about 'year-in-review stories'. Two specialists have examined the ten most important variables impacting Canadian Agriculture for 2025. It was compiled by two senior analysts from GrainFox---Neil Townsend and Ranulf Glanville. They will share …

Cooperating with Americans AND The Acres for Education program

A professor with Dalhousie University says Canada will need to work with the United States under the new Donald Trump administration to ensure benefits to Canadian agriculture. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois says Canada followed the United States in terms of food inflation, but Canada is now higher, the re…

National Ag and Food trade AND New protein products

Manitoba Pork is calling for the creation of strategic plan for dealing with trade. General manager Cam Dahl says in the wake of the recent U.S. election, the federal government needs to develop a national strategy for agriculture and food trade particularly as Canada heads into the 2026 review of …

US tarrifs AND Right-to-repair

Donald Trump will return to the US presidency early next year after winning yesterday’s election. What will this mean for international trade as well as imports and exports between Canada and the United States. Trump campaigned on implementing tariffs---specifically against China, which would imp…

Meterologist Terri Lang AND Pork genetics

A well-known Environment Canada Meteorologist will soon be calling it a career. Terri Lang will retire after 36 years at the national weather office. She'll talk about the changes in weather gathering that have occurred over her time and some of the most interesting weather events she has been able…

Vaccine cost reduction AND SK Pork Symposium

A new high-throughput immunogen-screening method developed by the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization will hopefully help reduce the costs associated with developing new vaccines. Haoming Liu, a fourth year PhD student with VIDO, explains immunogens, be they proteins, sugars, or fats, and …

Repost: Rural and Agricultural Health mobile unit AND Making gin and selling flowers

The Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health located at the University of Saskatchewan has received an anonymous, $1.5-million donation to fund the purchase and operating costs of a new mobile unit that will travel around rural Saskatchewan. Centre Director Dr. Shelly Kirchuk and Kendra Ul…

Moderinizing seed regulations AND Improving farmed animal conditions

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has released a report on the latest recommendations and feedback relating to modernizing the seed regulations in Canada. The process began in 2021 and covers several areas from import to export, seed conditioning, storage, testing and labeling to seed sales. The…