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Ag in Motion, Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show to deliver information all year, beginning with seeding

News Roundup from the March 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 3, 2021

With current COVID-19 restrictions making gathering in person uncertain this summer, organizers at Ag in Motion and Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show are ensuring producers have information and tools at their fingertips throughout the year with the launch of a year-long digital offering beginning in March. “There is still so much uncertainty in 2021, and while […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets

Glacier’s outdoor ag shows preparing digital event lineup

Each show to host multiple online events during 2021

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News February 12, 2021

The company hosting Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show and its western counterpart, Ag in Motion, plans to use the online platforms it set up in 2020 to instead host multiple smaller online events this year. Both outdoor ag shows hosted by Winnipeg-based Glacier FarmMedia — the owner of this website — went online in 2020 due […] Read more

Jared Epp during his stock dog demonstration at Ag in Motion in 2019.

Features, News

Livestock Central goes live online

Ag in Motion Special Event Feature

By Ag in Motion Staff July 17, 2020

Livestock Central has always been an important part of Ag in Motion, and organizers have worked hard to ensure the digital event will be no different. From livestock feeding technology and stock dog demos to the Livestock and Forage Speaker Series, a variety of interactive options are available digitally for registered guests. Digital Livestock and […] Read more

A Canadian Cattlemen panel discussion at this year’s Ag in Motion Discovery Plus online event will focus on building resiliency throughout the beef industry.

News

Industry updates, knowledge-sharing essential part of Ag in Motion Discovery Plus

By Ag in Motion Staff June 18, 2020

Western Canadian producers looking for up-to-date information on the beef industry, including research, markets, traceability and management, will find it at the Ag in Motion Discovery Plus online event this summer. Ag in Motion Discovery Plus is a new digital event delivering interactive agriculture content from the field on July 21 through 25, 2020. One […] Read more

A soybean plot in a demonstration field at a past Ag in Motion. Photo: Lisa Guenther

General, Machinery

Ag in Motion outdoor farm show going online instead for 2020

Showrunners plan free 'Ag in Motion Discovery Plus' online event

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 7, 2020

Glacier FarmMedia’s summer farm show Ag in Motion is coming in from the outdoors to operate in cyberspace for 2020. The event — which was due to run July 21-23 at the Glacier FarmMedia Discovery Farm on Highway 16 west of Langham, Sask., about 40 km northwest of Saskatoon — has been rebranded for 2020 […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

VIDEO: Summer pasture concerns for cattle

Dry conditions, lack of good forages could see poor conception rates

By Greg Berg August 20, 2019

Nathan Erickson, a veterinarian with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, talks about some of the challenges cattle producers have faced this summer in some parts of the Prairies and two of the high risk periods seen for pneumonia in calves. (recorded at Ag in Motion 2019)

Livestock, News

VIDEO: Stock dogs. Man’s best friend for moving livestock

By Greg Berg July 25, 2019

At last week’s Ag in Motion, stock dog handler and trainer Jared Epp offered a demonstration and shared his experiences of how man’s best friend can be a valuable tool to help move livestock in the field. In this video, Epp discusses the three “ins” he looks for in dogs to be successful at moving […] Read more

Ag in Motion attendees take in the popular demonstration area at Ag in Motion 2019. Photo: Greg Berg

General

Ag in Motion continues to grow in fifth anniversary year

July 25, 2019

In its fifth anniversary year, Ag in Motion welcomed 30,474 attendees through the gates and featured 552 exhibitors. Wednesday, July 17 was the biggest day on record for the show in its five-year history, with attendance reaching 12,660. “The show just continues to grow,” says Show Director Rob O’Connor. “We’re up to 552 exhibitors – […] Read more

COVID-19 has pushed show organizers to hold Ag in Motion online this summer.

Beef Cattle, News, Purely purebred

Canadian Simmental Foundation awards bursaries, Ag in Motion beefs up its cattle presence

Purely Purebred with Mike Millar: News about you from the June 2019 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Mike Millar June 24, 2019

Congratulations to the spring 2019 bursary recipients of the Friends of the Canadian Simmental Foundation. They include Cathryn Thompson, Riley Chalack, Lisa Reich, Alexandra Lee and Tia Schram. Cathryn Thompson grew up on a cow-calf operation near Calahoo, Alta. She has served as Alberta’s representative on the national Young Canadian Simmental Association (YCSA) board and […] Read more

A member of STARS greets an exhibitor at Ag in Motion’s five-year celebrations on May 14, 2019. (William DeKay photo)

Crops, Livestock, Machinery

‘Show’ and ‘grow’ synonymous for Ag in Motion

By William DeKay May 14, 2019

Langham, Sask. — Living up to its name, Glacier FarmMedia’s Ag in Motion has reached its five-year anniversary with no sign of slowing down. “It’s very exciting for me personally to have a show that the group of us started from a canola field into an event that’s now grown to the size that it […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn highest since 2013

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures extend slide as corn prices charge higher

Cargill to crush canola at Regina

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