Fungi has symbiotic relationship with plants, obtaining sugars from them and transporting nutrients and water from the soil to them in return
Cows will avoid eating the prickly weed if they have a choice, but keep them in a paddock longer and they’ll control the invader
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s 10 million square kilometres of free — and highly nutritious — feed spread across North America. But because it’s Canada thistle, you need a special grazing system to get cattle to eat it. “You can use managed grazing to keep weeds, including Canada thistle, at tolerable levels and increase forage production,” said Sue De […] Read more
It began with a small group restoring old farm equipment, but today the pioneer village is much, much more
The egg-washing and -breaking line at the Egg Processing Innovations Cooperative can handle 36,000 eggs an hour and a second line is in place for when more eggs are available
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta’s egg-breaking plant has a bright future, but it will take time to reach its full potential, say officials of the Egg Processing Innovations Cooperative. “We can be proud of what we’ve built here,” said co-op chair Andrew Wipf after the facility’s recent official opening. “This plant will make money, but it will take time. […] Read more
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