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Agritechnica Day 3: Hybrid drive for a combine, data standards keep up to tech change and tractors of the year vist.ly/4dwp3 #cdnag #westcdnag #Agritechnica #Agritechnica2025
Agritechnica Day 3: Hybrid drive for a combine, data standards keep up to tech change and tractors of the year | The Western Producer
One of the big topics of conversation at Agritechnica 2025 is a concept combine from Chinese company Zoomlion.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Feeder cattle market drops sharply with some exceptions vist.ly/4dwb8 #cdnag #westcdnag
Feeder cattle market drops sharply with some exceptions | The Western Producer
For the week ending Nov. 1, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $15-$30 per hundredweight lower compared to seven days earlier.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Gene editing digs deeper space in Canadian plant breeding vist.ly/4dw4w #cdnag #westcdnag
Gene editing digs deeper space in Canadian plant breeding | The Western Producer
More research into crop variety development is using gene editing. Canada’s regulatory approach to gene editing will help drive innovation
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November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Taking a look inside Canada’s seed regulatory overhaul vist.ly/4dvef #cdnag #westcdnag
Taking a look inside Canada’s seed regulatory overhaul | The Western Producer
Five years, eight task teams, 130 volunteers and 135 recommendations later, Canada’s seed industry still awaits meaningful regulatory change.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Saskatchewan dairy farm breeds international champion vist.ly/4dv86 #cdnag #westcdnag #SKag
Saskatchewan dairy farm breeds international champion | The Western Producer
A Saskatchewan bred Holstein cow made history at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, recently when she was named grand champion.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Agritechnica Day 2: The future of tractor power, building quicker crop apps and large farms and tech vist.ly/4drch #cdnag #westcdnag #Agritechnica #Agritechnica2025
Agritechnica Day 2: The future of tractor power, building quicker crop apps and large farms and tech | The Western Producer
A panel of large Canadian farmers at Agritechnica all expect to use more autonomy in the future to increase per-acre efficiency.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Selenium not deal breaker in coal mining: expert vist.ly/4dqny #cdnag #westcdnag
Selenium not deal breaker in coal mining: expert | The Western Producer
An environmental scientist weighs in on coal mining debates in Western Canada, explaining selenium and how to lessen its impact on waterways.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Made-in-Manitoba sunflower hybrid heads to market vist.ly/4dqnu #cdnag #westcdnag #MBag
Made-in-Manitoba sunflower hybrid heads to market | The Western Producer
Manitoba’s confection sunflower growers will have a new seed option next spring that was developed specifically to perform in the province.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Rural officials hopeful strychnine use will resume vist.ly/4dqkz #cdnag #westcdnag
Rural officials hopeful strychnine use will resume | The Western Producer
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities hopes a verbal commitment from the federal ag minister on strychnine use is a good sign.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Biofuel sector happy with federal budget vist.ly/4dqi2 #cdnag #westcdnag
Biofuel sector happy with federal budget | The Western Producer
Advanced Biofuels Canada says new Biofuel Production Incentive is a lifeline until Clean Fuel Regulations amendments are in place.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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VIDEO: Claas Axion 9.450 tractor wins ‘Tractor of the Year’ at Agritechnica 2025 vist.ly/4dq4a #cdnag #westcdnag #Agritechnica #Agritechnica2025
VIDEO: Claas Axion 9.450 tractor wins ‘Tractor of the Year’ at Agritechnica 2025 | The Western Producer
Claas’ Axion 9.450 Terra Trac was awarded ‘Tractor of the Year’ for 2026 in the HighPower category on the opening day of Agritechnica.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Farm groups ask feds for export sales reporting vist.ly/4dpsq #cdnag #westcdnag
Farm groups ask feds for export sales reporting | The Western Producer
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and SaskCrops asks the federal government to create an Export Sales Reporting program.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Dormant seeding forages frees up farmer time and gets ahead of weeds vist.ly/4dp5d #cdnag #westcdnag
Dormant seeding forages frees up farmer time and gets ahead of weeds | The Western Producer
Dormant seeding isn’t common practice and can appear daunting, but there are some techniques that could give all farmers an edge.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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VIDEO: Case IH reveals new Optum tractor at Agritechnica 2025 vist.ly/4dndf #cdnag #westcdnag #Agritechnica #Agritechnica2025
VIDEO: Case IH reveals new Optum tractor at Agritechnica 2025 | The Western Producer
Case IH dropped the curtain on its latest Optum tractor, the 440, on the first day of Agritechnica 2025 in Hannover, Germany.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Agritechnica Day 1: New equipment, automation steps and Canada’s moment vist.ly/4dn5x #cdnag #westcdnag #Agritechnica #Agritechnica2025
Agritechnica Day 1: New equipment, automation steps and Canada’s moment | The Western Producer
Canadian companies have a larger-than ever presence at Agritechnica 2025. Also, farm automation spreads across many farm equipment companies.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Financial metrics can lead to different dairy decisions vist.ly/4dj22 #cdnag #westcdnag
Financial metrics can lead to different dairy decisions | The Western Producer
Focusing on dairy farm productivity without proper financial analysis could mean less profit, says Chris Church, a veterinarian with an MBA.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Canadian women offered help to arriving war brides vist.ly/4djhr #cdnag #westcdnag
Canadian women offered help to arriving war brides | The Western Producer
During the world wars, many Canadian servicemen fell in love and married British and European women, who came to be known as “war brides.”
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November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Accurate accounting, inventory records are important vist.ly/4dj95 #cdnag #westcdnag
Accurate accounting, inventory records are important | The Western Producer
Detailed accounting and inventory records are not just best practice; they're key components of financial health, efficiency and compliance.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Labour disruptions can significantly affect producers vist.ly/4diz4 #cdnag #westcdnag
Labour disruptions can significantly affect producers | The Western Producer
Labour disruptions both within and outside the agricultural sector can have significant and lasting implications for agricultural producers.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Alberta farm features decades of beets vist.ly/4dhfq #cdnag #westcdnag
Alberta farm features decades of beets | The Western Producer
Nearly 100 years of agriculture were featured during a recent sugar beet harvest tour of Tokariuk farm in southern Alberta.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Bio-fumigation may become new use for mustard vist.ly/4dh9v #cdnag #westcdnag
Bio-fumigation may become new use for mustard | The Western Producer
Mustard is great on hot dogs, but innovators in Western Canada have developed a new mustard variety for a different market — bio-fumigation.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Breaking down successful winter feeding into six steps vist.ly/4dgv6 #cdnag #westcdnag
Breaking down successful winter feeding into six steps | The Western Producer
It’s important to plan for a cow herd’s winter feeding program. Here are six steps I think are necessary when getting your feed tested.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Advance payment changes still mostly in waiting vist.ly/4dgdx #cdnag #westcdnag
Advance payment changes still mostly in waiting | The Western Producer
APP cash advances for 2025 included a credit-worthiness change, but other updates for the federal farm lending program are still in limbo.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Global meat packer prepares for cattle shortage vist.ly/4df2z #cdnag #westcdnag
Global meat packer prepares for cattle shortage | The Western Producer
Meat packer JBS is preparing for a likely shift in Brazil’s cattle cycle that could lead to fewer animals available for slaughter next year.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Europe holds promise for Canadian lentils vist.ly/4demk #cdnag #westcdnag
Europe holds promise for Canadian lentils | The Western Producer
Pulse Canada is trying to help boost lentil consumption in Europe, which is already the fourth largest market.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM