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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.
Black Swans
Following the events of recent weeks, many grain markets have dropped dramatically and there are a lot of references to Black Swan events and the...
Seeded acreage estimates
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has come out with its latest market forecast for grains, oilseeds and specialty crops. The forecast includes an...
How does your farm measure up?
Statistics Canada has released a pile of data and estimates related to agriculture. Not surprisingly, the stats show that large farms are accounting...
Lingenfelter off base on Crop Insurance
NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter is criticizing the Sask Party government for the big increase in Crop Insurance premiums. Link is either trying to...
Conflicting precipitation data
The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority has delivered another update on the flood outlook for this spring, but it notes that the forecast is based on...
CONFIRMED CHANGES TO THE CARBON CREDIT PROGRAM
Following is a summary of changes the Alberta Government has confirmed regarding Carbon Credits. These changes will come into effect January 1,...
Increase fertilizer rates to match yield potential
From Canola Council of Canada In a recent survey on agronomic practices, the Canola Council of Canada found that, on average, growers were applying...
Beer and barley
You’ve maybe read it in a daily paper or seen it on the television news. The price of beer is going to increase because the price of malting barley...
Price insurance for Alberta calves
Alberta has just expanded its Cattle Price Insurance Program to include calves. There were already programs for feeder cattle and fed cattle. Now,...
Cheap food versus expensive oil
You can’t have cheap food and expensive oil. It just doesn’t work. The price of food is making worldwide headlines. For hundreds of millions of...