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Grain Commission Opens Consultation On Proposed New Canada Eastern Wheat Class

 
The Canadian Grain Commission has begun a consultation on its proposal to introduce a new eastern wheat class.
 
Wheat industry stakeholders including grain handlers, processors, marketers, breeders and producers are invited to provide their input. The consultation closes on May 20, 2017.
 
The Canadian Grain Commission is proposing to develop a Canada Eastern Special Purpose class, which would allow all registered wheat varieties to be assigned to a class and receive a statutory Canadian grain grade.
 
The proposed class, which would take effect on July 1, 2018, would ensure that eastern wheat classes continue to meet the needs of producers and support future market opportunities.
 
Source : Portageonline

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Welcome to the conclusion of the Getting Through Drought series, where we look at the best management practices cow-calf producers in Alberta can use to build up their resiliency against drought.

Our hope is that the series can help with the mental health issues the agriculture sector is grappling with right now. Farming and ranching are stressful businesses, but that’s brought to a whole new level when drought hits. By equipping cow-calf producers with information and words of advice from colleagues and peers in the sector on the best ways to get through a drought, things might not be as stressful in the next drought. Things might not look so bleak either.

In this final episode of the series, we are talking to Ralph Thrall of McIntyre Ranch who shares with us his experience managing grass and cows in a pretty dry part of the province.