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Anhydrous ammonia, or NH3, is one of the most commonly used fertilizers. It’s low cost, highly effective and contains one of the most concentrated forms of nitrogen, with levels at 82 per cent. However, it can also be highly hazardous.

Anhydrous ammonia – handle with care!

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association May 26, 2020

While fertilizers share a common purpose, there’s no one-size-fits-all instruction manual. Learning about the unique properties and precautions for each fertilizer used on your operation could save time, money and prevent serious injury. Anhydrous ammonia, or NH3, is one of the most commonly used fertilizers. It’s low cost, highly effective and contains one of the […] Read more

Are you losing money when selling bales? Consider the alternatives.

Columns, Crops

Sixteen reasons why grain growers should never sell crop residues

Read this article and you’ll never sell baled straw again

By Ieuan Evans May 25, 2020

Could it be the last straw or the straw that broke the camel’s back? If you grow lentils, peas, canola, dry beans, fava beans, soybeans or grain corn, it’s normal practice to harvest the grain and leave the combined residue on the cropland. There are exceptions when some of the aforementioned crops may be baled. […] Read more

Money held in mutual funds dwarfs the rapidly growing exchange-traded funds industry.

Columns

Utilizing exchange-traded funds in an investment portfolio

Buy broad indexes and hold for long periods of time

By Herman VanGenderen May 22, 2020

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) came into existence in the 1990s in response to the high fees of the mutual fund industry. They provide broad diversification and are traded like stocks. The original premise of ETFs is because the vast majority of mutual fund managers fail to outperform the market, it’s best to simply invest in the […] Read more

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: Seeding great ideas

By Kari Belanger May 21, 2020

One of the highlights of being the editor of Grainews is hearing from you through phone calls, emails and social media. I have appreciated your well-wishes, insights, suggestions, feedback and ideas for future stories. I’ve picked out a few examples to share with you. A southern Alberta farmer emailed me this month to suggest there […] Read more

I have been asked on many occasions how I think COVID-19 will impact the sector.

Columns

Toban Dyck: What makes us trust a Chinese conspiracy video over experts?

It’s time to evaluate how we digest information

By Toban Dyck May 21, 2020

When I called my local fertilizer supplier to let them know I would be growing canola instead of soybeans on a section east of my house, they were unsure if they’d be able to accommodate my revised order. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and deaths started to be reported, a news cycle that was already […] Read more

Columns

Farm Financial Planner: Use farm corporations for shifting generational ownership

Land and machinery ownership changes are easier through corporate shells

By Andrew Allentuck May 20, 2020

The world economy, and Canada’s part in it, turns out to be vulnerable to COVID-19, a microscopic particle wrecking industries, supply chains, and, in particular, the financial health of many farming families. The causes of distress range from loan payments due for farm equipment and real estate, which lenders may postpone — depending on the […] Read more

Columns, Crops

The facts and fallacies of foliar feeding and other mistaken beliefs

Environmental conditions can dramatically affect the uptake of foliar-applied nutrients

By Ieuan Evans May 19, 2020

Foliar feeding has been frequently advocated in recent years as a way to boost crop yields, or in the case of nitrogen (N) as a boost for grain protein in wheat. In reality, plants take in very little fertilizer directly through their leaves or stems. In a way, it is a process that does not […] Read more

Columns, Markets

What we thought would never happen has come to pass, now what?

Questions you should ask yourself in the new reality

By Brian Wittal May 15, 2020

The sooner you can figure out how the new reality is affecting your business, the quicker you can start putting together a plan on how to manage your business in the new reality and move forward. I’ve put together some questions you should be asking yourself in this new reality, including the following: If I […] Read more

This photo I took of FHB southeast of Saskatoon in August 2014 was enough to strike fear in any farmer. The photo was widely circulated in cyberspace at the time.

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Fusarium head blight update: nine years of data

A look ahead at crop rotations

By Les Henry May 12, 2020

The last time we talked about Fusarium head blight (FHB) was March of 2017. Some parts of that piece will be repeated here. Please note, this is being penned with my farm hat on. I am no expert on crop diseases but when I first saw that ugly pink colour on my 2010 wheat crop, […] Read more

Cool, wet conditions and deep seeding in soils with poor structure or drainage can increase root rot symptoms.

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Why and how to manage root diseases in cereal crops

Q & A with an expert

By Jordan Peterson May 12, 2020

Q: What can I do to reduce the impact of cereal root diseases? A: Diseases such as seedling blight and common or browning root rot can cause crop loss early in the growing season. During a typical year, yield losses due to these pathogens fall in a range of six to seven per cent across the […] Read more

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Anhydrous ammonia – handle with care!

Sixteen reasons why grain growers should never sell crop residues

Utilizing exchange-traded funds in an investment portfolio

Editor’s Column: Seeding great ideas

Farm Financial Planner: Use farm corporations for shifting generational ownership

The facts and fallacies of foliar feeding and other mistaken beliefs

What we thought would never happen has come to pass, now what?

Les Henry: Fusarium head blight update: nine years of data

Why and how to manage root diseases in cereal crops

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