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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.
Rolling Hills Area Crop Update
With hot windy temperatures the last couple of days the stress that was in the fields is now very visible. Partly flooded areas are turning from...
Precision Agronomy, Risk Management & Farm Information Technologies
BEISEKER — June 29, 2011— Today, it was announced that the formally known DynAgraVRT business unit of DynAgra will be operating as a new company...
Crop and Weather Update
From Canola Council of Canada Peace Region (B.C. and Alberta): Welcome rains of 2” to 5” fell across most of the region early this week. Rains...
Flood Politics
While some producers in southeastern Saskatchewan, depending upon topography, persistence, equipment and luck were able to seed 20, 40 or even 60...
Rain and More Rain
The maps are always a bit behind and they aren’t always perfectly accurate for localized areas, but it’s still very interesting to follow the...
Weather Increases Canola Growers’ Concern over Blackleg
From Agri-News Concerns over Blackleg in canola have increased in Western Canada throughout the past few seasons. With wet conditions this spring...
Southern Alberta Disease Update
We should be extra diligent in scouting for disease this year as wet conditions last season and continuous rain this spring are promoting the spread...
Combine Clinic Helps You Pick Up Your Profits
From Alberta Canola Producers Commission June 17, 2011 Canola growers who attend the Combine Performance Clinic in Westlock, Alberta July 18 and 19...
Group travel plans to Agritechnica
Would you like to go to world’s No. 1 farm equipment show? Agritechnica is held every second year in Hanover, Germany. The next show is the middle...
Durum turns to gold
Durum prices have nowhere to go but up. Bruce Burnett, the director of weather and market surveillance for the Canadian Wheat Board spoke to a...