Insights and Stories of Lisa Guenther

Jun. 26, 2013 at 2:10 pm CDT

Whether cereal growers plan to treat for leaf disease or fusarium head blight, fungicide timing is essential — but this spring, in which many acres were seeded in a very short stretch, complicates matters. Kristina Polziehn, technical specialist with BASF, says farmers in such a situation with a lot of […]

By Lisa Guenther

Jun. 14, 2013 at 12:58 am CDT

Officials at JBS Canada are working to rebuild the food safety reputation at their Lakeside beef packing plant after last fall’s massive meat recall from the plant under the XL Foods banner. The 2012 recall was the largest beef recall in Canadian history. A federally-appointed review panel recently released a […]

By Lisa Guenther

Jun. 13, 2013 at 11:58 pm CDT

Canadian ranchers and North American packers aren’t looking forward to the arrival of revisions to the U.S. government’s country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules. The prospect of Washington’s latest changes to COOL — and the length of the process to appeal against them under world trade rules — left ranchers and others […]

By Lisa Guenther

Jun. 13, 2013 at 1:29 pm CDT

The federal and Saskatchewan governments are investing $1.25 million over five years in a new research chair — to focus on breeding forages. The new chair’s emphasis will be on “developing new forage varieties with improved yield,” Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said during the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association convention […]

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Jun. 8, 2013 at 12:13 am CDT

Including insecticide with herbicides may seem like a proactive, time-saving measure — but the practice can cause more harm than good. “Using insecticide ‘just because’ kills insects that reduce pest insects. Spray insecticide only when absolutely necessary,” Scott Meers, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s entomologist at Brooks, wrote during the […]

By Lisa Guenther