Episodes

  • Alberta Canola Raises Service Charge to $1.75

    Alberta Canola Raises Service Charge to $1.75
    Feb 5 2025
    Alberta Canola growers have voted to increase the service charge from a dollar to a dollar-75. This is the first increase to the service charge, which helps fund research, grower extension and public engagement amongst other programs, to happen since 2003.
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    2 mins
  • Canadian Mycotoxin Trends: Insights from Alltech's 2024 Harvest Analysis

    Canadian Mycotoxin Trends: Insights from Alltech's 2024 Harvest Analysis
    Feb 4 2025
    The latest findings from the Alltech 2024 Canadian Harvest Analysis reveal a mixed outlook for mycotoxin contamination in silage and grains across the country. While overall mycotoxin levels are down compared to previous years, regional variability remains a key concern, particularly for corn silage. Stuart McGregor, Vice President of Commercial Business for Alltech Canada, emphasized the importance of understanding the specific risks despite the overall decline in mycotoxins.
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    2 mins
  • Prairie Weather this Week - Feb 3

    Prairie Weather this Week - Feb 3
    Feb 3 2025
    Welcome, La Nina La Nina is here, and cold weather will continue across the prairies this week, and there will be snow. The snowfall pattern will be similar to what we've had all season. Areas that have had snow will get more. And, dry areas, such as southern Alberta, will remain starved for moisture, as snow amounts over the next seven days will total only 10 cm at most. Here's an update on where we stand in terms of soil moisture as February begins. This first map shows where soil moisture levels stand relative to normal. Areas shaded in blue show higher or much higher than average soil moisture levels. This includes southern Alberta east of highway 2, a portion of north-central Alberta, and in the Souris/Assiniboine/Red watersheds of southern Manitoba. Areas in green show soil moisture levels near normal. Yellow, orange and red regions are those where there is a moisture deficit.
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    1 min
  • Canadian Ag Groups Weigh in on Tariff Crisis

    Canadian Ag Groups Weigh in on Tariff Crisis
    Feb 2 2025
    Canadian ag groups are weighing in on the tariff crisis. Over the weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his tariff threat, slapping Canada with a 25% tariff on just about all goods effective Tuesday, February 4. Canada retaliated with 25% tariffs on $155 billion worth of American goods.
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    2 mins
  • January Thaw

    January Thaw
    Jan 27 2025
    Farmers and ranchers know it's hard enough to get a good snowpack in southern Alberta. With our frequent chinooks, keepng what little snow we get on the ground is even harder. And the January thaw doesn't help. The "January thaw", or the bonspiel thaw, is a weather phenomenon that happens in mid to late January as mild Pacific air stretches across North America. It’s like nature hits the pause button on winter, bringing a brief stretch of warmer weather. Snow starts melting, ice turns to slush, and people start to wonder if spring is showing up early (spoiler: it’s not). There's still a lot of mystery as to why it happens, but it's believed to be tied to natural variations in the jet stream, which can allow mild Pacific air to cross the country from west to east. The January thaw isn't all good. It can be damaging to crops and vegetation... as it can briefly disrupt the dormant winter cycle.
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    1 min
  • Prairie Weather this Week - Jan 27

    Prairie Weather this Week - Jan 27
    Jan 27 2025
    Warm and dry across the agricultural south.....then the pattern flips! For some, snow and cold is on the way. And by next weekend...yikes!
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    2 mins
  • Alberta Canola Advocates Against & Prepares for Tariffs

    Alberta Canola Advocates Against & Prepares for Tariffs
    Jan 27 2025
    With the threat of U.S. tariffs hanging over Canada like the sword of Damocles, Alberta’s commodity groups including Alberta Canola are coordinating efforts to advocate against, and prepare for, tariffs. Roger Chevraux, Alberta Canola Region 11 director, says they’re working behind the scenes, contacting U.S. governors, senators, and representatives to emphasize the importance of the two countries' relationship regarding food. "We a big customer of their production, and they're a big customer of our production," Chevraux noted. "Food is important. If you put a tariff on it, it's going to cost your consumers a whole lot of money and you're going to have explain to them why the cost of food is going up."
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    2 mins
  • Prairie Weather this Week Report - Jan 20

    Prairie Weather this Week Report - Jan 20
    Jan 20 2025
    Warmer weather returns to Alberta and Saskatchewan! But in Manitoba, it's a long wait. Bitterly cold weather to start the day, with temperatures in the -30s and wind chills in the -40s east of Highway 2 and south of Edmonton. Elsewhere, morning lows will be near or in the -20s. However, this is the day of change for Alberta, as mild Pacific air begins to push in during the day. IF that warmer air remains aloft, an inversion will develop, and it will remain cold through the day, and smoggy in urban areas, particularly Calgary.
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    1 min