Columns & Production Tips

With pastures in some drought affected areas shrivelling up to almost bare ground, feeding cattle is a real challenge.

Finding affordable cow feed to support body condition

Chances are that pastures have just run out, so what do you feed cattle heading into winter?

By Peter Vitti September 28, 2021

Quantity and quality of forage at the end of this summer for beef cows is short. So, where burnt pastures can no longer support the average beef cowherd, whatever forage is on hand with the right supplements might be turned into a sufficient autumn feeding program until winter. The goal of any good fall feeding […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Strategies to prevent falls from grain bins

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association September 23, 2021

It doesn’t take a long fall to cause a serious injury. Serious injuries can occur from a fall from any height. Falls from grain bins happen far too frequently and these falls, at worst, can be fatal. According to Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting data, between 2003 and 2012 there were 13 fatalities from falls from […] Read more

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: How to optimize your cost of harvest

By Kari Belanger September 23, 2021

Why is grain loss at harvest such a big deal? Even one bushel of excess canola loss per acre could mean a hit of $15,000 per 1,000 acres, says Joel McDonald, who farms near Kyle, Sask. Managing your grain harvest losses is particularly important when commodity prices are high, and given this past challenging growing […] Read more

Gregory and Joseph get a look at the water that is baled out of the test hole. A proper well will need to be drilled.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

A drilled well needed to find reliable water

Eppich News: Harvest begins in late July as crops mature early

By Heather Eppich September 17, 2021

The middle of June was busy with summerfallow, fence fixing and breeding mares. We bred a few mares to outside stallions this year with hopes of getting some fillies to keep for our breeding program. June 26 we got the last of the cows off of hay and out to pasture. We had kept 10 […] Read more

Columns

How I doubled my money in less than four years, Part 3

Using options to enhance portfolio performance

By Herman VanGenderen September 16, 2021

Options are considered one of the riskiest investment instruments. Googling “options” can result in some pretty terrifying descriptions like “The price of options can change quickly, and those who trade them can win or lose huge sums of money in very short periods of time. This type of trading is best left to professionals,” or “The […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Soil variability changes nutrition requirements

Q & A with an expert

By Brianna Lummerding September 13, 2021

Q: Can field performance be enhanced by a better understanding of the soil and nutrition placement? A: Soil nutrition in a field can be looked at like a blanket — not the boring, white, duvet-type of blanket, but a more unique quilt with diversity in patterns and colours. This soil variability in the field changes […] Read more

'I remain staunchly devoted to the idea that agriculture policy in Canada could be a lot stronger.'

Columns

Toban Dyck: Some good news would be nice

I’m thankful for distractions

By Toban Dyck September 3, 2021

It’s very difficult to unpack a growing season such as this one. In spring, there was again a question mark surrounding farmer access to inputs. Fertilizer was rumoured to be hard to get. Seed as well. These whispers filter through coffee shops, into newspapers and are sensationalized to an audience of consumers and farmers, who […] Read more

This photo was taken July 23, 2021. Corn, carrots and tomatoes have been watered often. The zucchini in the foreground received almost no extra water above the 1.75 inches of rain on May 24 and 0.85 inches on June 10. No rain of any account since then. All squash types have tremendous root systems.

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: The joys of subsoil moisture. 2021 credited to snow

This year has been a major learning curve for me

By Les Henry September 2, 2021

Regular readers will recall my earlier columns – ‘A snow job: Part 1‘ and ‘A snow job: Part 2‘ – dealt with snow as a contributor to 2021 crops. This year has been a major learning curve for me on the possible benefits of snow to grow a crop. My dad always said, “Give me […] Read more

Columns, Hart Attacks

Grasshoppers, yes, but so far no locusts

It took five days in the late 1800s for the cloud of locust to pass

By Lee Hart September 1, 2021

I don’t know if there is much of a silver lining to the drought of 2021, but I’ll throw this out there — at least farmers aren’t dealing with a plague of locusts as happened back in 1874. I have heard in recent days of crop and pasture conditions ranging from okay, we’ll get through […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia has compiled an online resource for farmers who are feeling the brunt of drought this year.

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: The Dry Times. A GFM drought resource designed for farmers

By Kari Belanger August 25, 2021

Although Genny Silvernagle and her husband, Ron, consider themselves retired now, they still help their son, Brent, on the family farm and are active in their farming community near Biggar, Sask. Genny and Ron started farming together at Silver Acres farm in 1963, the same year they were married. They’ve been through a few drought […] Read more

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Columns

Finding affordable cow feed to support body condition

Strategies to prevent falls from grain bins

Editor’s Column: How to optimize your cost of harvest

A drilled well needed to find reliable water

How I doubled my money in less than four years, Part 3

Soil variability changes nutrition requirements

Toban Dyck: Some good news would be nice

Les Henry: The joys of subsoil moisture. 2021 credited to snow

Grasshoppers, yes, but so far no locusts

Editor’s Column: The Dry Times. A GFM drought resource designed for farmers

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