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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..

Grading nightmare
The Canola Council has sent out a Canola Watch report on grading factors. No. 1 canola may contain up to 2 per cent distinctly green seeds and a...
AgriStability advisors
It has been well publicized that Saskatchewan has taken over the administration of the AgriStability program for producers in the province. The...
Promoting Canadian beef
Canadian beef is subject to country of origin labeling laws in the U.S. However, people who have shopped in American supermarkets often say that...
Abnormal marketing year
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has just released market outlooks for grains and oilseeds as well as pulse and special crops. A lot of the...
Nitrogen Use Efficiencies – what’s left for nutrients
As we grind through one of the toughest harvests in a while there seems to be one thing that keeps coming up and the question is “what is left for...
Tasha Schmaltz on AVAIL
Tasha Schmaltz with DynAgra believes AVAIL is a fit for his customers. By enhancing the phosphate they put down in the season, he feels more...
Ethanol 15 draws mixed reviews
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it is raising to 15 per cent the amount of corn ethanol that can be blended into...
Market your quality
It’s a challenging year to be a grain buyer. Quality is all over the map and a wide array of degrading factors are at play. There’s frost damage,...
Tough year for high value crops
Saskatchewan’s fruit and vegetable sectors are still accessing their losses, but 2010 has been a difficult year. Fruit producers in central and...
Increase in colour sorting capacity
The Canadian Farm Business Management Council on its website www.farmcentre.com has an interesting story on how the Association of Alberta Co-op...