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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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Input cost comparison

Fertilizer and fuel prices have come down dramatically, but farm machinery costs remain very high. The Statistics and Data Development Unit of...

Interesting crop stats

The November estimate of field crop production from Statistics Canada was released on Friday. Here are some of the interesting numbers. The average...

Lessons from climategate

The mainstream media has been slow to pick up on climategate, but now the scandal is getting widespread coverage. Email correspondence that was...

Largest weather network in Western Canada

The Canadian Wheat Board’s partnership with WeatherBug has evolved into a service that will be very useful to producers. This private weather...

Progress on a Canada – EU trade deal

Multi-lateral trade talks through the WTO appear to be going nowhere, but progress on a bilateral deal between Canada and the European Union has so...

Better PRO news

The price slide in Canadian Wheat Board grains has halted in the latest Pool Return Outlook. In fact, wheat values are up by $1 to $10 a tonne and...

Ottawa has dithered on carbon trading

Canada doesn’t have a national climate change strategy and whether or not you believe in the climate change theories, the lack of a strategy is...