Unfiltered

Many older models of farm equipment can be retrofitted with new technology, specifically technology that allows variable rates. At this month’s Ag Days in Brandon, one of the presenters was Matt Yanick, the president of My Precision Ag based out of Rocanville, Saskatchewan.  The company works with farmers on equipment upgrades. Yanick says before investing […]

Nathan Phinney, President of the Canadian Cattle Association, reacts to the United Kingdom halting trade talks with Canada. He said while disappointing, he’s not surprised with the move.

In an exclusive interview with SaskAgToday, Canada’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Ralph Goodale talks about the U.K. halting trade talks with Canada and how that could be a bad move for the British. Part 1: Part 2:

Andy Paszton, a farmer from Tillsonburg, Ontario was one of the panelists at an Ag Days session dealing with social media and agriculture.  Paszton goes by the Twitter handle Andy Clean because his social media posts resulted in the launch of a soap product for cleaning farm equipment. Kevin Hursh of SaskAgToday.com interviewed “Andy Clean”.

Amid all the high tech equipment and products at the Crop Production Show is one booth featuring a straight forward farmer invention. Kevin Hursh from SaskAgToday.com spoke with Doug Stoll, a retired farmer from Delisle who has developed a product called the Flo-Gate.

At Tuesday’s AGM’s, both SaskCanola and Sask Flax approved the amalgamation of the two crop commissions.  SaskAgToday.com’s chief agricultural editor Kevin Hursh talked with Greg Sundquist, the chair of SaskFlax:

The heads of two cattle groups reacted to Senators voted for an amendment to Bill C-234, which removes the carbon tax exemption for natural gas and propane used to heat and cool barns and other farm buildings. Grant McLellan (CEO of Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association) Garner Deobald (President of Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association)

CEO of Canadian Western Agribition Shaun Kindopp talks about the record attendance set at this year’s show, which ran from November 20-25 in Regina.

Leigh Anderson, a Senior Economist with Farm Credit Canada, goes through some of the details in a report released by FCC, which expects new equipment sales next year to be slow based on several factors.