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Managing fertilizer’s salt effect in drought
While the forecast shouldn’t entirely dictate how you manage your farm, understanding and performing the best farming practices when adding seed-placed nutrients can help save your yields when the rain fails to fall.
New Wheat Varieties Make a Difference for Alberta Farmers
From Alberta Wheat Commission, Feb 2013: "The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture." -Thomas...
Risk Management for Your Crop Marketing Program
In the ever changing marketplace, here are some tools and steps to establish a more sophisticated approach to grain marketing. Historically, grain...
Know-Risk Agriculture Markets Update
HEDGE THOUGHTS: It’s a new year, but we seem to have started 2013 the way we ended 2012, on the downside. The main focus is still on generally good...
First Stop on the Decisive Farming Curling Tour – Prince Albert, SK
December 19 marked the first stop of the Decisive Farming Curling Tour, a program that promotes curling in communities across Saskatchewan, engaging...
Wheat Acres Set to Ramp Up in 2013
Wheat acres and frankly wheat’s reputation have taken a hit in recent years, overshadowed by canola’s promise of big yields and big profits. Then...
What to Watch in Fertilizer Markets
It’s no surprise that the fertilizer markets have cooled off this fall, but those farmers shopping for a deal may not want to wait too long to...
Stats Canada Report: Know-Risk Market Update
Prairie farmers anticipate higher wheat production as well as a decline in canola this year compared with 2011. In Ontario, farmers expect an...
CHS DynAgra Announced Sept 19 2012
Exciting news came yesterday when DynAgra Corp announced an agreement to join CHS Inc., the leading farmer-owned cooperative in the United States....
DynAgra Corp. to join US-based CHS Inc
ST. PAUL, MINN., Sept. 19, 2012 – DynAgra Corp., independent ag retailer headquartered in Western Canada, and CHS Inc., leading US-based...
When is the Best Time to Soil Test?
From A&L Labs, Sept 2012: Don't wait for a rough field, get in behind the combine for ease of sampling (smooth field) and use the stubble visual...