Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatoon — Grain transportation should be an election issue, says Cam Goff, chair of the Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission, which hosted the Farmers’ Forum on Grain Transportation here Monday along with the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission. The forum coincided with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz’s announcement in Winnipeg of […] Read more
Saskatchewan farm groups talk transportation
Transport review won't be complete until after the election
Minogue: Biotech gets its due at international rapeseed forum
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatoon — How important is biotechnology to Prairie farmers? On his farm, Saskatchewan farmer Maurice Delage says, the net profit from canola is about $100 per acre, making it his most profitable crop most years. Delage, who now farms at Indian Head and was CEO of Aventis Crop Sciences (now Bayer CropScience) in North America […] Read more
New tool launched for fusarium decisions
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan farmers trying to decide if they need to spray for fusarium this summer will have new information on hand. The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (SaskWheat) and Saskatchewan Agriculture have merged information about past outbreaks of fusarium with current weather and temperature conditions to create a day-by-day fusarium risk map. Faye Dokken-Bouchard, Saskatchewan Agriculture’s provincial […] Read more
Hanson Acres: The case of the barking dog in the night-time
Dale gets an answer to his question, “What do I have to pay to get a decent sleep around here?”
Reading Time: 4 minutes Dale was out in the shop alone early on Tuesday morning, bent over the collie as it slept in its cushioned bed. Dale was barking at the dog. Loudly. “Ruff! Ruff!” Jeff came in to pick up a wrench to tighten a dripping hose fitting on the air seeder before he took it to the […] Read more
Bayer postpones plant opening to meet canola seed demand
Reading Time: 1 minute Frost, wind, moisture and even flea beetles have already devastated Prairie canola crops this season, leading to unprecedented reseeding — and seed companies are struggling to meet the extra demand. Bayer CropScience announced Thursday it will postpone Friday’s scheduled grand opening of its new Lethbridge, Alta. seed processing plant, so staff can focus on meeting […] Read more
Hanson Acres: When tomorrow comes…
Maybe someone will lose those stupid signs anyway
Reading Time: 4 minutes The first day, Dale found ways to cope with the frustration. He watched from his truck, driving out to the field and back. He paced the yard, if hopping around the yard on crutches could be called pacing. He phoned his son, texted his father. But by 10 a.m. on Day 2, Dale hit the […] Read more
Minogue: Call your grain buyer before applying Manipulator
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers planning to try Engage Agro’s new plant growth regulator, Manipulator, this year will first want to call their grain buyers. Many Prairie farmers recently received letters from Winnipeg grain firm Parrish and Heimbecker, for example, stating P+H will not buy wheat treated with Manipulator this season. “We completely understand why a lot of the […] Read more
Hanson Acres: Ouch!!!… Now the Hansons really need help
The question is, is Elaine’s idea for finding that help as harebrained as one person in particular seems to think?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Thanks, Elaine,” Donna said, watching her daughter-in-law clear the supper table while Elaine’s son Connor wandered off to play and the baby napped in the corner. “You two need all the help you can get,” Elaine laughed, looking at Donna’s casted foot resting on a flowered pillow. Dale hadn’t wanted to say, “I told you […] Read more
Minogue: Rebalance your fields’ phosphorus bank accounts
Reading Time: 3 minutes While your crop rotations and your seeding practices have evolved into something your grandfather might not recognize, recommended phosphorous guidelines for Manitoba farmers haven’t changed in more than 20 years. Over the past year, Manitoba soil fertility experts came together to fill this gap. John Heard (Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development), Cindy Grant (Agriculture […] Read more
Minogue: Farmers sought to get skin in crop input game
Reading Time: 2 minutes Weyburn, Sask. –– Barrie Mann is here to remind about five dozen farmers what their biggest farm expense is. And what he’s proposing to them at this meeting Thursday is a way of “allowing the profits from fertilizer to go back in your bank account.” Most of these same farmers were on hand in October […] Read more
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