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Global Factors At Play In The Lentil Market

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Each spring, the world’s pulse importers and exporters meet at the International Pulse Trade and Industry Confederation annual convention. Topics range from sustainable production, environmental issues, quality and trade issues, weather conditions and, of course, available volumes and potential supply from the major production regions. Here are some of the highlights from the program, blended […] Read more
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Water And The Ground

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Waters seems to be on our mind these days and little wonder — one in 300 year events are unfolding as I write in mid May. In this article I will show a few photos on my Blackstrap Farm, east of Dundurn, Sask., and explain what is happening. All photos were taken May 14, 2011. […] Read more
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Hiring The Rest: Who Can You Afford To Pay?

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In this day and age, the skill set demanded of farm managers is tremendous: financial management; strategic planning; accounting; agronomy; human resources; marketing; information technology management and support; equipment repair, the list goes on. There is no one manager out there that fits the bill on all accounts. Not to worry, there is no end […] Read more
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Build A Phantom Portfolio

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In the April issue ofGrainews I discussed what to do if you can’t build a critical mass size of farm. My solution was to build a financial system around you that creates the equivalent of a critical size of farm. In my opinion knowing how to make money with stocks should or could be part […] Read more
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How Wheat Reproduction Stages Impact Spray Timing

Why would any self-respecting farmer want to pry into the secret sex life of a wheat plant? Why, to make better decisions of course! Decisions on early-season nutrition and need for and timing of pest control measures are reasons to pay closer attention to what’s going on in the bedrooms of the wheat plant. We […] Read more
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Risks And Rewards Of Marketing Choices

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In this article we will spend some time going over the risks and rewards of using Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) Producer Payment Options (PPO) contracts. They really aren’t much different than most other grain contracts that you might sign for other crops at the elevator. Put simply, you are locking in a price for a […] Read more
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Generating Income From Milk Cows, Steers And Land Sales

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I had many interesting chats withGrainewsreaders in the last few months. I have to admit the headline is a bit misleading, but some of our farmer readers are really do refer to their investment portfolios in the context of agriculture terms. Some stocks produce income like a milk cow when we sell covered calls on […] Read more
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Managing Crop Nutrients In A Saturated Environment

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With the millions of saturated acres sitting waiting for the 2011 seeding/growing season, the biggest question on both the farmers’ and agronomists’ mind is, “What can I do to give crops a fighting chance?” While the task may seem daunting, if we understand a few guiding principles and use a few tools, we can greatly […] Read more
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Market Risks Prompt Shopping For Lagging Stocks

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Markets are soaring and investors, especially those who have waited on the sidelines for an opportunity to buy into recovering American banks or hot Canadian commodity producers, are frustrated. Halted only by the Japanese nuclear reactor explosions in early March that scraped a few hundred points off the S&P/ TSX Composite (now fully recovered) equity […] Read more
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Put Working Capital To, Well, Work

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Cornie Cudcostembig and Walter Waitnsee are two go-getters in theGrainewsfarm community. We have worked with these two chaps for a couple of years and found their story very interesting. Cudcostembig and Waitnesee farm beside each other and both have experienced good margins in the grain industry. Cudcostembig decided he wanted a big shed. He had […] Read more

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