Rural Roots Canada
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 20:55:54
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Synopsis
RRC strives to tell unique stories from the agriculture community that show the true roots of the industry. It will also show off new products and ideas from the ever evolving industry.
Episodes
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Report on traceability offers Canada insight on what it can improve on
12/09/2016 Duration: 02minA study into traceability by a Nuffield Scholar has provided insight into what Canada does well and where it needs to improve. It also reveals where the best traceability program is in the world and what they do to make it the best. Here on Rural Roots Canada, Where we get to the Stem and Meat of Agriculture.
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Increase in livestock production on the way?
29/08/2016 Duration: 02minA cattle market analyst believes we will soon see an increase in livestock production. Why we will see this increase and what producers need to be watching on the markets as this happens here on Rural Roots Canada where we Get to the Stem and Meat of Agriculture.
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Junior Steer Classic Grand and Reserve Champions credit hard work for success
25/07/2016 Duration: 02minThe Grand and Reserve Champions of the Calgary Stampede’s Junior Steer Classic say hard work is what allowed them to place where they did in one of the biggest Junior cattle showcases in North America. Tommy Glover and Toby Noble talk about the life skills they gained this year here on Rural Roots Canada, where we get to the Stem and Meat of Agriculture.
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Farm Family profile: Jones family selected as Farm Family Award winners for Rocky View County
19/07/2016 Duration: 02minThe Jones Family from east of Balzac, Alberta, are recipients of the 2016 BMO Farm Family Award for Rocky View County. Allen, Shanna, their two sons Barret and Harlen and Allen's mother, Gladys, have a mixed farm that consists of 50 Hereford purebreds, 150 commercial cows, and 600 acres of hay land and 300 acres of pasture, while the grain side of the farm includes five thousand five hundred acres of barley, canola, and wheat.
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Bucking Bulls and the Stampede: Fact versus Fiction
17/07/2016 Duration: 02minA new study, conducted by Ed Pajor, Professor in animal behavior and welfare at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine looks at the stress levels of bucking bulls and how animals are affected at the Calgary Stampede.
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Solar Energy : A new way of thinking?
20/06/2016 Duration: 02minFarmers across Alberta may be looking towards a new way to reduce carbon emissions, and eventually decrease that ever growing power bill, with the use of solar energy.
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McDonald's Canada completes verified sustainable beef pilot project
06/06/2016 Duration: 02minMcDonald’s Canada successfully completes its Verified Sustainable Beef Pilot project with the Canadian Beef industry. We have more on the project, which tracked 9-thousand head of cattle from ‘birth to burger’ here on Rural Roots Canada, where we get to the Stem and Meat of Agriculture.
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In a league of her own: Jill Cameron
13/07/2015 Duration: 02minIt’s a competition that sees a tractor hooked to a weighted sled and the tractor that pulls the sled the furthest is the winner. Most of the competitors are men but a woman from Red Deer, Alberta is cutting a new swath.
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Bittersweet victory for High River man competing in tractor pull in memory of his father @stampedeag
09/07/2015 Duration: 02minRandy Niemans leans way, way back in the seat of his father's John Deere 80 hoping to pull the sled just a few more feet… even a few more inches in the final pull to help him and his family claim top prize. The extra little effort appears to have a worked as the High River, Alberta native took home top prize in Class 6 of the Vintage Tractor Pull at the Calgary Stampede. For Randy and his family, just taking part in the event is bittersweet as it comes only a week after his father, Bill, passed away. Bill had been a staple at pulls for the last 6 to 7 years and had been scheduled to take part in this event until his passing. Randy, who stepped in to take his place in his memory says winning was the icing on the cake.
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Missouri's Runt Rageth and his horse Burdock win Cowboy Up! competition @stampedeag #cowboyup
08/07/2015 Duration: 02minHarris, Missouri’s Runt Rageth and his horse Burdock have won the Cowboy Up! Competition at the Calgary Stampede