Columns & Production Tips

Reporter’s Notebook: Working with other boards

Making one non-profit board effective can be hard. Now, try bringing 2 together

By Lisa Guenther April 12, 2018

A basic principle of horsemanship is that you should make the right thing easy for the horse to do, and the wrong thing hard. For example, if your horse doesn’t want to stand still, don’t try to force him to stand still. Instead, make him work — sidepass, turn on the foreleg, etc. The idea is that the […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Choosing that pre-seed herbicide

Q & A with CPS

By Ernie Nycholat April 10, 2018

Q: What are some considerations when selecting a pre-seed herbicide application? A: There are significant benefits to applying herbicides prior to seeding or crop emergence. Pre-seed weed removal reduces competition for valuable moisture and nutrients required for seedling development. When selecting pre-seed herbicides, begin with the crop to be grown. Products available vary considerably by […] Read more

Editor's column

Editor’s Column: Dry weather ahead this year?

By Leeann Minogue April 10, 2018

March went out like a lion in southeast Saskatchewan this year. On Friday the 23rd, the school buses in our region took the kids to school, but when a blizzard blew in, the school division decided it wasn’t safe to bring them home. (This is either inconvenient, or a great chance for a kid-free weekend, […] Read more

Columns

What are the “best of the best” doing?

Is your farm in the top of the field? If not, can you find a way to get there?

By Brian Wittal April 9, 2018

“The success of any farm enterprise, regardless of size, geography, or commodity is directly related to the farm business management skills and practices of the farm manager.” This is a quote from a session I attended at FarmTech, put on by Farm Management Canada. Farm Management Canada has gathered some very interesting information in an extensive cross-Canada survey focusing on best […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Dairy Cattle, The Dairy Corner

Dairy Corner: Vitamin A expensive, but necessary

Although the price has shot up, it is important to keep the nutrient in dairy rations

By Peter Vitti April 6, 2018

Prices of vitamin A (along with vitamins D and E) have increased to 10 times their former costs from just a few months ago. This skyrocketing price is due to a recent fire at a new manufacturing facility in Germany as well as several vitamin ADE plants that are down for maintenance in China. Together, these events have caused a worldwide shortage […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Statistics show senior farmers need safer work practices

By Alana Fearnall April 6, 2018

The good news is statistics indicate that farm fatalities are declining. The bad news is that for older farmers the fatality rate is much higher than any other age group. Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting (CAIR) found that fatality rates are highest for older adults, aged 60 and over. In 2012, the fatality rate for older […] Read more

All loaves were made with the same dough, but shaped differently.  Left to right: Cross-grained, machine-shaped and hand-shaped.

Columns

Reporter’s Notebook: From combine to customer

A trip to the Cigi course on export grains is teaching Lisa Guenther the fine details

By Lisa Guenther April 5, 2018

I’m writing this column after my second day at the Combine to Customer tour, the crash course in the wheat supply chain organized by the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) in Winnipeg. It’s one of those info-rich events where I have more material than I know what I can do with so watch for more […] Read more

Lachie McKinnon is Nufarm’s Canadian manager.

Columns, Hart Attacks

Nufarm working its way up the middle

Don’t be too hard on the Aussies —  they have to deal with Canadian winter

By Lee Hart April 5, 2018

Be ready for the Aussie invasion. Some of them are here now, and more are likely to follow. It is probably a slight exaggeration to say having lunch with the fairly new-to-Canada country manager of Nufarm is really an Aussie invasion, but Lachie McKinnon is the second Australian I have met in the past 20 […] Read more

The approach I take is similar to constructing a strong building. It starts with a solid foundation, then the best materials for the walls and the roof.

Columns

How do we start building, secretively?

Get started soon, with a small portfolio, to build financial returns for your future 

By Herman VanGenderen April 4, 2018

Have you kept our secret? You know, our secret about building wealth over time in the stock market. The secret that it’s about buying common shares in solid companies, and holding them for a long time. The longer we can keep this secret the more time we will have to build our portfolios, before others catch on. But […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Soil temperature and crop emergence

Q & A with CPS

By Brianna Lummerding April 3, 2018

Q: What’s the impact of soil temperature on crop emergence? A: Seeding into warm soils ensures the best start for the crop. Proper crop emergence is the fundamental start to reaching the crop’s yield potential. Seeding into cold soils may result in slower emergence. This places crops at risk of infection by soil pathogens. Pathogens […] Read more

U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

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U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Columns

Reporter’s Notebook: Working with other boards

Choosing that pre-seed herbicide

Editor’s Column: Dry weather ahead this year?

What are the “best of the best” doing?

Dairy Corner: Vitamin A expensive, but necessary

Statistics show senior farmers need safer work practices

Reporter’s Notebook: From combine to customer

Nufarm working its way up the middle

How do we start building, secretively?

Soil temperature and crop emergence

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