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Humalite a made-in-Alberta success story - Alberta Farmer Express
Apr 5, 2024 · It’s called humalite, an organic soil amendment found exclusively in large deposits near Sheerness, about 25 kilometres from Hanna. It’s shaping up to be a made-in-Alberta solution for better nitrogen use efficiency, say researchers.. Some farmers have been combining the amendment with conventional fertilizers for years, but didn’t have scientific information on why it increased nitrogen ...
Agfinity shuttered, new brokerage facing online questions
Nov 18, 2024 · Stuck with a bin of heated canola and few options for marketing the downgraded crop, Barry Kitt of Myrnam, Alta. was happy this past summer when a brokerage found him a decent price. A sale was made and the load shipped in early August, but Kitt was still waiting for payment in mid-November and the company that made the …
Dairy farm milk price drops for 2025 - Alberta Farmer Express
Nov 1, 2024 · The Canadian Dairy Commission announced Nov. 1, 2024 that a decline in feed prices and the stabilization of other costs on dairy farms across the country means that the benchmark on-farm price for milk will decline by 0.0237 per cent starting in February 2025.
Canadian beef and dairy groups give thumbs-up to Bovaer
Mar 8, 2024 · Bovaer is a powdered supplement that cattle feeders and dairy producers can mix with feed. The developers, Switzerland-based dsm-firmenich, claim it can reduce methane emissions in beef cattle by an average of 45 per cent, and by 30 per cent in dairy cattle.. According to the company, it can also improve feed-to-gain ratio by three to five per cent and lower the greenhouse gas footprint per ...
A plant-based tool against E. coli in chickens
Jan 3, 2025 · An Alberta researcher is looking for plants that can fight pathogenic E. coli in chickens. Beef production has changed dramatically as animal care techniques have improved, and that’s a story the public needs to hear. Sophie Kernéis-Golsteyn, a microbiologist, teacher and head of the microbial ...
New Canadian feed regulations released - Alberta Farmer Express
Jul 8, 2024 · The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has released their long-promised update to national feed regulations. Formally referred to as the “Feeds Regulations, 2024,” the final version of the framework was registered June 17 and published for public view July 3 in part 2 of the Canada Gazette. “We’ve been waiting for this for over 14 years to get to where we are today,” said Melissa ...
Alberta potato sector thrives - Alberta Farmer Express
Nov 14, 2023 · Terence Hochstein, executive director of the Potato Growers of Alberta, says potato crop returns are 100 per cent dependent on the weather. photo: Supplied Canadian growers had a good 2022 with a second consecutive record potato crop. P.E.I. produced the second largest share at 21.6 per cent and Manitoba came in third at 21.3 per cent.
Stubble in crop rotations might surprise you - Alberta Farmer …
Dec 21, 2022 · The tool, a table that uses 10 years’ worth of AFSC crop data, “provides a breakdown of the average percent yield of certain crops when seeded into specific crop stubble.”
Is Piedmontese ‘the beef of the future?’ - Alberta Farmer Express
Aug 31, 2016 · “But the more I checked into it, the more I realized this is the beef of the future.” DenOudsten started out with 10 embryos from a breeder in Saskatchewan, and “that went very well.”