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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

Big feedlot proposed

Namaka Enterprises, a large feedlot operation from southern Alberta has reportedly announced its intentions to set up a Saskatchewan operation...

Busy times ahead

The last few weeks have seen two massive precipitation events. For the time being, drought fears have been largely eliminated on the western...

Liberals target agriculture in Ontario

The Liberal Party is putting some emphasis on policies for rural Canada. Earlier this week, leader Michael Ignatieff made a commitment to what he...

Should you seed canola early or later?

Canola seeding recommendations have changed over the years. Conventional wisdom was that you wanted to seed a little later in the spring so that...

Can’t see the forest for the trees

There’s more and more market information available to grain, oilseed and specialty crop producers, but more information is not necessarily more...

Seeding intentions

According to the Statistics Canada seeding intentions report released yesterday, there are some dramatically different seeding intentions between...

More snow and rain

A couple weeks ago, many areas of the province were anticipating an early start to seeding. In fact, there could have been a lot more seeding done...

Don’t expect U.S. durum acres to drop

The seeding intentions report from Statistics Canada comes out on Monday and everyone expects durum acreage to drop dramatically. In fact, the...

When is a health concern legitimate?

Odds are you don’t know much about Ochratoxin A, but this mycotoxin has big implications for Canadian cereal grains. Ochratoxin A, also called OTA,...

Canada needs LLP policy

It’s easy to scoff at the import standards of other countries – standards that seem designed to restrict trade. However, as Canadians we need to get...