Reading Time: 5 minutes The influence of tariff and trade uncertainity on farm business decisions.
Producers aren’t panicking over tariffs and trade threats
In the face of extreme market uncertainty, protectionist tariffs and global geopolitical risks, Canadian producers aren’t rushing to change their plans, but they may put some major purchases on hold
Riding the tariff roller-coaster
What are producers doing to minimize the risk created by ongoing trade uncertainty?
Reading Time: 3 minutes What producers are doing to minimize the risk created by ongoing trade uncertainty.
Could crop sharing be a viable option for your farm?
There are pros and cons for both the renter and the landlord to consider when entering crop sharing agreements
Reading Time: 4 minutes Crop sharing could be a good option for young and beginning farmers.
Tips and strategies for pre- and post-harvest weed control
While in-field scouting tops the list, also consider post-spray followups, detailed record keeping, weed assessments, water quality and more
Reading Time: 6 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best ones. Breanne Tidemann, an Alberta-based researcher with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), says boots on the ground remains one of the most effective strategies when it comes to weed control. “Don’t rely, especially in the spring, on the 80-kilometre-per-hour drive-by. Get out and get those […] Read more
Guess who’s paying for new grain grading?
New CGC regulations would add DON and falling number to Canada’s grade specifications
Reading Time: 8 minutes A proposal by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) to add two grading factors to its list of parameters is stirring considerable debate, mostly among members of the western Canadian food value chain, but also in the east. The two factors revealed in a document published by the CGC late last year are falling number (FN) […] Read more
Simplifying data management
Now into its second year, FieldView is helping users learn more, and do more for themselves
Reading Time: 5 minutes Precision ag is such a patchwork today. It seems to offer the potential to achieve so many great things on the farm, yet it can create almost as much bother and anxiety for the grower, i.e. the very individual it was created to help. With the number of systems, designs and platforms that can collect […] Read more
Scouting, spray timing critical for western bean cutworm control
Reading Time: 3 minutes Conditions are right for a western bean cutworm year in Ontario corn and it’s time to scout — but likely not yet to spray. Western bean cutworm (WBC) is now the most economically damaging pest in Ontario corn. It feeds on the tassel and ears of corn and doesn’t particularly affect yield, but the feeding […] Read more
Ontario winter wheat crop yielding well, quality good
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario’s winter wheat crop is living up to its great expectations after a warm winter and lots of spring rain got it off to a great start. Farmers have been harvesting the crop for two weeks in the southwest of the province, but are just getting going in other areas. “I think the wheat’s looking […] Read more
VIDEO: Curbing clubroot in Ontario canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute During a recent canola growers’ day at Arthur, Ont., Dan Orchard, an agronomist with the Canola Council of Canada, brought his years of experience managing clubroot in Alberta to Ontario growers. Canola fields affected by clubroot were first found last year in Ontario. With some diligence, Orchard said, the problem should be able to be […] Read more
Minimal issues reported with dicamba drift in Ontario
Reading Time: 3 minutes UPDATED, July 21, 2017 — There appear to be few dicamba drift problems in Ontario, unlike in other soybean-growing areas in the U.S. The provincial environment and climate change ministry, the body to which spray drift problems are reported in the province, has heard of some anecdotal cases this year, but nothing significant, according to […] Read more
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