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Taking inventory – new digital tool helps monitor what’s in your bins
It’s been a tough growing season and growers have been working hard for every bushel this year. It’s important to not let those efforts go to waste, part of that means getting the most out of their operation..

Seeding Starting in the Peace Area of Alberta. How about your area?
Looks like things are set to get underway for seeding in the Peace area of Alberta. I am hearing many fields in Southern Alberta are starting to...
Hursh discontinues radio reports
It has been many years since I first started doing a daily radio commentary. Some of you who read this report on the website or receive the report...
Field activity
I put about 1,200 kilometers on my truck the past couple days on a road trip from southwest Saskatchewan all the way up to Viking, Alberta and back....
Don’t believe the canola numbers
Statistics Canada spent a lot of money doing its Seeding Intentions Report released yesterday, but the report has limited value. A total of 12,600...
Conflicting weather forecasts
Here’s an early season test of weather forecasts. On Monday, the Environment Canada forecast sounded quite favourable. There was 30 to 60 per cent...
Seeding about to start
This may come as a surprise to those still suffering from flooding, but if the weather holds, a bit of seeding will take place in Saskatchewan this...
Canola and the CWB
The Manitoba Canola Growers Association has opened a can of worms by conducting a farmer survey on the voluntary marketing of canola through the...
Glyphosate residue on lentils
The low European tolerance for glyphosate residue on lentils could make marketing the crop more difficult if glyphosate has been used in a...
Gearing up
Many producers have geared up their equipment to take advantage of whatever seeding window is available this spring. In some cases, this has meant...
Favourable weather
in many parts of Saskatchewan and the worst may be yet to come. However, we’ve actually been lucky with the weather over the past couple months....