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Snow drift in view from the back yard in January 2017. Take a look below to see the amount of snow we've had in January 2018.

Getting ready for a dry year

By Leeann Minogue February 6, 2018

Both of these photos were taken from the same spot in the back of our yard in southeast Saskatchewan in January. The one above is from 2017, the one below is from 2018. While that huge 2017 snow pile was a result of a lot of drifting and didn’t leave as much moisture in the […] Read more

Weekly rainfall from September 26 to October 2, 2017.

Columns, Crops

Soil moisture: the old and new stories

Know your subsoil moisture and your chance of rain to make seeding decisions

By Les Henry February 5, 2018

The first freeze-up stubble soil moisture map was made in Saskatchewan in 1978. Readers with Henry’s Handbook of Soil and Water can see it on Page 109. It showed a lot of “very dry” and “dry” space. Red ink was common in the 1980s. The maps below show the situation in fall 1987 and fall […] Read more

Columns, Crops

The value of on-farm research

On the farm, “value” and money aren’t necessarily always the same thing

By Toban Dyck February 5, 2018

The notion of value is a tricky one. For many, it unequivocally refers to money. When a new product promises to deliver more value to your farm, most of us take that to mean that product is going to increase our profits. Or, if not explicitly that, it will make our farms better in a […] Read more

Columns, Markets

Grain marketing lessons learned the hard way

Events in 2017 gave us many opportunities to make grain marketing mistakes

By Brian Wittal February 2, 2018

I know some of you living in Alberta where the boom and bust cycle of the oil and gas industry is all too common will have seen a bumper sticker on an oilfield worker’s truck that says, “Lord, give me one more chance at another oil boom and I promise I won’t piss it all […] Read more

Columns

Reporter’s Notebook: When you meet a challenge, change

Whether you’re a farmer or a football player,  adaptability is the key to success

By Lisa Guenther February 2, 2018

In early December, I had the pleasure of taking in a talk by Canadian Football League Commissioner Randy Ambrosie, at Cavalier, Sask. (just north of Meota). Cavalier Agrow was holding its annual agronomy day, and Ambrosie delivered the keynote. Ambrosie played for the University of Manitoba before being drafted as an offensive guard with the […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Analysts say bond markets may be foretelling bad news

Guarding Wealth: Economic trouble ahead if government bond long yields fall below shorts

By Andrew Allentuck January 29, 2018

From the back rooms of bond research departments comes the disheartening news that the yield curve for U.S. Treasury bonds is flattening and could invert next year, causing a kink where rates rise for a while and then drop. Somewhere between one day and 30 years, which is the usual span of the curve, the […] Read more

Soybeans, Wheat & Chaff

Pulse and special crop production

Q & A with Crop Production Services

By Gary Topham January 29, 2018

Q: What should I consider when planting my soybean crop? A: There are several important factors to keep in mind when growing soybeans. Consider your climatic conditions including heat units and moisture. Soybeans require a full season of cumulative heat to mature adequately. Varieties with maturities ranging from 2350 to 2500 Heat Units are well […] Read more

Columns

Farm Financial Planner: Time to decide what to do with the land

After years of renting out the land, this widow is ready to make her next financial choices

By Andrew Allentuck January 23, 2018

In southern Manitoba, a widow we’ll call Eleanor, 73, wants to decide what to do with 420 acres of farmland she inherited two decades ago when her husband died. She never farmed the land, just rented it to a neighbour. Each of her three sons has a successful off-farm career. The decision? What to do […] Read more

Proper rations can help prevent (and correct) deficiencies which can lead to milk fever.

Cattleman’s Corner, Dairy Cattle, The Dairy Corner

Key tips to reduce milk fever cases

Incidence of the calcium deficiency can be sporadic, but hurt when they hit 

By Peter Vitti January 22, 2018

Clinical milk fever is a particular insidious metabolic disease in freshened dairy cows. I have witnessed on some dairies, it’s not a significant problem, while next-door neighbours are plagued with downer cows one calving after another. In other dairies, milk fever doesn’t show up for months and then it shows up with a vengeance. From […] Read more

Columns, Hart Attacks

30 years in and still on the learning curve

Hart Attacks: There’s always more to learn, even after 30 years in the writing field

By Lee Hart January 22, 2018

Man I have to start off my 30-something year of writing agricultural stories for this company with a correction. Fortunately I only had to take off one glove to do it. One of my Hutterite reader friends phoned the other night to point out in my December column where I was talking about available agricultural […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Columns

Getting ready for a dry year

Soil moisture: the old and new stories

The value of on-farm research

Grain marketing lessons learned the hard way

Reporter’s Notebook: When you meet a challenge, change

Analysts say bond markets may be foretelling bad news

Pulse and special crop production

Farm Financial Planner: Time to decide what to do with the land

Key tips to reduce milk fever cases

30 years in and still on the learning curve

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