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Beware the feeding frenzy — buy the numbers

IPO stands for initial public offering or it’s probably overpriced

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Stocks, like other commodities, trade based on supply and demand except, unlike many commodities, both supply and demand are elastic. If there is a short canola crop more can’t be made until the following year, regardless of demand. But if there is high demand for stocks — voilà. Wall Street makes more by accepting more […] Read more
In a 150-acre quarter, the grower losses are $24,300. That’s a loss of 24 cows.
Columns, Crops

Why should you rotate your crops?

Practical Research: Consider these consequences

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Why do we recommend crop rotations in temperate climates? As you may know, many crops like sugar cane can be grown for two to three years and even up to 10 harvests. Alfalfa crops last five to 10 years. In the southern Prairies, the standard crop rotation used to be wheat, fallow, wheat. Now with […] Read more
For more than a decade, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association has been raising awareness about the importance of safety on Canadian farms.
News, Wheat & Chaff

CASA celebrates Ag Safety Week: ‘Safety is Our Standard’

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March 13-19, 2022, is the first Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW) under the banner “Your Farm, Your Family, Your Success.” Organizers are calling all farmers, ranchers, farm families, farm workers and farming communities to implement farm safety plans, talk about farm safety and value #FarmSafetyEveryday. Canadian Agricultural Safety Week is an annual public campaign committed […] Read more
Editor’s Column: Before you head out on your ATV this spring, read this 
Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: Before you head out on your ATV this spring, read this 

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Beginning March 13-19, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association kicks off Ag Safety Week. It’s a great time to review with your family your farm’s safety plans and farm safety in general.  One document related to safety that came across my desk recently was statistics on ATV-related deaths in Canada — and the numbers are staggering. […] Read more
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Columns, Crops

How to develop sulphur fertilizer recommendations

Here’s how to take samples, interpret soil test results and more

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In recent Grainews issues, I have discussed developing nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilizer recommendations. I will continue with this theme and discuss developing sulphur (S) fertilizer recommendations in this column. Sulphur deficiency was first observed in Alberta more than 90 years ago on grey wooded soils. Over the past 30 years, sulphur […] Read more
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Don’t buy the story — buy the numbers

Becoming a successful public company is as daunting as becoming an NHL star

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Market action early in the new year is vindicating much of what I have written over the years, as numerous new concept and speculative stocks decline. This is normal market behaviour but has been devastating to many market participants, especially speculators who thought they were investors. Let’s look at the process of new company formation […] Read more
It is a great thrill for this old fossil to see soil moisture being used as a major factor in agronomic decisions.
Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Opportunities to learn in wintertime

What I discovered at the 2021 Crop Intelligence Annual Summit

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Winter is the time for catching up with reading not done in the busy farming season and going to agricultural shows and information meetings. For me, one of the highlights has been the Western Canadian Crop Production Show held in Saskatoon in early January. It was held this year, but I declined because of the […] Read more
James and Joseph where proud to wear hand-drawn horse tee-shirts made by great-grandmother Thomas in Idaho.
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

All the 2021 bales are now home

Eppich News: Some decent weather but then -40 C and a blizzard

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There were a few nice days in the middle of January. On Jan. 13, Gregory and I were able to get the last of the slough bales hauled home. We saved the closest for last as they were in the field that is southeast of the home quarter. I drove the tractor around while Gregory […] Read more
The shelf is anchored by a steel frame I welded. The angles were correct and the welds were solid and reasonably attractive — depending on who you ask.
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Toban Dyck: A mile wide and an inch thick

It’s not a negative trait but it’s not the same as expertise

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I made a bedside shelf for Jamie. This event took place last year. I’m telling you about it — likely for the second time — because I was proud of it. It was a project that represented an attention to detail unprecedented for me. And it required patience. Also unprecedented. The conception of this project, […] Read more
Having crop inputs purchased or secured is especially important this year as the ag industry continues to face supply chain challenges.
Crops, Wheat & Chaff

‘Success is the residue of planning’

Q & A with an expert

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Q: What tips can you offer to help me build my crop plan? A: Winston Churchill once said, “He who fails to plan is planning to fail.” This is as true today as when Churchill first said it, and agriculture is no exception. With the 2022 growing season fast approaching, now is the time to […] Read more

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