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Les Henry: Finding a place for bees

Syngenta’s Operation Pollinator: a good fit for an awkward piece of land

By Les Henry 3 days ago

Bees are an important part of crop production, particularly canola. In recent years, concern about bee populations has initiated work to learn more and do more to help maintain bee populations. Operation Pollinator is a program of Syngenta Canada Inc. with the objective of encouraging bee populations to assist with pollination of commercial crops. It […] Read more

A waterhemp infestation can reduce soybean yields by 40 to 95 per cent.

Columns, Hart Attacks

War on weeds, take no prisoners

Hart Attacks: It will take money and commitment to just to hold enemy line

By Lee Hart 4 days ago

A recent issue of the Manitoba’s provincial farm newspaper, the Manitoba Co-operator, carried some depressing news. The province might be losing the war on herbicide resistant weeds; reports from the U.S. say despite some kind of trade deal with China, U.S. farmers figure they will need more than a $25 billion bailout in 2020 — […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Protect yourself from financial risks

Q & A with Nutrien Ag Solutions

4 days ago

Q: How can I protect my farm business from financial risks? A. Farming is a risky business, but there are a few things you can do to protect your operation. Start with a business plan. A good business plan includes plans to market grain well ahead of actual grain movement to mitigate price risk and […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Locate underground utilities before you dig

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association 4 days ago

Every year, underground infrastructures and utilities are unintentionally struck across Canada. Unsafe digging could result in serious injury or death, fines and repair costs or interrupted services. Although many underground infrastructures and utilities are found in urban areas, rural areas also have a number of these services. Don’t risk hitting or disrupting an underground utility […] Read more

Field mapping with agronomic data and yield data will help you make better cropping decisions for the coming year.

Columns, Crops

Taking farm management to the next level – Part 1

For better results: know your own decision-making style and risk tolerance level

By Brian Wittal 5 days ago

Every year is a learning year in the agriculture sector. The trick is to take the lessons learned and turn them into actions. Your success may be production-based, profit-based, financial, or managerial — as in improving the way you monitor your farm’s performance. Or, your success may be becoming a more sustainable and safe business. […] Read more

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: Don’t get too comfortable

By Leeann Minogue 5 days ago

Farmers always like to be polite and support each other, but let’s be honest, here. It’s been easy for crop producers to get a little smug and complacent when we consider what’s happening in the meat aisle at the Co-op. There are a lot more plant-based meat “replacements” than there used to be. Sylvain Charlebois, […] Read more

Society says that we ought to “retire” at 65, that 50 is the new 40... and on it goes.

Columns, FarmLife

Froese: Don’t let age be your cage

Pay attention to what decade of life you’re in and what needs to be addressed at that stage

By Elaine Froese 5 days ago

Hopefully you are reading this in full sunlight with the heat of the sunbeams bathing your arms in warmth. #Harvest 2019 is but a memory, yet for some may be now #harvest2020! A podcast guest, a functional medical doctor says, “Don’t let age be your cage,” when folks complain about the aches and pains of […] Read more

Grandpa John Eppich gives Joseph some instruction on hand position on a guitar.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Even with a few surprises, 2020 will be good

Eppich News: 2019 wraps up with the farm settling into winter

By Heather Eppich 6 days ago

So far this winter as of early January, we haven’t had too much snow and the cold temperatures only last a short while. However, one constant has been the wind. It can turn a nice day into a miserable one, no matter what the thermometer says. In early December we put our windbreak panels into […] Read more

The 2019 harvest on the Prairies left little to be desired, with crops still left in fields for a good number of farmers.

Columns, Crops

Speeding up crop maturity

Consider these nine factors to make sure you have time to get your crop in the bin in 2020

By Ieuan Evans 6 days ago

Last season, 2019, was a bad crop-growing season on the Canadian Prairies. There are various estimates of 10 to 25 per cent of all crops left unharvested in swaths or even still standing on cropland. Well, in that case, 75 to 90 per cent of the crop is in the bin, despite the weather. Lots […] Read more

Columns

Year and decade financial review: Part 1

Canada started the last decade strong, but wound up weaker than the U.S. Why? 

By Herman VanGenderen 6 days ago

2010 was a good year, but from all the gnashing of teeth, it didn’t seem that way. The world had narrowly escaped another Great Depression, only experiencing the Great Recession. The financial crisis emanated from a U.S. housing crash, quickly spreading to Europe and around the world. Canada stood strong, and by comparison, the 2008 […] Read more

OPP move in to clear blockade on CN line

Coronavirus stalls talks with China on canola ban

Fund traders still bearish on canola

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