It’s payday on the Prairies and combines are going full tilt to collect on a season’s investment in time and inputs. Marcel Kringe says it’s a shame that too much of that crop blows out the end of combines, which reduces income and adds input costs next year to control volunteers. In a previous life, […] Read more
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Walkabout Mother Bins: a tale from the fields
Maidstone, Saskatchewan farmer Brad Ferguson stopped by the Walkabout Mother Bins booth at Ag in Motion in July to visit the reps and his new acquisition. The unit on display was in transit to his operation near Maidstone, Saskatchewan. It’s the second one he’s purchased. “The first one made the harvest flow better,” he says. […] Read more
Big mobile bins deliver big benefits
Mother bins ease harvest bottlenecks, saving weeks of time and reducing manpower and equipment requirements
Even among the other agricultural behemoths on display at Ag in Motion near Langham, Sask., mother bins stand out, dwarfing the super B trucks they’re designed to service. A mother bin is a grain tank on wheels, ranging in capacity from 4,000 to 8,250 bushels, depending on model and manufacturer. It is designed to address […] Read more
Crop disease tags along on soybean’s coattails
‘Honeymoon’ period for producers is ending as diseases such as phytophthora root rot make inroads following soybean expansion
Glacier FarmMedia – The worst phytophthora infection that Laura Schmidt of Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers has ever seen was just south of Souris. “Probably 25 per cent of the field was impacted,” the production specialist told field day attendees at the Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization near Melita. “One in four plants were dying off, […] Read more
Ukraine’s farmers hunker down as border fighting rages
BASIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) — Yurii Oliynyk sat milking his cows on his farm in northeastern Ukraine, hunkering down as fighting from his country’s new push into Russia raged on a few kilometres over the border. He and fellow farmers in Ukraine’s Sumy region have already endured months of missiles, drones and cluster bombs flying over […] Read more
Ergot risk threatens Man., less severe elsewhere
The fungal disease has been helped by the wet start to the growing season on the eastern side of the Prairies
Glacier FarmMedia – In the midst of the growing season, some Manitoba crops are now showing signs of ergot, which can reduce yield and pose a problem for marketing grain, but there are ways that producers can fight back against the fungal disease. Reports of ergot have been coming into Manitoba Agriculture, according to Anne […] Read more
Changes to Alberta’s next generation loan receive praise
Glacier FarmMedia – A major insurer and lender is expanding eligibility and incentives for a loan dedicated to young and new ag producers in Alberta. The Agricultural Financial Services Corporation’s (AFSC) Next Generation Loan program is meant to provide these producers with “a consistent source of fixed-rate term loans to establish their own farming operation,” […] Read more
Farms can be made pollinator friendly
Glacier FarmMedia – Producers pay a lot of attention to inputs, seeding rates and combine settings to expand profit margins. According to ag entomology experts, they should also pay attention to pollinator populations and diversity. That means more than honeybees. In Saskatchewan, there are up to 400 different species of bees that contribute as pollinators. […] Read more
Rail lockout will roil North American supply chains
OTTAWA (Reuters) — Canada’s two main railways locked out around 10,000 of their Canadian unionized workers early today, starting an unprecedented simultaneous work stoppage that will grind almost all railway freight movement in the country to a halt. How integrated are the rail networks across North America? Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City […] Read more
Producers needed for grain bin insect study
University scientists seek growers from Manitoba and Saskatchewan to provide samples as part of their pest research
Glacier FarmMedia – Researchers from the University of Manitoba want to know about bug problems in stored grain. It’s the fourth year of a Canadian Centre for Grain Storage Research project on grain pests. The centre is located at the university and the insect research project is part of the Prairie Bio Vigilance network. The […] Read more
