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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.. 

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Good seed tough to find

In many cases, producers could be scrambling to find good seed for next year. Bruce Carriere of Discovery Seeds in Saskatoon says that in his 19...

Feeding the bull market

A number of new factors positive to grain markets have emerged in recent weeks. The grain export ban in Russia is old news, but market analysts are...

Genetically Engineered Sugarbeet Issues

Federal District Judge Jeffrey White issued a preliminary injunction on November 30th ordering the immediate destruction of 256 acres of genetically...

Stuck in the muck

It’s never fun at the time, but now it’s fascinating to look back at the pictures. The 2010 growing season must have set records for farm equipment...

Wet woes continue

As grain producers make cropping and marketing decisions for the upcoming growing season, the number one concern continues to be too much moisture....

Animal welfare stupidity

We have friends who spend a good chunk of the winter on Vancouver Island. Here’s a story they emailed us from the Left Coast:   Animal lovers are...

Market access is a full time job

It sure isn’t easy to do export business these days. Pulse Canada reports that it’s continuing to work with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and...

Market watching

Producers are watching grain, oilseed and specialty crop markets with great interest these days as they make marketing decisions as well as cropping...

American canola acreage booms

Producers in the United States grew a record amount of canola this year. A report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada lists American canola area...