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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.
Conservative Majority, what does it mean for the CWB?
There are lots of thoughts these days on the plans of the Conservative government in regards to any changes with the CWB, if at all. Recently,...
Take advantage of pre-seed prep time – Part 2
From Canola Council While checking fields: —Monitor soil temperature. Crop residue, shelterbelts and slope will make some soils cooler than others....
Take advantage of pre-seed prep time – Part 1
From Canola Council Seeding is delayed across the Prairies due to excess moisture and cooler temperatures. Performing the following jobs now will...
Mudmobile
In response to the excess moisture in Western Canada this winter and spring, DynAgra has modified their soil testing truck with tracks in place of...
Seeding Starting in the Peace Area of Alberta. How about your area?
Looks like things are set to get underway for seeding in the Peace area of Alberta. I am hearing many fields in Southern Alberta are starting to...
Hursh discontinues radio reports
It has been many years since I first started doing a daily radio commentary. Some of you who read this report on the website or receive the report...
Field activity
I put about 1,200 kilometers on my truck the past couple days on a road trip from southwest Saskatchewan all the way up to Viking, Alberta and back....
Don’t believe the canola numbers
Statistics Canada spent a lot of money doing its Seeding Intentions Report released yesterday, but the report has limited value. A total of 12,600...
Conflicting weather forecasts
Here’s an early season test of weather forecasts. On Monday, the Environment Canada forecast sounded quite favourable. There was 30 to 60 per cent...
Seeding about to start
This may come as a surprise to those still suffering from flooding, but if the weather holds, a bit of seeding will take place in Saskatchewan this...