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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.

Managing fertilizer’s salt effect in drought

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...

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...

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....