by Breanne Baker | Nov 16, 2011 | Agronomic Service, Articles
If you haven’t signed up your 2002 to 2011 offsets / carbon credits yet, you need to decide quickly as time is running out on the historical offsets. You must have your carbon credits signed up before the end of December otherwise you will lose your historical...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 15, 2011 | Articles, Fertilizer Prices
In Egypt it is thought that 1 person may have been killed and a number of others wounded this past weekend in riots between the army and protesters. Protesters want the nitrogen facility shut down and no future expansions (which were planned for new year) allowed...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 14, 2011 | Articles, Know-Risk Updates
Decisive Farming was honored to be the winner of the 2011 Ag Innovations Award in the ag services sector with Know-Risk Farm Management! This prestigious award was presented to Decisive Farming at the 2011 Agri-Trade Exposition. Ag Innovations is Canada’s...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 7, 2011 | Articles, Decisive Farming
Just a reminder that Decisive Farming’s 1st Annual Conference is scheduled to take place on November 8! This one-day-only event will include an informative line-up of keynote speakers, break-out sessions, and an opportunity to peer network. Lunch and...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 2, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Canadian Wheat Board
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association has instructed lawyers to commence legal action against the Canadian Wheat Board and eight of its directors for their misuse of farmers’ money. The Wheat Growers have had enough with the CWB, and finally felt that it was...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 17, 2011 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
If you’re waiting for green seed counts to drop before combining canola, or if you have canola with high green seed counts sitting in a bin, quick action may be your best financial move at this stage of the season. Growers waiting for green seed levels to drop before...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 11, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Canadian Wheat Board
At the Transport Industry Conference at the University of Manitoba, the deputy minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said that the federal government is determined to introduce and pass legislation that will end the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly this fall....
by Breanne Baker | Oct 6, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
With many rumours of Agrium’s Red Water, Ab facility having phos rock supply issues over the past year or more, it seems that Agrium has finally resolved the issue by agreeing to a long term phos rock contract with OCP out of Morocco. The contract will replace...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 5, 2011 | Articles, Farm Management, Fertilizer Prices
The 3 million tpa phosphate plant in Saudi Arabia has been delayed to the end of March 2012. With regards to impact for Western Canada, it is anticipate that there won’t be any downward pressure on phosphate prices in Western Canada from this plant until after...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 4, 2011 | Articles, Precision Farming, Variable Rate Technology
5th Annual Master Seeders Conference With fall just around the corner, preparations are well underway for SeedMaster’s 5th annual Master Seeders Conference. With presentations from independent researchers, industry partners, and SeedMaster staff – along with...