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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.

Managing fertilizer’s salt effect in drought

The 411 on Ergot

From Amanda Homans, Agronomist for Decisive Farming. In some of my field scouting lately, I have noticed that there is a higher than normal amount...

Don’t Be Tempted To Swath Early

Swathing early before the recommended 50 to 60% seed colour change in the high temperatures occurring lately will not necessarily mean earlier...

Flooded Acres Compensation Program

For growers that have had excess moisture, make sure to submit for this federal and provincial program for compensation on those acres. 2011...

First Cargo of Ma’adan Phosphate Ships

It has been a long anticipated event and this past weekend the Ma'adan plant in Saudi Arabia loaded its first 25,000st phosphate cargo destined for...

Tips to time swathing

Swathing is about to become general in Manitoba and proper timing is tricky in parts of Saskatchewan and Alberta because of variable staging. The...

Weed of the Week

Weed of the Week! From Amanda Homans, Agronomist for Decisive Farming. Common name: Bluebur Latin name: Lappula squarrosa Bluebur is an annual weed...