Hay can be harvested wet or dry. Harvested wet, it is placed in silos to ferment and become haylage. Harvested dry, it is baled and stored in barns or sheds for future use. Hay is eaten by ruminants, such as cattle, sheep, goats and deer, but also by rabbits and horses. Photo credit: Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, 2020
Hay can be harvested wet or dry. Harvested wet, it is placed in silos to ferment and become haylage. Harvested dry, it is baled and stored in barns or sheds for future use. Hay is eaten by ruminants, such as cattle, sheep, goats and deer, but also by rabbits and horses. Photo credit: Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, 2020
Hay can be harvested wet or dry. Harvested wet, it is placed in silos to ferment and become haylage. Harvested dry, it is baled and stored in barns or sheds for future use. Hay is eaten by ruminants, such as cattle, sheep, goats and deer, but also by rabbits and horses. Photo credit: Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, 2020
More than a third of Canada’s 68 million hectares classified as agricultural land isn’t suitable for planting crops because it is too rocky, hilly, wet or dry. Often these areas are put to use as pasture for grazing livestock, but many do double-duty as excellent wildlife habitats. Learn more here: https://farmfoodcaresk.org/farms-and-the-environment/environment/ Photo credit: Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, 2020
Photo credit: Farm and Food Care SK
The average size of bins used to store grain crops has increased significantly. In the 1980s the largest bin sizes typically ranged from 2,000 to 4,000 bushels with grain depths of 10 to 20 ft. More recently, bin sizes have grown to as large as 20,000 to 50,000 bushels with grain depths reaching 20 to 40 ft. Photo credit: Farm and Food Care SK
More than a third of Canada’s 68 million hectares classified as agricultural land isn’t suitable for planting crops because it is too rocky, hilly, wet or dry. Often these areas are put to use as pasture for grazing livestock, but many do double-duty as excellent wildlife habitats. Learn more here: https://farmfoodcaresk.org/farms-and-the-environment/environment/ Photo credit: Farm and Food Care SK
More than a third of Canada’s 68 million hectares classified as agricultural land isn’t suitable for planting crops because it is too rocky, hilly, wet or dry. Often these areas are put to use as pasture for grazing livestock, but many do double-duty as excellent wildlife habitats. Learn more here: https://farmfoodcaresk.org/farms-and-the-environment/environment/ Photo credit: Farm and Food Care SK
Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Barley puts the super in superfood and the ancient in ancient grain! Archeological evidence indicates that wild forms of barley were harvested as early as 17,000 BCE and that it was used to make beer as far back as 3,200 BCE. Today, Barley is the fourth largest crop we grow in Canada. Check out this article: All About Barley https://canadianfoodfocus.org/in-your-kitchen/all-about-barley/ Photo Credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Canada exports more than 90 per cent of its canola as seed, oil, or meal, to approximately 50 markets around the world. Canadian Ingredient Spotlight: Canola Oil https://canadianfoodfocus.org/health/canadian-ingredient-spotlight-canola-oil/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
2017 Farm to Fork Tour Agar's Corner is a family farm turned catering house that was originally established in 1906. Agar's Corner features a Mail Order House that was built in 1916 by Charles and Francis Agar. The house remains the same as when it was built except for the addition of a catering kitchen. Jim and Peggy Agar retired from farming and started the catering house over 20 years ago. Their son Don and his wife Carmen Agar currently operate the catering business and are the fifth generation to live on the land.
The Wanuskewin area contains some of the most exciting archaeological finds in North America, dating back 5,000 to 6,000 years. The indigenous peoples of the Northern Plains came to this area year after year, hunting bison and range animals and gathering plants of the prairies. Wanuskewin provides an opportunity to delve into the past and discover what life was really like for the nomadic tribes, to better understand Saskatchewan's First Nations peoples, to our common heritage. Photo credit: Farm and Food Care SK
The Wanuskewin area contains some of the most exciting archaeological finds in North America, dating back 5,000 to 6,000 years. The indigenous peoples of the Northern Plains came to this area year after year, hunting bison and range animals and gathering plants of the prairies. Wanuskewin provides an opportunity to delve into the past and discover what life was really like for the nomadic tribes, to better understand Saskatchewan's First Nations peoples, to our common heritage. Photo credit: Farm and Food Care SK
The Wanuskewin area contains some of the most exciting archaeological finds in North America, dating back 5,000 to 6,000 years. The indigenous peoples of the Northern Plains came to this area year after year, hunting bison and range animals and gathering plants of the prairies. Wanuskewin provides an opportunity to delve into the past and discover what life was really like for the nomadic tribes, to better understand Saskatchewan's First Nations peoples, to our common heritage. Photo credit: Farm and Food Care SK
Hay can be harvested wet or dry. Harvested wet, it is placed in silos to ferment and become haylage. Harvested dry, it is baled and stored in barns or sheds for future use. Hay is eaten by ruminants, such as cattle, sheep, goats and deer, but also by rabbits and horses. Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Angus animals offer numerous economic advantages in addition to their solid red or black colour. They are naturally polled, easy keeping and the females are natural mothers. Over 98.5% of all registered Angus calves are born unassisted, weaning weights usually exceed one half of the cow’s weight. It is not unusual for a cow to remain active and healthy for fourteen or more years. Take a virtual tour of a Beef Farm: https://www.farmfood360.ca/#beef-tile Check out this article: How are Beef Cattle Raise? https://canadianfoodfocus.org/on-the-farm/how-are-beef-cattle-raised/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Angus animals offer numerous economic advantages in addition to their solid red or black colour. They are naturally polled, easy keeping and the females are natural mothers. Over 98.5% of all registered Angus calves are born unassisted, weaning weights usually exceed one half of the cow’s weight. It is not unusual for a cow to remain active and healthy for fourteen or more years. Take a virtual tour of a Beef Farm: https://www.farmfood360.ca/#beef-tile Check out this article: How are Beef Cattle Raise? https://canadianfoodfocus.org/on-the-farm/how-are-beef-cattle-raised/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
A Saskatchewan sunset seen through the dust behind a harvesting combine. Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
What is a Combine and How Does it Work? Take a ride in a combine and learn what it is and how it works. https://canadianfoodfocus.org/on-the-farm/what-is-a-combine-and-how-does-it-work/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK
Farming is still a family business: 98 percent of farms in Canada are family owned. #farmfact Check out this article: https://canadianfoodfocus.org/canadian-food-stories/farming-across-generations/ Photo credit: Farm & Food Care SK