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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.
Price bounce on some commodities
All the unseeded acreage coupled with concerns about overall production levels is shaking up some of the markets. Canola has strengthened to the...
Tax issues from unseeded acres
It’s ironic, but some producers in the extremely wet areas may end up with an income tax problem this year. Here’s why. In good years, producers...
What should governments do?
Unseeded acreage is destined to become a political football. A growing number of rural municipalities are declaring themselves agricultural disaster...
AgriRecovery mystery
The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association has sent out a news release saying what many producers have been thinking – the so-called AgriRecovery...
Seeding into muck
An extension was announced last week to the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance seeding deadline. While a commendable gesture, it may not be in a producer’s...
1 million acres could go unplanted in Saskatchewan
This spring marks one of the wettest springs ever for Western Canadian farmers. Around 30% of north eastern Saskatchewan (1 million acres) that is...
Predicting acreage shifts
With the massive seeding delay, what kind of acreage shifts might there be? Will total seeded acreage in Saskatchewan be down by two million or five...
Not all technology has advanced
Why is it that a lot of older AM radios have far better reach than the radios we have now? I run an old Versatile 875 tractor for seeding. When I...
One for the record books
I’ve always admired the old timers who can tell you weather and farming stories from bygone decades. It amazes me how many folks can tell you the...
Herbicide choice illusion
There seems to be a bewildering array of new herbicides on the market, but looks are deceiving. Provincial weed control specialist Clark Brenzil...