Equipment purchases today may have consequences years down the road, especially if electronic reliability, maintenance and right to repair escalate into valid reasons to keep older implements on the farm. Everyone has heard horror stories of combines sitting still for days during harvest and sprayers that break down at the peak of spraying season. The glitches […] Read more
Crop Management

Resistance to resistance – future control today
Herbicide-resistant weeds cost Canadian farmers more than half a billion dollars annually and the price tag is growing. The next generations of producers might not be any better able to control the problem than we are today. There are wild oat populations displaying resistance to Groups 1, 2, 8, 14, and 15 herbicides, kochia populations […] Read more

Effective farm data management becoming essential to success
New platform links farmers with a network of experts for support with agronomy, markets and mental health
One of the best ways farmers can prepare their business for whatever the future might bring is to ensure the information they base their decisions upon is reliable and timely. The variables growers must monitor to maximize their farm’s profitability are vast and complicated, and there are new sources of agricultural information popping up like […] Read more
New technology may soon be unaffordable for mid-sized farms
Near-future farmers might have to finance farm equipment as if they want to keep it forever. With fewer mid-sized farmers looking to buy used from larger operators, there might soon be no market for gently used farm equipment. Considering that resale values are key to how much farmers can invest in innovative technologies, that could […] Read more

White-hot canaryseed market takes a break
The canaryseed market is in a standoff as international customers stop buying and Canadian farmers are no longer selling. The market started rallying in the summer and reached a record of 55 cents per pound by early fall. It has since cooled to around 50 cents. “It has been a very wild market, to say […] Read more

Ag Days postponed
Manitoba Ag Days has been postponed. The annual farm show, held every January at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, will not take place on January 18-20 because of new public health orders in Manitoba. On December 27 the Manitoba government announced a 250-person limit on all public gatherings, including hockey games, concerts and other events […] Read more

Brandt enters fray of high-speed discs
Late to the party might win a prize this time as the Saskatchewan company says it has learned from others and farmers
Competition in the field of high-speed disc cultivators is heating up with the addition of a new contestant. Brandt has released a high-speed discer capable of functioning at 14 miles per hour. The high-speed disc is designed to manage crop residue, condition seed beds, level ruts, reclaim wetlands and generally simplify post-harvest and pre seed […] Read more
Biodiesel use to decline in EU
There is a good news/bad news scenario emerging for canola oil in the European Union’s biodiesel sector, according to a Rabobank report. The bad news is that diesel demand is expected to fall with the increased adoption of electric and hydrogen vehicles. The electric share of new car registrations in the EU is expected to […] Read more

Turkey significantly expands lentil production
One of the top buyers of Canadian lentils is greatly expanding its own plantings but yields could be way down due to a prolonged drought. Turkey may increase its lentil acres by up to 30 percent, according to Armada Foods, a major Turkish importer-exporter and processor of pulses. The huge expansion of acres will come […] Read more

Alta. crusher plan takes step forward
Canola processor Bunge has leaped a provincial regulatory hurdle to build a facility in Lamont County east of Edmonton. Details of the proposed facility are not available from the company, but Ward Toma, Alberta Canola general manager, said the possibility of increased processing capacity in the province is good news. “There has been lots of […] Read more