August 9, 2022 Country Booster

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A fully flowered canola field just northwest of Bittern Lake is a beautiful backdrop for a landmark abandoned building that is a favourite subject for many photographers. According to historians, the house, known as the Bittern Lake Ranch, was built in and around 1897 and was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ochsner.

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News Features Central Alberta crop report and harvest plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reading University proud graduates . . . . . .

Harvest season starting soon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Win a colour enlargement of your farm!

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The fields around Camrose County took on a brilliant hue of yellow these past few weeks as canola fields reached their full flowering stage, revealing what can only be described as a sea of yellow.

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Innovation, technology to tackle future challenges in agriculture industry

By Murray Green

Canada is a global leader in agricultural innovation and technological development.

Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau announced an investment of more than $860,000 in six businesses under the Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) program.

A total of six small businesses are each receiving up to $150,000 to advance automation and robotic technologies for solving challenges such as work productivity and labour shortages and operational efficiency in the agricultural sector. This announcement follows an earlier $1 million announcement to seven projects through ISC. “These projects are

supporting Canadian agricultural technology companies as they develop innovative solutions to help farmers reduce waste, conserve resources and improve efficiency. By investing in innovation and technology, Canadian agriculture will continue to pave the way for new ideas and methods to keep Canadian agriculture strong and well-positioned for the future,” said Bibeau.

This program provides innovators with bold ideas the opportunity to develop their novel solutions, products, technologies to address challenges in the agriculture sector, leading to a more prosperous and competitive sector.

Meat processing plants rely on manual labour and are challenging environments to manage effec-

tively. Other areas of meat processing can fall behind when attention is focused on one area. The government recognizes this dilemma. Projects receiving funding through the Canadian Meat Processing Technology Development Challenge will aim to make advances in automation through robotics, artificial intelligence and other forms of innovation to reduce reliance on manual labour in the Canadian meat processing sector.

Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) is an indoor technology-based production system where crops are grown under a modified and highly conditioned environment.

CEA production is labour intensive, including tasks such as planting, management of plants, cleaning,

harvesting, pest management, pruning, sorting and packaging. Projects receiving funding through the Enhancing Automation in CEA Farming Challenge will work to develop automation and robotic technologies to reduce time spent on labour intensive tasks and reduce costs for CEA facilities.

“Technological innovation is absolutely necessary to address key challenges faced by the Canadian agrifood sector. By supporting the projects announced today, our government is giving these businesses the opportunity to grow and innovate, while ensuring Canadians continue to have access to the highest-quality food and agriculture products,” added François-Philippe Champagne, Canadian Minister

of Innovation, Science and Industry.

ISC, administered by Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), is a $100-million program to help Canada’s entrepreneurs and small businesses develop innovative and sustainable solutions to complex challenges. Under ISC, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and other participating departments partner with ISED to develop challenges and evaluate incoming applications.

If successful at the proof of concept stage, projects are each eligible for up to $1 million under Phase 2 of the ISC Challenge for prototype development.

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Central Alberta crop report, harvest plans

By Murray Green Central Alberta has had various amounts of rain, sunshine and even hail as the harvest season approaches.

The Alberta Crop Report provides timely provincial and regional summaries of crop production in Alberta during the crop season, and is used by industry and other stakeholders for various purposes, including drought monitoring and forecasting of production insurance payments. The report is also used to validate some of the Alberta crop estimates generated by Statistics Canada.

In Region 3: North East (Smoky Lake, Vermilion, Camrose, Provost), dry conditions were reported across the region for July and crop reporters are consistent in communicating the need for more precipitation through the growing season. They have since received a high amount of moisture. Yield expectations are now 110 per cent of the 10-year average.

The end of July led to first-cut dryland hay yielding 1.4 tons/acre.

Pastures are rated at 66 per cent good or excellent.

Surface soil moisture conditions (sub-surface shown in brackets) are rated as six (18) per cent poor, 23 (22) per cent fair, 49 (47) per cent good and 19 (12) per cent excellent, with two (two) per cent excessive.

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Crop reports are released bi-weekly in July and August.

Reporters submitted yield expectations with highlights of the report that are the above average expectations for both provincial crop growing

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All regions of the province are reporting yield estimates relatively consistent with, or ahead of, long term normal.

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nificant difference. At this time last year only 20 per cent of all crops were rated as good or excellent and yield expectations were only 60 per cent of the 10-year average.

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Reading University proud grads

By Lori Larsen

On July 29 at 11 a.m.

22 proud, young graduates of Reading University (Tofield campus) received their Certificates of Achievement in a ceremony held at the C.W. Sears Elementary School gymnasium in Tofield. Teaching staff, family, friends and guests gathered to celebrate the students and their successes.

The four-week summer program is a community leadership initiative of the Battle River Community Foundation (BRCF) intended to increase the literacy skills of children in Grades 2 and 3 who are not yet reading at grade level.

In partnership with Battle River School Division (BRSD) and generous financial donors, BRCF provides this opportunity to students identified as needing some extra help to bring their reading up to grade level and help ensure success, not only in school, but in all they choose to do in life.

Throughout the course of the program students not only received one-on-one teaching from BRSD teachers Jazmin Roe and Kristy Bruce, along with assistance from work experience students Tofield School Grade 10 student Elon Asante and Grade 11 student Naomi Sayed, but the students were also treated to special field trips and fun excursions to heighten the learning experience.

Studies have revealed that students learn to read in the first three grades and in subsequent years read to learn, so reading success by Grade 3 is vital.

The goal of BRCF, from the inception of Reading University in 2009, was to reverse the possibility of students falling further and further behind in their reading levels.

The role of Battle River School Division is to invite appropriate students to participate in the program; design the educational program; recruit and pay staff; provide classroom space,

Reading University graduate Aviannah MacDonald accepts her Certificate of Achievement from teacher Kristy Bruce.

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Reading University graduate Zac Charlesworth accepts his Certificate of Achievement from teacher Kristy Bruce.

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ous donors and supportive members of the community.

The cost of providing the Reading University experience is almost $2,000 per student, or $100 per day per student which is provided entirely by the BRCF. Contributions by donors cover the costs of teaching staff salaries, meals, field trips, classroom supplies and items such as back-packs, t-shirts for students, as well as a selection of books students can take home to keep.

For more information on the Reading University program, visit the Battle River Community Foundation website at w w w. b r c f. c a / r e a d i n g _ university.html.

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Kick’N Country Parade

Lori Larsen, Camrose Booster Camrose/Wetaskiwin RCMP members head up the Kick’N Country Parade with a “stand at attention” prior to marching on.

Lori Larsen, Camrose Booster Camrose County was presented with the winning Community Entry award at the July 28 Kick’N Country Parade.

Lori Larsen, Camrose Booster Representatives from the Town of Killam waved to parade-goers during the Kick’N Country Parade held on July 28.

Lori Larsen, Camrose Booster The Battle River Shriners kept parade-goers entertained with big bears and puppets.

Lori Larsen, Camrose Booster The Town of Stettler joined in the fun on July 28 with their entry in the Kick’N Country Parade.

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Harvest season starting soon

By Murray Green

This summer, different areas of the province have had a variety of weather conditions. However, our combination of plenty of rain and some hot days has resulted in a good growing season.

Some regions were colder and drier, while other areas received lessthan-optimal seeding conditions for many crops.

However, many regions have bounced back as the season has progressed.

This year has had every kind of weather. Where 2021 was virtually devoid of disease, pressure in many areas due to the dry conditions, this year is a different story.

Due to the excess moisture and heat, we’re seeing a lot of yellowing in fields.

The prediction by experts is that a number of these plants should be able to recover and be ready to harvest in late August and early September. At the same time, these conditions can contribute to increased disease risk as

these plants mature.

There are many variables, which could mean low vigour. You could see a noticeable variability in many crop fields as some fields were seeded late and others had to be reseeded. It will lead to observed differences in the physiological maturities of crops from the same field, which may result in pockets of low vigour when the seed is finally harvested. It is strongly recommended that all producers test for vigour at the time of harvest this year.

Records are important!

Try to correlate crop field growth conditions and it is encouraged for growers–both farmers and seed growers–to keep records of their fields. Were any of the fields exposed to hail damage, flooding, or other challenging growth conditions? For crops that were seeded late, the possibility of plants being exposed to frost damage should not be ignored. It helps to keep notes so that later on, when you get your seed test

results, you can draw and make correlations to help explain your seed quality.

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ferent from last, and as a result, seed testing needs and results will be, too.

The more you know about

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your fields and the conditions they face, the better off you will be going into harvest.

Murray Green, Camrose Booster

These birds of a feather stayed together on the Miquelon Lake ponds this summer as they enjoyed the warm weather. They took a break from fishing to rest on a log.

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Cut canola later for higher yield

By Shawn Senko, Canola Council of Canada Growers who give canola crops time for all seeds to reach maturity can see a 10 per cent increase in yield. That is why the Canola Council of Canada recommends swathing when the main stem shows at least 60 per cent seed colour change.

Evidence for this later cutting time has been gathered over the years, starting with a Canola Council study from the early 2000s. Results showed that canola swathed at 60 to 70 per cent seed colour change (SCC) yielded 11 per cent more than fields swathed at 30-40 per cent. In 2013, Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation compared two swath timings 20 to 30 per cent and 50 to 60 per cent SCC and found that waiting a week until canola reached the more advanced stage increased yields by nearly nine per cent. BASF trials found that 60 per cent SCC is the “sweet spot” for hybrids without the pod-shatter trait. For hybrids with the pod-shatter trait, BASF trials showed higher yields for canola swathed at 80 per cent and highest yields for canola straight combined.

A 2020 Canola Council survey of 1,000 canola growers suggested many are cutting too early, and leaving yield on the table.

Of the growers who swath all or some of their canola, the survey found that half of them target an SCC of less than 60 per cent when deciding to swath.

Growers may have reasons to cut early based on frost risk and logistics, but where possible, we’d like to see the target shift to later cutting.

At 60 per cent SCC on the main stem, seeds from the bottom third of the stem will have completely turned brown-black in colour. Seeds from the middle third will be mostly brown, with some speckling and mottling. Seeds from the top third will still be green but firm to roll. Seeds that are mushy when rolled between the thumb and finger are not physiologically mature and will shrivel up after cutting. With the main stem showing this level of maturity, seeds from side

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For more on this topic, read Swath Later for Higher Yield in the Harvest section at canolawatch.org/fundamentals.

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Canola crops could produce high yields this fall.