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McMillan: Northern Plains planting grinds to a halt

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Planting problems resume for northern U.S. farmers. In what was already a very slow start to seeding, farmers were stopped by rains so heavy that flash flood warnings were issued for southeastern North Dakota and western Minnesota. The slow-moving weather system brought heavy rains to already-saturated ground. Over the past three days these areas received […] Read more
Crops, Weather

McMillan: Prairie crop insect pressure light, so far

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Reading Time: 2 minutes With warming weather come weeds and pests. So far insect pest numbers on the agricultural Prairies have been light — although that can change quickly. “Given the late spring, no hot issues have popped up yet.” said Brent Flaten, integrated pest management specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture in Moose Jaw. During a recent Twitter chat, Alberta […] Read more
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New alliance to focus wheat research in Saskatoon

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government has joined with the Saskatchewan government and University of Saskatchewan to form a new Canadian Wheat Alliance, dedicated to improving yields and profitability of wheat. “The Canadian Wheat Alliance will improve the quality of Canadian wheat, and enhance Canada’s competitive position in the growing world market,” said federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz […] Read more
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Pearce: Ruling over Ont. wind farm does more to confuse

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Many a battle over rural resources and farm development has been waged between rural neighbours in the past 15 years — ranging from legal challenges surrounding hog barn constructions to the development of gravel pits beneath arable land. In the latest such battle, a recent ruling by an Ontario Superior Court of Justice would appear […] Read more
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Guenther: For problem fields, diagnosis in the details

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Providing agronomists with detailed information on a problem field can help field visits go well — but farmers also need to know agronomists might not have a solution right away. “Your job is to collect the information to help with the diagnostics. A lot of times you’ll want to guess at what it is, but […] Read more
Livestock, Weather

Sask. warns on grass fire risk

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan has jumped straight from flooding into fire season this spring. The fire department at Meadow Lake, in the province’s northwest, stamped out a small grass fire on Monday that started in the ditch of a side road between two fields. “It was kind of causing some smoke conditions on the highway. That was the […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Alta. growers catching up on seeding

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Producers across Alberta are thoroughly taking advantage of warm, dry mid-May weather to catch up on seeding. The first provincial crop report was issued May 6, and at that time, less than three per cent of the province had been seeded, with the southern region being the most advanced at nine per cent. “As a […] Read more
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U.S. corn falls as crop prospects improve

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Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. corn futures fell 1.4 per cent on Thursday on optimism over seeding progress and prospects for the new crop, while soybeans rose on tight U.S. supplies, traders said. Wheat fell on technical selling and seasonal pressure as the U.S. harvest neared, with the Chicago Board of Trade July contract hitting a six-week low. At […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Pearce: Warmer Ont. weather opens window to plant

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Two weeks ago, the word on corn planting in southern Ontario was so limited it wasn’t even expressed as a percentage, just as “a few acres” in the immediate area. The biweekly meeting of certified crop advisors and provincial ministry staff, held near Exeter, north of London, was more focussed on nitrogen applications on wheat […] Read more

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