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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 and the election
Will the Conservatives form a majority government or will they be forced to continue in a minority position? Based on the polling results being...
PROs decline
The price projections for wheat and durum have dimmed a bit over the past month. In the Pool Return Outlooks released yesterday, most grades of...
Fertilizer shortages this spring?
There have been many years in which I have heard and I am sure many growers have heard, "There will be a fertilizer shortage this spring". I am not...
It sucks to be served by CP
The performance of CP Rail has been nothing short of terrible. Some observers say that CP has never really recovered since the washout of its...
Where is spring?
Check the calendar. It doesn’t look like the 23rd of March outside. The few gophers that have emerged look a bit surprised as well. A month from now...
Railway action at last
It’s rare to have widespread agreement by farm groups on a policy initiative, but the federal government is receiving a lot of praise for its plan...
India and China
China and India figure prominently into the discussion about the future of Canadian agriculture. Although China has received a lot of attention over...
Know-Risk Agriculture Markets Update
CANOLA HEDGE THOUGHTS Two major uncertainties lie ahead for all grain markets in the coming month. The first is the March 31st USDA planting...
Grain market changes
According to market analyst Chuck Penner of Leftfield Commodity Research, there have been a number of interesting developments in the grain markets...
Budget for disease management
From Canola Council Growers working on their canola budgets for 2011 should include disease management costs. Sclerotinia was widespread in 2010...