Bees: How Many Colonies Does Agriculture Hurt?
Agriculture Myth Busting Food is nothing without pollinators and, in Canada, bees are of particular importance. A third of all Canadian food is produced …
Production
Withdrawal Dates on Antibiotics and Building Consumer Trust
By Maria Taschuk University of Saskatchewan student What are antibiotics? And why are they given to cattle? The production of animals for food has …
Profitability of Low Stress Cattle Handling
By Justin Harcourt University of Saskatchewan student As a fourth-generation rancher, I have always been interested in the business side of the cattle industry. …
Marginal Land: Are Livestock Even Necessary to Meet Global Food Security?
Agriculture Myth Busting There currently exists a global land competition problem. In the current trajectory, North American agricultural productivity will be facing very real …
Producer Perceptions of Regenerative Agriculture
Adopters and Adversaries Introduction As major food companies direct farmers and ranchers across the globe towards regenerative agriculture (RA), it could easily be assumed …
Regenerative Agriculture – Buzzword? Bust? Or the Future of Agriculture?
The Stronghold of a sustainable subsistence? Regenerative agriculture has been the hottest topic in developed nation food and bioresource supply chains over the past 10 …
Are You Catching My… Drift…?
The losses associated with the rise in chemical spray drift in agricultural landscapes By: Royce Moellenbeck University of Saskatchewan student The Cause of …
Matador Banned for Animal Consumption
By Carys Kampen University of Saskatchewan student Syngenta and ADAMA Take Products Off the Market Syngenta withdrew their insecticide Matador from the market …
Prairie Agriculture Net GHG Emissions Decrease by 53%
Introduction In the past 30 years, grain and oilseed production across the prairies has undergone fundamental change. In the early 1990s, practices such as summerfallow …
Can Variable Rate Fertilizer Contribute to GHG Goals?
By Theo Sekulic University of Saskatchewan student The adoption of variable rate fertilizer (VRF) application has become an area of debate for farmers across …