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Strong prices reported for Agribition Bison Sale

The Canadian Bison Association's Convention wrapped up with the National Sale at Agribition.

The video sale brought top dollars for some top quality animals. 

The Grand Champion Male from Last Chance Bison Ranch sold for $3200, while the Reserve Champion Male from Roaming K Bison Ranch at Foam Lake sold for $5500.

The top selling bull came from the Shale Creek Bison Ranch at Russell, Manitoba and sold for $8000

The Grand Champion Female came from Shale Creek Bison Ranch and sold for $4100, while the Reserve Champion Female came from Prairieland Bison and sold for $4000 to a buyer from Minnesota.

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Root Exudates, Soil Biology, and How Plants Recruit Microbes | Field Talk Friday

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Field Talk Friday | Dr. John Murphy | Root Exudates, Soil Biology, and How Plants Recruit Microbes

Most of us spend our time managing what we can see above ground—plant height, leaf color, stand counts, and yield potential. But the deeper you dig into agronomy, the more you realize that some of the most important processes driving crop performance are happening just millimeters below the surface.

In this episode of Field Talk Friday, Dr. John Murphy continues the soil biology series by diving into one of the most fascinating topics in modern agronomy: root exudates and the role they play in shaping the microbial world around plant roots.

Roots are not passive structures simply pulling nutrients out of the soil. They are active participants in the underground ecosystem. Plants constantly release compounds into the soil—sugars, amino acids, organic acids, and other molecules—that act as both energy sources and signals for soil microbes.