Crop Management
Irrigators were able to get through the 2023 season but not without getting bounced around in what has been a year marked by drought conditions, a quick melting mountain snowpack and little precipitation. The situation facing irrigators is best summed up by the latest bulletin from the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District. “While it appears we […] Read more
Crop Management
Wild varieties may hold disease resistance key
Wild cousins of domesticated crops may hold the key to new genetic traits that could help crops thrive in various conditions or stave off diseases and insect pests.Sabine Banniza is a professor at the University of Saskatchewan where she holds the Ministry of Agriculture Strategic Research Program (SRP) Chair in Pulse Crop Pathology. She has […] Read more
Canada canola and barley stocks up
OTTAWA (Reuters) — Canadian stocks of canola, barley, oats and dry peas were up at the end of July 2023 compared to the same date in 2022, according to a farm survey by Statistics Canada released Sept. 8. StatCan said higher total supplies reflected increased production in 2022, as growing conditions on Canada’s Prairies recovered […] Read more
Horses to horsepower
Inflated claims by early tractor manufacturers prompted the development of a standardized power measurement
I want to ask you a question. How much has the type of agricultural equipment available to you, determined how you farm? How much did the type of machinery available to your father or grandfather influence the way they farmed? Obviously, the kind of equipment available to farmers has changed a lot over the decades, […] Read more
Seeding, fertilizer rates explored
The Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) is calling for participants for their 2023-24 winter wheat trials. In its ongoing Research on the Farm program, MCA plans to explore seeding rates and fertilizer use. MCA research trial specialist Daryl Rex says the purpose of Research on the Farm trials is to take science-based recommendations and ground truth […] Read more
Mid-sized rock picker simple but tough
LANGHAM, Sask. — Rocks don’t change. Farmers have been picking and dumping them ever since the fields were broken. But farms have changed. Farmers have changed. Farm machinery has changed. That means rock-pickers have had to change. “It’s going to pick more rocks with less dump time,” said Derek Molnar of Degelman, the rock-picking giant, […] Read more
Waterhemp expands in Manitoba fields
Farmers are advised to collect suspected waterhemp plants instead of putting them through the combine
Manitoba Agriculture’s weed specialist urges farmers to watch for waterhemp in their fields during harvest and avoid spreading it with the combine. “Just do not put those weeds through the combine because … you’re in for a world of hurt once these things take a hold here,” Kim Brown said Sept. 1 while taking suspected […] Read more
Clean grain keeps markets open for all
Contaminants in grain not only lower your price on that load, it can also have a negative impact on future buyers and end users. The solution? Keep it Clean. Started by the Canola Council of Canada in 2016, the Keep it Clean program has been at the forefront of promoting hygiene in grain shipments, whether […] Read more
Bigger bins change the storage game
In the 1970s, a standard bin was 14 feet in diameter, with a capacity of 1,350 bushels. If you were a high roller, you’d add an extra ring and stretch that another 300 bu. You could get a bin that was 19 feet in diameter, with a 2,700 bu. capacity but few farmers bought them […] Read more
Be optimistic with your storage system plans
LANGHAM, Sask. — Planning a storage system means being optimistic, future-focused, and strategic. It isn’t something you should do when you realize you’ve got a big crop coming and not enough room to store it. “It starts with a plan,” said Derek Johnson in the lee of the giant grain bin system AGI has built […] Read more
