Crop Management
Service produces maps of soil types and properties that agrologists, farmers can use to be more precise
A new predictive soil-mapping service will be available in Saskatchewan this spring for farmers and agronomists who want to participate in the system’s beta testing. The service is available through the Saskatchewan Soil Information System (SKSIS), which was developed by a research team in the University of Saskatchewan’s soil science department. The SKSIS is a […] Read more
Crop Management
Firms deepen variable rate link as information sharing increases
Variable rate prescriptions from Nutrien Ag Solutions’ Digital Hub can now be automatically loaded into John Deere’s Operations Center. Cameron Holbrook, vice-president of Digital Transformation at Nutrien Ag Solutions, said this advanced connectivity between the two platforms will simplify logistics, and enable variable rate agronomic recommendations to be more easily sent to Deere equipment. The […] Read more
Online seed guide eases search for best variety
The conventional printed version of the Saskatchewan Seed Guide is one of the most popular annual prairie publications, with more than 17,000 copies distributed mainly to farmers in Saskatchewan, but also Alberta, Manitoba and North Dakota. It’s also available online. “Last year – 2022 – basically the first full year it was operational, we had […] Read more
Inter-row spraying, weed wicking wild oats
Inter-row spraying and weed wicking can help control wild oats in cultivated oat fields, with the best results arising from using the two practices on the same crop. Brianna Senetza, a master’s student at the University of Saskatchewan, said wild oats is a tricky and costly weed to manage, especially in cultivated oats. “From an […] Read more
Prairies expected to benefit from U.S. wheat problems
Canada’s upcoming spring wheat crop will once again benefit from problems with the U.S. winter wheat crop, says an analyst. “The biggest bread wheat that is produced in North America is in trouble again,” said MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett. Crop condition reports for the week ended March 19 show some improvement over the previous week […] Read more
High prices keep Canadian canola out of European Union
The European Union has been importing rapeseed/canola like gangbusters in 2022-23, but precious little is arriving from Canada. The EU bought 5.8 million tonnes of the oilseed through the first 37 weeks of the crop year, according to Strategie Grains. That is up 57 percent over the same period a year ago. Ukraine is the […] Read more
Canada sees big jump in lentil sales to Turkey
Canada is benefitting from a sharp increase in Turkish lentil imports as the country meets soaring demand from one of its re-export markets. “The most important phenomenon impacting the Turkish red lentil imports is the Iraqi market,” said Mehmet Sonmez, partner in Armada Foods, a large Turkish pulse processing firm. The Iraqi government has been […] Read more
Renewable fuel sector could be devastated
Canada’s biodiesel and renewable diesel sectors will be obliterated by a new subsidy program in the United States unless the Canadian government responds in kind, say two lobby groups. The industry suffered a huge blow last year when U.S. president Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). One of the […] Read more
Cover crop survey expands its focus
A survey on cover crops is going beyond the organic producers who commissioned it to seek input from anyone interested in the practice as concerns about climate change increase. “I think it makes sense for cover crops to become a bigger part of what is agricultural standard practice,” said researcher Brenda Frick. “It feeds the […] Read more
Canada eyes huge Aussie canola crop
The large harvest that is expected Down Under will likely bite deep into Canadian sales and thwart country’s export targets
Australia’s “monstrous” canola harvest has Ken Ball adjusting his Canadian supply and demand numbers. The Australian government’s new official estimate for its 2022-23 crop is a record 8.3 million tonnes, up from the December forecast of 7.3 million tonnes. “Our (Canadian) exports are going to be well down from our earlier projections because of the […] Read more
