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How Much Water Can Your Soil Hold?

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Table 1. Rise in water table for 1 inch of rain added to soil at full capacity Soil Texture Loamy Sand Loam Clay Inches of water table rise per inch of water added. 5 7 12 Soil is a porous medium. About half the volume is air space (pores) and the other half is solid […] Read more
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Make Your Own Wool-Packer Stand

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Back view 72” 40” 77” 78” 94” Side view 59” It might be a bit early for shearing, but it is never too early to be prepared. One thing that we have struggled with over the years is getting a shearer out to shear our small flock of 40 Rambouillet/Suffolk ewes. We have that rectified […] Read more
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Widows Seek Comfort From Widows

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January is a great time to snuggle with a cup of tea and a great book. It is also a time to reflect on the lessons of last year, and for me, that lesson was learning to walk alongside friends who have become young widows. Widow to Widow is a practical book written by Genevieve […] Read more
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Weather Forecast for the period of January 10 to February 6, 2010

19 cms 17.2 mms -19 / -9 – Peace River Jan. 10 -16 Generally cold and clear except for spotty snow and drifting. Below normal temperatures. Jan. 17 -23 Cold air and windchills under mostly fair skies, but two milder blustery days will bring some snow. Jan. 24 -30 Mainly clear and cold aside from […] Read more
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How To Put AgriInvest To Work

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With the winter meeting season in full swing, we found ourselves shoulder to shoulder with local farmer Billy Bottnpaidfor expecting to swap stories about fast cars and grumpy wives. Instead, we started talking about his recent experience with his AgriStability and AgriInvest accounts. His story got us thinking about how AgrIinvest should best be put […] Read more
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8 Ps Your Daughter-In-Law Needs

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Afarm family with a very strong-willed daughter-in-law asks their business planner how to make progress with decision making since the “in-law” seems to have an opinion about every farm business decision made. The planner advised the farm team to consider farm business and shareholder decisions as their “territory,” making it clear that the spouse — […] Read more
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Pearson Square Helps Set Rations

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10% protein barley 32% protein distillers grains 16% ration 16 parts barley 6 parts distillers grains We use this Pearson Square to help us mix protein sources at the right amount to come up with our target — 16 per cent overall protein. This fall once again found us searching for feed due to excessive […] Read more
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Analyze Before You Downsize

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With a 20 per cent decrease in land comes a 20 per cent rise in fixed costs. When you raise the fixed costs, you raise the breakeven yield and the breakeven price. Basically you’re just piling risk on top of risk. Spring frost and a rough harvest in 2009 have pushed the coping skills of […] Read more
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A “no” makes all the difference

In my November column on micronutrients, the word “no” was missing in a key sentence. The last sentence in paragraph one should have read as follows: Micronutrient research is not “glitzy” from a research person’s perspective because almost all experiments show NO positive response.
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Revolution Started In Farm Shops

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The first airseeder was a discer put together by the famous Jerome Bechard of the Lajord-Sedley area southeast of Regina. A recent article I read pointed out the impact of public research on the zero till revolution. Don Rennie, my boss for many years at University of Saskatchewan, almost single handedly championed the demise of […] Read more

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