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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.
Precip teaser
The storm system racing through Alberta and Saskatchewan is not going to drop enough rain and snow to erase the huge moisture deficit on the western...
Expect more private wheat and barley varieties
The source for new wheat and barley varieties in Western Canada has always been primarily the public breeding institutions – Agriculture Canada and...
No more independent canola variety trials
The Prairie Canola Variety Trials have been cancelled for this year. Several Canadian canola seed developers are refusing to enter their varieties....
Seeding approaches quickly in western Prairie
In eastern parts of Saskatchewan, there’s lots of water lying around and in some areas you can still find some snow. On the western side of the...
Glyphosate resistance confirmed
The first case of a glyphosate-resistant weed in Canada has now been confirmed. University of Guelph researchers working in conjunction with...
Durum strategies
Durum is a dog, both in price and in movement. The Canadian Wheat Board accepted only 40 per cent of the durum offered under the Series A contract....
What’s a good price for canola?
A producer told me recently that, “My banker just marketed some of my canola.” In other words, the producer sold some canola for cash flow needs. He...
More beef packer consolidation predicted
Kevin Grier, a senior market analyst with the George Morris Centre is warning Saskatchewan and Alberta cattle producers that they might lose an...
Inserting science into organic
It appears that the United States is going to start some testing of organic food to make sure it’s actually organic. Mischa Popoff, a former...
Anything but cereals
The news on cereal crop prices continues to worsen. The Pool Return Outlooks from the Canadian Wheat Board have dropped for both the current crop...