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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.
AgriInvest deposit changes
Producers will be making their 2009 AgriInvest deposit at the participating financial institution of their choice. Up until now, AgriInvest funds...
Fungi is not really a Fun Guy!!
Now that the in crop weed spraying is complete, it is time to think about disease and insect spraying. It sure seems like a never ending cycle, and...
Emergency registration granted
The PMRA has approved an emergency registration for aerial application of Centurion EC herbicide for control for grassy weeds in broadleaf crops...
Retro weekend?
My wife Marlene and I have long attended the Craven Country Music Jamboree. We’ve been at nearly all of them dating back to the mid-80s. That’s...
CFIA looks at dropping seed crop inspections
Within five years, Canada’s seed industry should not expect CFIA involvement in the field inspections of seed crops. That was the message from CFIA...
New hope for canaryseed exports to Mexico
Mexico has agreed to a 60-day delay in implementing new restrictions on wild buckwheat in Canadian canaryseed. Speaking yesterday at the Canadian...
Cattle producers ignored
Cattle producers were excluded from the federal-provincial Excess Moisture Program announced as an AgriRecovery initiative. The day of the $30 an...
Viterra optimism
Viterra has released its own update of seeded acreage in Western Canada, along with how the reduction in acres may affect the financial results of...
Announcement for Flooded Prairie Farmland
Rarely do governments act so quickly and decisively. I was amazed when the meeting of federal and provincial agriculture ministers resulted in a...
Research on GM wheat
Genetically modified wheat has moved one step closer to reality. BASF and Monsanto are expanding their research cooperation to include GM wheat....