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Spring Frost Risks in Cereal Crops
By: Alberta Wheat & Barley When emerged cereal crops experience night-time temperatures below 0°C, the question of crop survival is never far from a producer’s mind. In general, wheat is relatively resilient to frost as compared to crops like canola. Wheat leaves can survive air temperatures down to -8°C to -10°C, however, leaves may see […]
USask to pay tribute to honorary degree recipients
The University of Saskatchewan (USask) will honour five remarkable individuals proudly associated with the university who have gone on to make significant contributions to their communities and to Canadian society throughout their careers. During this year’s virtual USask Spring Convocation online celebration beginning May 31, the university will award honorary degrees to celebrated writer, Elder […]
The Importance of a Treatment List
A diary from members of crop commission research committees By George Clayton, Sheri Strydhorst, Murray Hartman and Brian Rossnagel View or download the PDF here. Crop producer commissions have become heavily involved in funding agriculture research. They started out by supplementing research conducted by federal, provincial and university research organizations. Today, research scientists who work […]
SaskBarley response to Responsible Grain Code of Practice
Background The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Crops (CRSC) is currently leading the development of a Code of Practice, to showcase to consumers and buyers of Canadian agriculture products that our crops are sustainably produced. The CRSC is a member-based organization made up of federal government, industry, customer and environmental organizations. SaskBarley is not a member. […]
SaskBarley’s 2020 call for barley research results in $1 million in funding
March 10, 2021 (Saskatoon, SK) – The Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission (SaskBarley) announced today it will fund another approximately $1 million of barley research over the next four years – a major advancement for barley producers in Saskatchewan. This funded research is the result of a call for research proposals the organization issued last year, […]
Saskatchewan farm organizations advocate for carbon offset system that recognizes and rewards farmers’ contribution
Saskatchewan farm organizations, the Soil Conservation Council of Canada and the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association (SSCA) are encouraging farmers to participate in a review of the Government of Canada’s proposed Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Offset Credit System regulations. The proposed regulations are open for a 60‐day comment period from now until May 5, 2021. A coalition […]
Fusarium map for Saskatchewan barley a reminder to get seed tested this year
See below a map of fusarium infection in barley crops across Saskatchewan, based on data from Prairie Diagnostic Seed Labs, Discovery Seed Labs and 20/20 Seed Labs and published by the Government of Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture. Farmers are reminded to get seed tested for disease and consider a seed treatment for diseased seed. For […]
RE: Saskatchewan Offset Program and Protocol Development
The producer commissions of SaskBarley, SaskCanola, SaskFlax, SaskOats, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers and Sask Wheat would like to submit the following comments on the two discussion papers released by the Ministry of Environment on the Saskatchewan Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Offset Program and on Offset Protocol Development. The commissions believe that farmers have a key role to […]