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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.

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Managing fertilizer’s salt effect in drought

Weed control in cool, wet conditions

June 2, 2011

From Canola Council of Canada: Herbicides in general tend to work best in warm sunny conditions when weeds are actively growing and cycling...

Ma’aden phosphate plant takes on first contract- NEW production

June 1, 2011

The massive phosphate plant in Morocco that was set to come on stream in Q3 of 2011 has just confirmed their first contract of phosphate with India....

Another year with Unseeded Acreage

June 1, 2011

Farmers in southeastern Saskatchewan are in trouble. Only a limited amount of crop has been seeded, time is running out and rain continues to fall....

Russian grain export ban to be lifted

May 31, 2011

The ban on grain exports from Russia will be lifted as of July 1st, 2011 following a ten percent increase in planting and six million tonnes of...

Patchy emergence could be cutworms

May 30, 2011

From Canola Council of Canada Seeding is the top priority right now, but take time everyday to scout emerged canola fields. Cutworms have been...

Crop and weather update

May 27, 2011

From Canola Council of Canada Peace (B.C. and Alberta): Canola seeding ranges from half to two thirds complete in the east, to 95% complete in the...

Fertilizer prices set to soar, are we going back to 2008 prices?

May 26, 2011

I personally hope that we are not headed back to the days of $900 Urea and $1400 phosphate. For those of you with short memories, they weren’t good...