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AG 11 Buffalo 2

Footage from the Dennis Bradley Ranch bison farm, including an interview and extra shots with bison in the background. No clippings list available.

[Research station annual review]

One segment from Farming Today with Dr. Santag reviewing the ressearch that has taken place at the Swift Current, Saskatchewan Research Station over the previous year. The rest of the tape is local, national and international news clips and advertisments.

[Dr. Taggert, World Food Day, Soil]

Four clips from Farming Today, hosted by Gordon Parker. All clips are duplicates of ones found on MI 274.

  1. Taggert family discussing Dr. J.G. Taggert
  2. Researcher from Punjab University
  3. World Food Day discussion
  4. Soil erosion control

[grazing, seed, drought and alfalfa segments]

Seven clips from Farming Today, the first six are hosted by Gordon Parker.

  1. Conway ranch with Dr. Neil Holt researching complentary grazing
  2. Agricultural inspection [duplicate of MI 275]
  3. Cereal program with Dr. Grant McLeod
  4. Drought research with Dr. John Clark
  5. Heinrich variety of alfalfa with Dr. Paul Jefferson
  6. Alfalfa and nitrogen fixing with John Leishen [duplicate of MI 275]
  7. Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association "SOS program" with Pat Flaten and a different interviewer [Gord Bacon?]

[Forage Program and Weather Data]

Three clips from Farming Today, all hosted by Gordon Parker:

  1. Forage program
  2. Weather and the District Officer Project with Ken Worek (from Environment Canada)
  3. Snowfall and winter moisture with Doug Judisch [Duplicate of MI 275]

[Intern Student, Save Our Soils]

Four clips from Farming Today, all hosted by Gordon Parker:

  1. Interview with a student intern named Bill Black
  2. Seed growing on Barry Campbell's farm
  3. Save Our Soils program
  4. Wheat stem sawfly with Ron Depan

[grass, weather data, Ag. Inspector]

Three non-Farming Today clips and six clips from Farming Today series (usually hosted by Gordon Parker):

  1. Alfalfa and nitrogen capture
  2. Weather with Ken Worek (Environment Canada)
  3. CIDA and church World Development program [NOT hosted by Gordon]
  4. Ag. Canada Inspection with Ryan Henderson
  5. Equipment design lab with Mark Stumberg
  6. Weather with Doug Judish (Technician)

At the beginning of the tape, there are about eight minutes of news clips (including the introduction of the provincial sales tax). After the Farming Today clips, there is an Ag Canada advertisement ("What does agriculture mean to you?"), a "Partners in Preventing Crime" public service announcement, and then sports news highlights (professional golf and tennis and a local baseball team, the Swift Current Indians).

[Dr. Taggert, World Food Day, soil and forage]

Eight segments of Farming Today:

  1. Reminiscences of Dr. J.G. Taggert (first Supervisor of the Swift Current Research Station)
  2. Nitrogen-water interactions
  3. World Food Day interviews
  4. Barriers for soil control
  5. Forage program and beef production
  6. Soil test reports
  7. Seeding grass and legumes
  8. Dealing with winter annual weeds in the fall
    Most segments were hosted by Gordon Parker..

[Forage, irrigation, watershed and hay segments]

Six segments for Farming Today:
1) Host John Waddington interviewing Dr. Paul Jefferson about the winter hardiness of alfalfa.
2) Host Les Bohrson interviewing Morris and Linda Metke of Treasure Valley Farms about drip irrigation and fruit orchards in Sasaktchewan.
3) Gordon Foth interviewing Dr. Brian McConkey about watershed management.
4) Gordon Foth interviewing Dr. Myriam Fernandez regarding disease control in cereal crops.
5) Host Bob Springer interviewing Jim Graham about farm feed and hay testing.
6) Host Les Bohrson interviewing Vince and Gerald Bolton (?) and Bord Hazen (?) about snow water management.

Wheat Breeding

Gordon Foth interviewing Dr. Fred Smith of Winnipeg Research Station about wheat breeding for Farming Today.

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