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Reducing fertilizer rates while growing oats can make sense in some instances, but producers need to tailor fertilizer practices to their soil type and growing conditions.  |  File photo

Crop Production Show 2025: How do fertilizer reductions impact the oat industry?  

Considerations for industry competitiveness should be top of mind, says researcher at Crop Week 2025

If oat producers in Canada were to reduce their fertilizer use by 15 or 30 per cent, how would that impact their profits and the industry’s overall competitiveness?  That’s what researcher Jessica Enns tried to figure out through a recently completed research project, she told producers at the SaskOats annual general meeting Wednesday morning, which […] Read more

Many variables affect canola loss rates out the back of the combine during harvest, and they are difficult to isolate.  |  File photo

Study looks for ways to tackle volunteer canola

A researcher from the University of Manitoba says harvest loss and herbicide options underpin management efforts

Research from the University of Manitoba aims to get a better handle on the problem of volunteer canola in soybeans. It begins with preventing canola from escaping the back of the combine the year before. There’s already been a lot of work on volunteer canola issues and canola harvest loss. Rob Gulden, U of M […] Read more


A side-by-side comparison of a tilled, left, and no-till field is part of a trial on Jade Leicht’s organic farm.  |  Janelle Rudolph photo

Organic producers attempt to make no-till work

Soil microbiology, diversity and nutrient cycling among considerations if farmers want to ditch the iron, consultant says

Producers went back to biology class during a recent SaskOrganic’s field day in Spalding, Sask., and biodiversity was one of the lessons. Kevin Elmy, cover crop consultant with Imperial Seed, urged producers to design systems that will increase species diversity. A truly diverse system, he said, should include a legume, grass and a forb to […] Read more

Danny Hacault drops 10 cm of topsoil back on the top of a knoll at his farm near Swan Lake, Man.  Hacault participated in a University of Manitoba field experiment, which determined that moving soil from the lower slopes can drastically improve yield on the top of the knoll, by as much as 133 percent.

When topsoil moves uphill

LANGHAM, Sask. — Jeff Schoenau is one of those people who can naturally draw a crowd. At last month’s Ag in Motion farm show near Langham, Schoenau walked down a set of temporary steps into a soil pit and began speaking about the basics of soil science. As he began his presentation, visitors at the […] Read more

“The agriculture sector is in the midst of a transition characterized less and less by diesel and more and more by data,” said CFA first vice-president and Saskatchewan grain farmer Todd Lewis.
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Farmers want data strategy

WHITEHORSE — Data will drive productivity growth on Canadian farms, farm organizations told agriculture ministers last month. They called for a national data strategy during a roundtable at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture summer meeting and ahead of the federal-provincial-territorial annual ministerial meeting. “The agriculture sector is in the midst of a transition characterized less […] Read more


Claas’s new Lexion 8900 Terra Trac made its first North American appearance at the Ag in Motion farm show. The special graphic on the side of the model on display celebrates a significant milestone in Claas combine production. | Scott Garvey photo

Claas debuts Lexion 8900 combine

Ag in Motion hosts second major product launch for Claas in two years as the company makes headway into the Canadian market

LANGHAM, Sask. — For the second time in two years, Claas has used the Ag in Motion Farm show near Langham to hold a major product launch. Last year it pulled the wraps off the new 12 Series Xerion tractors, making their first public appearance anywhere. This year, an all-new flagship combine, the Lexion 8900 […] Read more

Agco unveiled its prototype retrofit full autonomy system in Kansas at the end of June. The first system available will allow autonomous Deere and Fendt tractors to pull grain
carts in the field. | AGCO photo

Agco unveils Outrun autonomy kit

In a windy field near Salina, Kansas, Agco unveiled its prototype retrofit autonomy kit for tractors in late June. The system, called Outrun, is in keeping with Agco’s strategy of making its retrofit technologies compatible with multiple brands. The kit has been engineered to work on a John Deere 8R tractor as well as select […] Read more