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How Much Sulphur Does It Take To Change Soil PH?

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Again, another great question came over our Agri- Trend Network chat wondering, “How much elemental sulphur (S) would it take to change the soil pH any appreciable amount?” For soils with a pH under 7.5, the amount of elemental S required to decrease soil pH a given amount is fairly well related to cation exchange […] Read more
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Deep Tillage: What’s Old Is New Again

At farm shows and in the farm press I am seeing some “new” information about the use of various deep tillage machines to break up hardpans and improve crop growth and yields. It will be interesting to see the results come in. It is always possible to learn new tricks and we must always keep […] Read more
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Tips On Training A Guardian Dog

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When our Akbash/ Maremma-cross livestock guardian dog Buffy died in June it left us very worried about the summer pasture season. We managed to get through the season with no death losses due to predators but we could hear/see the coyotes getting closer. When my daughter’s friend’s guardian dog, another Akbash/Maremma cross, had puppies, we […] Read more
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Risk –How Much Can You Take?

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The point of investing is not to have fun, it is to make money in a responsible way. Investors have a vast choice of ways to make it, yet few really estimate the risks they take with sufficient accuracy to avoid major losses from time to time. There are investment vehicles out there that are […] Read more
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Rancher Turns Hobby Into Family Business

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What started as a hobby has become a lifelong passion for Bob Rehman, ranch operator of Border Bison. He lives with his parents Carl and Irma Rehman on the Saskatchewan side of the Alberta border, seven miles northeast of Macklin. Seventy-eight-year-old Carl and wife Irma raised two sons and four daughters on the farm. They […] Read more
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Upside Potential Limited For Malt Barley

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This is the second in a series of six articles FarmLink Marketing Solutions is writing for Grainews regarding Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) programs. FarmLink Marketing Solutions was asked to provide ideas on how to interpret and maneuver around the various prices and signals that farmers face in marketing board grains. FarmLink has been involved with […] Read more
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Gypsum And Elemental Sulphur: When And How Much?

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AGRI-COACH CORNER The saturated soils this year has folks thinking about applying gypsum to the compacted areas to reduce sodium (Na) levels and improve the soil structure long term. This is an interesting idea and generated a lot of discussion. Will it work and where? How much to apply? Can farmers substitute elemental sulphur for […] Read more
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Q&A: Unloading Ugly Lentils And More

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In mid-November, I was invited to speak at Agri-Trend’s Farm Forum at Saskatoon attended by nearly 800 of the most forward-thinking, cutting- edge farmers in Western Canada. My task? To review pulse production in Canada and the world and what effect this has on marketing and next year’s cropping plans. Much of the material discussed […] Read more
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How To Ease Into Farming

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We have had a number of calls in recent years from young professionals who left the farm, went to school and now have good jobs. After a few years, these young professionals realize their hearts never really left the farm. Starting farming can be terribly overwhelming when you consider the huge investment in land, machinery […] Read more
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Farming And Neighbours

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As the Christmas season approaches it is nice to take a break from yields, profits, grades, fertilizer, diseases and the dozens of other items that make up day to day on a modern farm. In the 70 years since I was born, there have been many changes to what makes up a family farm. Our […] Read more

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