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February 8, 2025

Strategies to help optimize your fertilizer investment

Are you thinking about cutting back on fertilizer to save money? Dan Owen says it doesn’t have to be either/or. New technology, such as enhanced efficiency fertilizers, different application timings and minding the 4Rs can help farmers design the fertilizer plan they need at a cost they can afford.

February 8, 2025

Peer-to-peer support helps new farmers succeed

What if you didn’t grow up on a farm but want to be a farmer? Where would you start? For many, it’s the direct-to-consumer market and the Business Bootcamp program helps these new farmers understand the ins and outs of running an agricultural business in this rapidly growing sector of Canadian agriculture. Aspiring farmers learn about everything from startup capital to business plans to product development and more from farmers…

February 8, 2025

Need more bins? How and why farmers are increasing on-farm storage

It’s said that all bins pay for themselves eventually, but building new or upgrading a bin yard is neither easy nor cheap. Still – bigger bins and better bin technology is important when it comes to keeping grain in excellent condition so you can court better prices. One farmer and two bin manufacturers say a good plan (with blueprints), a phased approach and realistic budgeting will get you what you…

February 7, 2025

Multiple market forces to consider when planning for 2025

Price pressure getting you down? The 2024 crop year was pretty okay for the most part in terms of crop production in Canada, and our grain exports were close to record levels. Still, prices remained low going into 2025, particularly for canola. There are plenty of reasons for this – South America’s crop looks great; U.S. trade looks like it could get volatile – but how should this figure into…

February 7, 2025

Growth beyond imagining

Talk about going from zero-to-sixty in a heartbeat. Schoolfriends DJ Wassenaar and Matt Bergman went from a small custom farming business to buying and running two separate Ontario farms, plus a couple of off-farm businesses in just a few short years. It’s a journey that involved tough decisions and still involves very long days. They talk about why they decided to specialize in hay production and organic corn and soybeans,…