Precision Farming: What is it?
Tech continues changing how farmers raise animals and grow crops.
Meet a Canadian Chicken Farmer
Evesque loves working with these birds and appreciates the opportunity to produce a product consumers want. Evesque produces 50,000 kilograms of chicken every few months.
Harvesting Soybeans To Help A Farmer In Need
On our tour today, we start from the combine seat as Rick harvests soybeans and tells about how he uses auto-steer technology all year long.
Tour a Broiler Hatching Egg Farm
Tour a broiler hatching egg farm who raise the chickens that produce broiler eggs instead of the kind of eggs that you buy in the grocery store.
What is a broiler hatching egg farm?
On broiler breeding farms, the chickens grow from chicks a few days old until they are ready to start laying eggs that will hatch into broiler chickens.
Growing Better Crops: Carrying on a Tradition of Thousands of Years
Some plant breeding technologies are old, some are comparatively new, but they all help us adapt to challenges – from climate change and food insecurity to nutrition, taste, and food waste.
Ask an Expert: What do you do when pigs get sick?
We asked veterinarian Dr. Matheus Costa, who specializes in swine health at the University of Saskatchewan: what do you do when pigs get sick?
Classic Canadian Dishes: The Lobster Roll
Summer on the East Coast of Canada can be summed up in a few words: salty breezes, lighthouses, and lobster rolls.
Ask a Farmer: What are the different uses for barley?
Farmer, Clinton Monchuk, and future farmer Kaitlyn Monchuk discuss the main uses for barley grown on the Canadian prairies.
Ask an Expert: What do pigs eat?
We asked Denise Beaulieu, an assistant professor on monogastric nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan: What do pigs eat?
How Watermelons Grow in Canada
Did you know watermelons grow in Canada? Take a tour of a watermelon farm and learn how they are grown and harvested.
Online series shows life at Pine Ranch
Meet Erika Stewart, a rancher in Saskatchewan and the Provincial Coordinator for Verified Beef Production Plus (VBP+) program.
How do Lentils Grow?
Canada is now the worlds’ leading lentil exporter. We talk with Corey Loessin and his son, Aidan who grow lentils.
Ask an Expert – What is a cicerone?
Beer Sisters co-founder and Advanced Cicerone, Crystal Luxmore gives us some insight into this growing field of work.
Ask an Expert: Where do pigs live?
We asked an expert at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Yolande Seddon: ‘Where do pigs live?’
Ask an Expert: How many litters do pigs have in a year?
We asked Dawn Friesen a production manager at Fast Genetics: ‘How many litters do pigs have in a year?’
Sweet Potatoes in Canada?
New variety of sweet potato designed to grow in shorter spring and summer seasons.
Why do some Farmers Irrigate their Crops?
Take a tour of a farm that uses irrigation. Learn why it's needed, how to conserve the water source and only use the water needed for crops.
Learn more about a Water Buffalo farm
Tour a Water Buffalo farm and see for yourself what they look like and how they are cared for in Canada.
How are Dairy Goats Cared for?
Tour a dairy goat farm and learn how goats are cared for in Canada.
