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By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday October 24, 2019

Oct 24, 2019 | 8:57 AM

A Farm Credit Canada (FCC) campaign will feed a lot of people this winter.

FCC Drive Away Hunger, along with its industry partners, participating schools and volunteers will provide 16 million meals for food banks and feeding programs across the country. Saskatchewan’s efforts were responsible for 750,000 meals.

For the 16th year, FCC teams drove tractors through various communities to collect food and donations for 10 days, beginning on Oct. 8.

FCC President Michael Hoffort said food banks serve as a reminder there are individuals and families with children in both urban and rural Canada who struggle to make ends meet.

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Fall has arrived and focus has shifted to winter feed supplies.

Feed prices have dropped significantly from their June highs, but unfavorable weather conditions have left the question of available supplies.

Hay prices vary significantly with prices in some areas with short supplies nearly double those in areas with adequate supplies while on the other hand there could be numerous options for alternate winter feeds this year as some crops originally intended for grain are being harvested as livestock feed.

The Beef Cattle Research Council is urging producers to use the Winter Feeding Rations and Estimated Costs tool to calculate and compare the costs of main feed ingredients in different rations.

When considering alternative feed sources, feed testing is important to test for nutritive value to ensure a balanced ration that meets the nutritional needs of the herd.

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Innovative digital breeding technologies designed to make plants more resilient to climate change is being highlighted at the Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre conference taking place in Saskatoon.

The conference features new science and technology platforms created in the research centre’s first phase of operations and their agriculture and food production applications for its second phase.

The symposium will showcase the knowledge and technological solutions created in Phase I of the research program and will feature talks on how those solutions may be applied to breed crops that will be more resilient to climate change.

The event features researchers from across Canada and around the world, as well as industry representatives and students.

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