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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.
I’m a climate change expert and I’m here to help you
On Friday, I heard a presentation by a bright, young woman who is a PhD student at McGill University. Bano Mehdi has two science degrees and...
The $31.70 per cow problem needs to be addressed
Many people in the cattle business love to hate the big packing companies. For that reason, it’s difficult to garner support for paying compensation...
Baby boomers are not like their parents
The Canadian Farm Business Management Council is hosting its annual Managing Excellence in Agriculture Conference in Saskatoon. The opening speaker...
R-CALF points to Canadian beef subsidies
Canada has filed a WTO complaint against the American imposition of COOL - country of origin labeling. The main advocate of this expensive,...
Winter precip still below normal
One big snowstorm hasn’t been enough to bring winter precipitation back up to normal. The system that came through the province around January 23...
Farm Tech 2010 Report
The much anticipated FarmTech 2010 took place in Edmonton last week. Growers and tech-buffs from across the country gathered to see the...
Cereal prices are the lowest in years
With the latest drop in the Pool Return Outlook for durum, the price is now projected to be the lowest in five years. The durum PRO dropped by as...
Beef and pork troubles round out list of top ’09 stories
Yesterday, I listed my top three agricultural stories of 2009 - the crop that defied the weather, the drop in grain prices and the trade barriers...
Top agricultural events of ’09
The top nine of ’09 has a nice ring, but the big agricultural events of the year actually fall into just five broad categories. In agriculture,...
Money is on sale
Interest rates are lower than anyone can remember. There isn’t much risk in predicting that interest rates are eventually going to rise. That’s the...