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Post-harvest marketing plan time
Columns, Marketing, Markets

Post-harvest marketing plan time

With your crop in the bin, it’s time to get to the work of grain marketing

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Your location will have had a big impact to your harvest outcome this year. Weather issues stressed crops across the Prairies. Whether you had a bumper crop or a poor crop, you need to review your marketing plan. This is the critical time when prices and trends can be set for the better part of […] Read more
The CASA conference will include a session on drone safety.
News, Wheat & Chaff

Farm safety conference to focus on new and emerging agricultural trends

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The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) will holdits 23rd annual conference “Agsafety — Make it a Record Year!” and annual general meeting in Edmonton, Alta., from October 3 to 5, 2017. “Farming is dynamic,” says Marcel Hacault, CASA’s Executive Director. “Trends, technology and legislation affect how we deal with farm health and safety. CASA is […] Read more
Get set for soybean harvest
Crops, Soybeans, Wheat & Chaff

Get set for soybean harvest

Agronomy tips... from the field

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Now’s the time to make sure you’re completely set for a successful soybean harvest. Generally speaking, this year’s crop will be at about the same stage in maturity as last year. The main difference is going to come from the overall plant structure. Last year’s moist, warmer conditions gave us more growth and pod height, […] Read more
Keeping the rural identity in prairie towns
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Keeping the rural identity in prairie towns

When Prairie towns grow and change, some may shed their farming roots

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It’s strange to think of cities, towns or villages as having an identity. But they all do. And every community, growing or stagnant or dwindling will at many points throughout its run be faced with the existential and difficult question: who am I? This is especially relevant for the large swath of rural Canadian communities […] Read more
Farm Financial Planner: Lessening the sting of the AMT after land sales
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Farm Financial Planner: Lessening the sting of the AMT after land sales

With planning, retiring farmers can reduce the burden of the Alternative Minimum Tax

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A couple we’ll call Herb, who is 67, and his wife, Mary, 60, farm 600 acres of grain and hay and another 500 acres of pasture in central Manitoba. They have put much of their effort into a 100 head cow-calf operation. Their two children, Suzy, 32, and Astrid, 29, are married and have no […] Read more
Food guide isn’t keen on red meat
Columns, Hart Attacks

Food guide isn’t keen on red meat

Hart Attacks: The problem isn’t that I don’t know about good food... the problem is me

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Boy, I can’t wait for the revised version of the Canada Food Guide to hit the store shelves so I can start eating properly. Health Canada is proposing changes to the food guide steering people away from red meat and more towards “alternative” proteins such as plant-based proteins — your peas, beans, lentils, chickpeas, or […] Read more
I measured the water at this location SE 27 Tp 32 R3 W3 on October 2, 2001. This photo was taken on July 26, 2017.
Columns, Livestock

Water, salt and cows in pastures

Let’s use disaster as a chance to learn more about measuring the salt content in water

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The recent loss of 200 head of stock due to bad water brings the subject of water and cows into sharp focus. The loss occurred at a pasture near Shamrock, Sask., about 75 km southwest of Moose Jaw. Let me first offer condolences to the producers who lost cattle. In my experience cows are more […] Read more
Wheat seeds spilling from hand, close-up
Cereals, Columns, Crops

Summer fun in volatile grain markets

With markets making moves, it’s a good time to understand “basis only” contracts

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Activity in both the grain futures markets and the old crop and new crop deferred delivery markets has been dynamic in recent months. Weather worries sparked futures markets dramatically higher in a short time. As the hot weather dragged on, buyers became eager to get their hands on old crop stocks, in case the new […] Read more
Dry down before straight cutting canola
Canola, Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Dry down before straight cutting canola

Agronomy tips... from the field

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Straight-cutting your shatter-resistant canola variety this season? Timing is of the essence, and you need your field to be ready for harvest. That’s why you may want to consider using a true desiccant for more precise control over your harvest timing. However, if controlling perennial weeds is a big concern — or you have a […] Read more

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