SASKATOON (Staff) — The bright spot in farm machinery sales continues to be tillage and seeding equipment. Wendy Morris, president of Morris Implements of Yorkton, Sask., presented the forecasted sales in this category to the Canadian Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute on behalf of the Prairie Implement Manufacturers Association. Sales of short-line equipment were up […] Read more
Stories by Colleen Munro
Westco captures fertilizer information on computer
SASKATOON — The information you pull up on Westco Fertilizer’s new computer database isn’t something that would get published in the Canadian Journal of Soil Science. But that’s not surprising. Agronomist John Harapiak is visibly proud when he says his company is the industry leader in “doing practical research.” For 25 years, through field trials […] Read more
Planning made easier
SASKATOON (Staff) — Westco Fertilizer isn’t stopping at just disseminating research on its new computer database. While farmers will be able to search out information on a variety of topics with AgroFacts, Westco is planning on adding a modelling feature to the computer program. Farmers will be able to do up to 10 least-cost analyses […] Read more
