Lees insight

  I believe Alberta Agriculture and the city of Medicine Hat have so far handled this whole rat control and eradication project extremely well. I could say something snide like “they should now take their rat control model and apply it to Ottawa, or Washington or Wall Street”, but I won’t. That wouldn’t be kind. […] Read more

  The name is pretty, but the impact of the disease Aster Yellows on Western Canadian crops this year could be ugly, says one plant pathologist estimating crop yield losses will run into the billions of dollars. The disease, which usually appears as a yellow discoloring of leaves, is often around in lose doses, but […] Read more

Any second-cut alfalfa that looks “not too bad” on baked soil, after a hot, dry summer with only about three inches of rain since June is worthy of a second look. If you’re looking for an alfalfa that grows well in concrete buy the variety “Vision” marketed by Pickseed. Just imagine what it would do […] Read more

If you are an agrologist with experience with pasture, have I got a job for you. Okay, it may be in Moscow, but it is still a great opportunity. This is like one of those “a friend, of a friend, of a friend” stories, but word recently came through the email grapevine, that a company […] Read more

While a lot of households struggle during the week just to figure out what to make for dinner tonight, 4-H Canada, Bayer Crop Science, and Olds College in Alberta are teaming up to figure out how to feed nine billion people over the coming decades. The Youth Ag Summit – organized by 4-H and sponsored […] Read more

Cow/calf producers may have thought they were out of the woods on this one, but research in the U.S. and a bit in Canada is showing that the single pour-on/ivomec-type treatment may no longer being effective in controlling parasites. Just like grain and oilseed growers who are running into problems with herbicide resistant weeds, the […] Read more

Now that no one is enforcing those pesky fertilizer regulations, boy do I have a good product for you. I have mentioned it before. It is called the Grainews Tea and does it ever work great to increase crop yield by 40 per cent, quality by two grades, and also has been shown to have […] Read more

  Roy Berg may not have been a household name on most Canadian farms and ranches, but if you ever raised cattle and ever matched  an Angus or Hereford cow with a Charolais or Simmental bull (or some other combination) you had Roy Berg to thank. Dr. Roy Berg who passed away May 8 in […] Read more

Well the old farm couple that looked after me for the past 60 years are both gone now. I am officially an orphan. The outlook isn’t good. As I said at my Mom’s funeral last week, my sister, Brenda and I are now officially orphans, if anyone wants to adopt us we are available. No […] Read more

There is always interesting research going on but the fundamental canola message hasn’t changed in 30 years. If you want to optimize or maximize yield, seed early, seed shallow, get the plant count up, apply proper fertility and follow at least a two or three year rotation. No matter how you slice it, the 67th […] Read more