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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.
Fire up the aeration
Take advantage of any little break you get in the weather. As I read emails from producers around the province, that’s a theme that emerges this...
Harvest tips for damaged canola
September 1, 2010 Sclerotinia infection, late-season hail and frost threats have growers wondering whether to swath early. Take time to make an...
Growing mustard with lentils
It could be considered an inadvertent intercropping experiment. Over the years, a number of farmers have tried growing peas with canola. This year,...
Crop quality takes a hit
There is a wide range in quality over the limited amount of crop that’s been harvested. Within the lentil crop, a lot of disease and sprouting is...
New World Phosphate Production
The phosphate market is going to get very competitive in the next 12 months. There are three new plants coming on stream by the end of 2011....
John Deere Sprayer – Big Mistake!
In an attempt to spray a wet field, a Saskatchewan grower unfortunately got stuck. To fix the situation, a track hoe was brought to pull the sprayer...
More John Deere Mistake Pictures
Here are more pictures of the blunder.
Livestock prices improve
Livestock prices are a lot better than a year ago. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture publishes a Market Trends report that lists current...
Crop price disparity
A rising tide is supposed to raise all the ships, but some grain prices have increased a lot more than others. Wheat, durum and barley price...
Water everywhere
I spent some time yesterday north of Humboldt looking at the greatly expanded lakes, washed out roads and rushing culverts. Thousands of acres of...