Reading Time: < 1 minute Oats may deserve the well-earned status of “supergrain,” according to research presented at the recent American Association of Cereal Chemists International annual meeting. According to an AACC release, YiFang Chu, a researcher with the Quaker Oats Center of Excellence, said there is evidence to show that oats are even more complex than previously thought. They […] Read more
Grandma proven right scientifically — oats are healthy
Brenda Schoepp appointed to CAPI board
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alberta-based rancher, cattle industry consultant and Alberta Farmer columnist Brenda Schoepp has been appointed to the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) board of directors. Schoepp has been involved in agriculture and food for 35 years in many leadership roles. She currently is on the board of Farm Credit Canada. Schoepp is the founder of Women […] Read more
Student develops spicy solution to E. coli infections
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Quebec community college student has received a $4,000 award for finding a spicy solution to harmful E. coli bacteria — cinnamon. David Drouin will receive his award at 32nd annual Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards Gala in Calgary on Oct. 16. Drouin was one of five recipients of the Young Canadian division of the […] Read more
Got allergies? Move to the country
Reading Time: 2 minutes Adults who move to farming areas where they experience a wider range of environmental exposures than in cities may reduce the symptoms of their hypersensitivities and allergies considerably. This is the result of new research from Aarhus University published in the online periodical The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Researchers found that the immune […] Read more
Canadian Luge Team powered by Alberta beef
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Luge Association says an Alberta ranching family, the Barnerts of Pin to Point Gelbvieh from Calgary, are the first to step up and respond to the association’s recently announced “For sale” campaign. The new official beef supplier of the Canadian Luge Team announced it is contributing one cow, nearly 600 lbs. of high-end […] Read more
New web tool for identifying insects in stored grain launched
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Grain Commission has launched a website that helps producers identify more than 50 species of insects recognized as pests of stored grain in Canada. “Our insect keys are an effective, easy-to-use tool for insect identification. Once you know the insect you’re dealing with, you can make the appropriate decisions for management,” Brent Elliott, […] Read more
‘Ig Nobel’ prize for British livestock researchers
Reading Time: < 1 minute It is now scientifically proven. The longer a cow has been lying down, the more likely that she will soon stand up. And once a cow stands up, you cannot easily predict how soon she will lie down again. Five British researchers who reached that conclusion were among this year’s winners of the “Ig Nobel” […] Read more
Seven Albertans win Monsanto scholarships
Reading Time: < 1 minute Seven Albertans are among 67 graduating high school students from farm families across Canada who have received a $1,500 entrance scholarship from the Monsanto Fund. The 2013 Monsanto Fund Opportunity Scholarship program awarded a total of $100,500 in scholarship funding to students pursuing studies in agriculture or an agriculture-related field, up from the $93,000 awarded […] Read more
FCC Ag Safety Fund accepting applications
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) in partnership with Farm Credit Canada has announced a call for applications to the FCC Ag Safety Fund. The $100,000 fund will be disbursed among successful applicants in early 2014. For the past three years, the fund administered by CASA has provided charitable and non-profit organizations with funding to […] Read more
World’s top forage seed firm picks up Pickseed
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of Canada’s top forage seed and turfgrass companies has become part of the world’s biggest. Danish grass and clover seed firm DLF-Trifolium recently closed its deal to buy the Ontario-based Pickseed Companies Group, with operations across Canada and in Oregon, for an undisclosed sum. Pickseed’s owners Tom and Martin Pick, sons of company founder […] Read more
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