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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.
How do you prepare for a poor crop?
The Grain Growers of Canada has written to federal and provincial agriculture ministers asking that they immediately begin planning for what will...
Beef marketing money likely to be reduced
Cowboy politics in Alberta is going to have an impact on cattle producers across the country. The $3 per head cattle check off in Alberta has long...
Explain this global warming thing to me again
Even with the best case weather scenario for the remainder of the growing season, Prairie grain production is going to be below normal. Yesterday,...
Crop prospects take a beating
A trio of problems is threatening the Saskatchewan crop – drought, frost and delayed development. Delayed development is a concern in most regions....
Rather than having a banquet, go to the farmers market
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan has come up with a novel way to feed and entertain the people attending the APAS midterm...
Sorting out the rain and the frost
It’s going to take awhile to figure out overall crop conditions following the weather of the past few days. There has been substantial precipitation...
Rocky start to growing season
For early June, crop development is was behind where it should be. The crop report released yesterday by the Ministry of Agriculture says 60 to 80...
In-crop Weed Spraying Next On the ‘To Do’ List
Many producers were unable to do a pre-seed burn-off so it is critical to maximize efficiency with the first in-crop pass. The first step is...
Enhanced nitrogen fixation
McGill University of Montreal and Becker Underwood of Ames, Iowa have signed a commercial licensing agreement. The agreement grants Becker Underwood...
Early weed removal critical in protecting yield
The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) is advising growers to remove weeds early. "Weeds compete for light, nutrients, and moisture and a canola crop is...


