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Livestock Production & Management - Country Guide
WEBDec 6, 2022 · Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) livestock futures turned higher on Tuesday, as wholesale prices firmed and the slaughter pace temporarily shrank as some plants shuttered over the holiday weekend, analysts said. Strong boxed beef prices continued to underpin cattle markets, traders said.
Crops & Crop Production Guide - Country Guide
WEBSep 7, 2023 · Agronomists give predictions at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2024. Reading Time: 2 minutes Tar spot is present is nearly every Ontario corn field this season due to a wetter spring. Country Guide provides Canadian farmers the latest in crop production to help their business succeed through strategic business thinking. Read our news.
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The life of the Red River - Country Guide
WEBDec 8, 2020 · Two centuries ago, when the Scottish settlers first began to arrive, the Garden of Eden was nowhere in sight. This place was marsh, it seemed all but useless, and it took farmers to find the value in Manitoba’s famously fertile Red River Valley and to make it habitable. The valley was 60 per cent wetland and its ability to sustain human life ...
Agricultural Events & Tradeshows - Country Guide
WEB5 days ago · 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 …
Alberta Hutterite colony bottles water to diversify
WEBSep 17, 2019 · Across the West, Hutterite colonies are successfully diversifying into other business ventures, but this is a unique story at the very rural Clear Lake Hutterite Colony, an hour and a half southeast of Calgary. Clear Lake, it turns out, is home to a natural spring well — and to a group of very forward-thinking farmers, including brothers ...
Subsurface drip irrigation - Country Guide
WEBJun 12, 2017 · Subsurface drip irrigation is a management practice that developed primarily in the U.S. and has moved slowly northward. In Ontario, the industry has seen its greatest increases on the sandier soils along the north shore of Lake Erie.
Prairie producers keen on quinoa - Country Guide
WEBJan 28, 2022 · Manitoba’s Prairie Quinoa markets its “Amber Quinoa” directly in local farmers markets and at provincial Sobey’s stores. NorQuin products are sold in major Canadian grocery chains, co-ops and independents. The firm also exports to the U.S., Mexico, South America, Europe, Australia, Korea …
Northern Sask. growers find success with fruits and vegetables
WEBMar 27, 2015 · The northern community’s isolation from intensive agriculture means the disease and insects found in southern Saskatchewan are mostly absent, so the area can grow vegetables, such as turnips, that don’t fare well in the south, Gray says. And despite the northern latitude, Cumberland House’s growing climate isn’t too bad, Gray says, with ...