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A chickpea and flax intercrop mix on Colin Rosengren’s farm at Midale, Sask.
Columns, Crops

Cover crops: enough already

The benefits are often 'blown up' while the challenges are understated

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Cover crops is a topic with a lot of ink spilled in many farm publications in recent years. Some scribblers seem to imply that a farmer is a laggard and an environmental hazard if she/he is not using cover crops on a regular basis. Cover crops actually include a wide variety of cropping sequences, and […] Read more
Careful division of farm assets
Columns

Careful division of farm assets

Farm Financial Planner: For two brothers, the best way to manage risk and family is thoughtful planning and staying informed

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In central Manitoba, two brothers we’ll call Sam and Fred, each in his 30s, inherited a successful third-generation farm with a notional value of $1 million and split fifty-fifty as a result of an estate freeze. Their parents took a $10-million slice of farm capital in preferred shares. Growth of farm value after the freeze […] Read more
Leverage new technologies for canola seed selection
Canola, Wheat & Chaff

Leverage new technologies for canola seed selection

Q & A with an expert

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Q: What do I need to consider before I try a new canola variety? A: With this year’s harvest in the bin, it’s time to look ahead to 2024. With every growing season, new technologies and opportunities emerge, so what should be taken into consideration before making the leap and trying something new?  Harvest weather […] Read more
Why can’t farm moms ask for what they need?
Columns, Farm Life

Why can’t farm moms ask for what they need?

It could be due to scarcity mindsets, generational neglect of needs or disrespect of in-laws

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December can be an emotionally strained month with high expectations for seasonal celebrations and gifts. Last year, due to a myriad of circumstances and miscommunication, my Christmas stocking was skinny, and truthfully, I was disappointed and tempted to feel sorry for myself. When you consider the terrible wars in the Middle East and Ukraine though, […] Read more
Feed particle size does make a difference. The ration should include longer stem forages that encourage cud chewing.
Cattleman’s Corner, The Dairy Corner

There’s a reason if cows aren’t chewing their cud

It's important to look at the structure of fibre in the ration

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This fall I visited three similar dairies milking between 100 and 150 cows. It was about 10 a.m. in two barns (different days) and midafternoon in the third. In each case I noticed less than 10 per cent of resting cows (three-quarters were lying down) were not chewing their cud. I reviewed the TMR in […] Read more
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Rancher’s Diary

Making a wish list of bulls for next breeding season

There are always several late fall projects to complete before the ground freezes

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October 20 Last week we moved the cows to the lower back field to join the heifers They can all graze there a few weeks. We checked the temporary fence around the deep gully — to make sure it was still secure enough to keep cows out of that gully. It’s so deep and narrow […] Read more
This old trough, no longer useable for water, was repurposed into an inexpensive feeder for the bulls. Tucked into the corner of the fence with a bit of reinforcement, it can easily be refilled as needed.
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Pasture

A handy inexpensive feed bunk

A repurposed water trough and other fencing materials were all put to good use

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This fall, we decided to let our two yearling bulls out of the corral for winter and have them eat down some willows. Last winter, we created a new little pasture by clearing out the trees and willow bushes, then piling and burning them in hopes of growing more grass. We grazed that new pasture […] Read more
feeding cattle minerals
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Cow-Calf

Providing proper mineral mix the first step to meet cattle nutrient needs

It's one thing to put it out there, but another to make sure they eat it

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Many commercial cattle minerals can be fed on a free-choice basis to gestating beef cows until calving. But even the best of these products fail if cows don’t eat enough, or engorge themselves. Mineral intake problems must be corrected quickly so cows can either maintain or build a mineral (and vitamin) status which contributes to […] Read more
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Prairie farm gardens

Growing vegetable and fruit crops in Canada: Part 1 of a series

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Garden crops from beans to apples have been a passion of mine from my childhood in Wales. On our small 17-acre Welsh farm in southwest Wales, we grew or raised most of the vegetable food that we ate from potatoes to apples as well as milk, eggs, pork and chickens. The mild climate allowed us […] Read more

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