Crop Management
The western Canadian wheat crop is off to a good start and in most areas is just starting its rapid growth phase, the tillering stage. From now until near maturity, the crop will add an average of 100 pounds of dry matter per acre per day and will take up to 2.5 lb. per day […] Read more
Crop Management
Too much of a good thing leaches away yields and profits
Outlook for big U.S. crops pressures canola lower
By D’Arce McMillan Saskatoon newsroom The prospect of bumper American soybean and corn crops kept canola futures on the defensive on Wednesday. The November contract closed at $450.60, down $6.70 or about 1.5 percent. The little traded, soon to expire July contract rose $2.30 to $489.60. Crushers are pricing based on the November contract. In […] Read more
Excess rain stresses Manitoba crop: provincial crop report
The following is the weekly crop report from Manitoba Agriculture: Weekly Provincial Summary Many areas of Manitoba received significant amounts of rainfall over the weekend, adding to the rainfall already received over the past few weeks. The wet and cool weather conditions continue to impact crops as symptoms of excess moisture stress, including yellowing and […] Read more
Unique seeder featured at farm show
60-foot unit | New drill model features central fill system with individual six product metering
REGINA — Clean Seed Agricultural Technologies hopes to recapture some of last year’s buzz around its smaller scale CX-6 seeder prototype. It has introduced a 60 foot unit with a central air feed from a high capacity product cart. Colin Rosengren, vice-president of agronomics, said this allows for individual points to shut off at each […] Read more
Seed Hawk cuts cords on new system
Seed metering | Company’s new design features additional metering rollers and wifi capability
REGINA — Seed metering is getting smarter, and at the same time, less connected. Seed Hawk is one of the first seeding tools to lose the cables that connect cab to meters and run sensors. The company from Langbank, Sask., chose to release its new designs at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina last week. […] Read more
Second spray pass may be waste of money
Pretty, but not profitable | The first pass does most of the work and producers don’t need to kill every last weed, says expert
Farmers are struggling to complete their first in-crop application of herbicide, but those who are already contemplating a second pass later this year should think twice, say experts. “There’s a lot of cases where economically you don’t see a benefit from the second application,” said Murray Hartman, an oilseed specialist with Alberta Agriculture. It may […] Read more
Video: New Holland Guardian Front Boom Sprayer
New Holland displayed their Guardian Front Boom Sprayer in Regina at Canada’s Farm Progress show, 2014. Watch Jason Hardy, company representative, describe some of the features of the machine.
Weed of the Week: dock
Whether they call it curly dock, narrow-leaved dock, sour dock or yellow dock, for farmers it is usually a sign of water, a sprayer miss, or both. Standing above most crops, dock is a perennial with the ability to produce high numbers of seeds. Its single, sometimes forked, large taproot has allowed it to flourish […] Read more
Organic acres fail to keep up with growing demand
The organic community is putting out the call: more organic acres are needed to meet the demand. The world organic market is valued at nearly $64 billion a year, with Canada the fourth largest market, after the United States, Germany and France, at $3.5 billion per year. “Demand for organic cereal grains has grown by […] Read more
Homegrown inventions star at Farm Progress
REGINA — It was longer than the usual list of new products and inventions at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina last week. Eight companies won awards for innovative new products. Twenty-eight years after he first won the award for a hitch invention, Brian Olson of Power Pin in Fort Qu’Appelle, Sask., won the gold […] Read more
