by Breanne Baker | May 26, 2011 | Articles, Farm Management, Fertilizer Prices
I personally hope that we are not headed back to the days of $900 Urea and $1400 phosphate. For those of you with short memories, they weren’t good for anyone but the greedy fertilizer manufacturer. Today with high crop commodity prices it seems that we are headed...
by Breanne Baker | May 24, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
I love the seeding monitor I installed this spring. I’ve been threatening to do it for a couple years, but the cost and the hassle of installation had thwarted those plans until this year. I’m sure there are lots of good blockage monitoring systems, but I went with...
by Breanne Baker | May 20, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
Here are some pictures of how severe the flooding in Manitoba is: This is the Assiniboine River Bridge on Highway 34. The water is usually 15 feet below the bridge. Looks more like a lake than a river!
by Breanne Baker | May 19, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
With over 270 weather stations across Alberta giving daily or hourly reading on various weather observations, Alberta farmers have access to interactive tools through the ACIS website to help long-term planning and decision making based on current and past weather...
by Breanne Baker | May 18, 2011 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
From Canola Council of Canada Peace (B.C. and Alberta): Canola seeding is around 25% complete across the region and progressing well. Warm temperatures and high winds have dried out the topsoil, and many growers are seeding deeper to hit moisture. Alberta: Canola...