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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.
Great time for drought payments
I heard an interview with our federal agriculture minister and Mr. Ritz was explaining why it took so long to come out with the AgriRecovery program...
Monsanto’s Cash Cow is lost…Round Up
With the large amount of Chinese Glyphosate that has flooded the North American market over the past year; Monsanto has taken a huge hit on the...
Seeding delays become critical
Saskatchewan is about one more rain away from a very big problem. Depending upon where you look and who you ask, we may already have a very big...
Diamondback moth issues
Adult diamondback moths have already been found in pheromone-baited traps in several areas of Manitoba and Alberta. This does indicate an early...
How high’s the water?
April and May have seen an unprecedented amount of rain over most of Saskatchewan and there’s more rain falling. Precipitation maps compiled by...
What’s a fair cash rent?
Producers and landlords often wonder about cropland lease rates. Unlike land prices that are accessible to the public, there’s no way to actually...
Custom seeding: $16 to $17 an acre
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture has come out with its 2010-11 edition of the Farm Machinery Custom and Rental Rate Guide. This is just a...
Wanted: Accurate weather forecasts
As farmers commiserate about seeding delays, they quote from the latest Environment Canada forecasts and what they’ve seen and heard on The Weather...
Seeding struggles
If the weather forecasts are correct, there’s going to be a lot of crop seeded later than what producers would like to see. The crop report from the...
Production tips for canola
Canola Watch, a weekly report from the Canola Council of Canada, has some interesting production tips: • The most recent version reports that...