Farmers and ranchers face many pressures to farm and raise animals in certain ways to meet sustainability-related goals of others, including food companies, lenders, and government. Clauses in crop contracts, carbon credits, government payments for rotational grazing or using nitrogen loss inhibitors, the federal fertilizer emissions reduction target, clean fuel standards, codes of practice, and… Read More
Tag: Ian Mccreary
The Prairie Farmer and Rancher Forum eventually agreed — by consensus — on 36 policy recommendations it wants to see put forward. But that doesn’t mean that all the attendees of the forum agreed with each other at the outset. Instead, the forum worked hard to find areas of common interest and support to create… Read More
Thanks for tuning in to Tuesday with Lyndsey! On today’s show: Hear a Canola School episode with Mike Palmier of Max Ag Consulting on when to top-dress canola; Hear a clip from last night’s episode of The Agronomists with Tyler Wist and James Tansey on grasshoppers survival; Learn about the Prairie Farm and Rancher Forum… Read More
In light of grain logistics challenges, the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics hosted a Grain Handling and Transportion Summit in Saskatoon this week. Besides hearing presentations from stakeholders along the rail supply chain, delegates were also given the opportunity to voice their concerns, ask their questions and propose their… Read More