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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.
Rags and riches
Most years, there’s a wide variation in Saskatchewan fields. Seldom is it as extreme as this year. In many cases, the millions of acres of unseeded...
More storms…
On Monday, July 26th, another huge storm rolled through southern Alberta inflicting its damage throughout. Strong winds and tornado warnings east of...
Canaryseed woes continue
A couple weeks ago, there was hope for a quick resolution to Mexican import restrictions on Canadian canaryseed. Unfortunately, there has been...
Changes to weed profile
It’s been a very different growing season and with that has come a very different in-crop weed profile. Most of my travels are in West Central and...
Canola Filling In
All of these sunny days we have had in the past week has really helped the canola along. At our Get More Bushels Super Crop Plot near Blackie, the...
Tornado Time in Prairies
As unpredictable as the weather in Western Canada is, Mother Nature never ceases to amaze. This month was marked with some heavy storms, a few...
Ballast water and grain exports
The state of New York is implementing regulations that could cripple traffic through the St. Lawrence Seaway. The regulations pertain to ballast...
Cereals are still dogs
Wheat, durum and designated barley prices are showing some strength, but they still aren’t very attractive. In the latest Pool Return Outlooks from...
Feast in the Field!
Growers from around Alberta, and even a few from Saskatchewan gathered in a field north of Blackie, AB, to find out how they can Get More Bushels....
Pulse crop success story
At a news conference yesterday, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers announced that it is contributing a million dollars to the Phytotron Renewal Project at...