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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.
Agriculture Markets Update – USDA Outlook on Corn
The outlook that the USDA published yesterday and today shows corn planting at 94 million acres, which would be the largest acreage since 1944. The...
Precision Ag 2.0 – The Next Generation
ARECA is hosting the first “PRECISION AG 2.0: The Next Generation” Conference at the Deerfoot Inn & Casino in Calgary, February 22-23...
Decisive Farming Wins 1st Place at Manitoba Ag Days Inventors Showcase
Inventors Showcase is held every year at Manitoba Ag Days to encourage individuals and companies to develop products that will assist farmers in...
Russia’s Grain Crop for 2012 May Be at Least 90 Million Tons
From Bloomberg: Russia’s grain crop will be “at least” 90 million metric tons this year, the Agriculture Ministry said. The figure may be reached...
Durum Wheat Begins Trading on ICE Futures Canada on Jan 23, 2012.
The long awaited opening of the wheat contract on the Winnipeg exchange is set to commence on January 23. While growers, elevators, brokers, crop...
Know-Risk Agriculture Markets Update
CANOLA HEDGE THOUGHTS Prices have been rallying on South American dryness lately. As we have been continuing to stress, if you haven’t already, we...
We'll Pay the Interest on a Farm Credit Canada Loan
Decisive Farming has signed up with Farm Credit Canada and we are currently offering to pay the interest on FCC Loans for Optimize RX. Just book...
Phosphate producers cutting production
With a recent decline in world phosphate prices manufacturers in the US and Russia have announced that they will be cutting production. ...
Mapping New Strategies for Successful Farm Management
On November 8, growers from across Alberta and Saskatchewan gathered in Red Deer for the first annual conference on Decisive Farming. By all...
Reliable Soil Testing is the First Step in Planning Next Year’s Crops.
This is the time of year when growers start asking what they can do to get the most out of next year’s crops. Without a doubt, one of the most...