Wheat & Chaff & Production Tips

Keep your cereal stand one step ahead of wireworms

By Mark Mercier March 21, 2017

Wireworms can quickly weave a destructive path through your cereal stand. Knowing what symptoms to look for can help you identify and take steps to protect your crop from this destructive pest. You might start off by seeing bare patches that can be small, one or two-metre gaps, or larger areas where you have thin […] Read more

The women in and around Lacadena, Sask., held their first annual “Life Out Here” conference in February.

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Editor’s Column: Living the “Life Out Here”

By Leeann Minogue March 17, 2017

After they enjoyed Connect Ag, a large-scale conference in Saskatoon celebrating women in agriculture, some of the women in the town where I grew up decided to create something similar a little closer to home. And so the latest annual get-together for women was born. This February, the Lacadena Area Women (the LAW, as they […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Is it time to get together?

By Leeann Minogue March 14, 2017

I’ve written in this space several times about the newly formed farm commodity groups that collect levies from us to co-ordinate research and marketing for Prairie crops. We pay levies to organizations for each crop we grow, from canary seed to canola. If this was Iowa and we grew only corn and soybeans, things would […] Read more

Family portrait standing in front of a red barn on the farm.

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Commit to your farm during this Ag Safety Week

Canadian Agricultural Safety Week runs March 12 - 18

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association March 8, 2017

This March, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture is celebrating Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW). This is the second year of the “Be an AgSafe Family” theme. In 2017, CASW is “Appealing to Adults.” What does that mean? Appealing to Adults? Well, statistics tell us that each year approximately 85 […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Wheat & Chaff

How do you set a good seeding rate?

By Rob Klewchuk March 6, 2017

Have a targeted plant population in mind for this season? Remember that several post-seeding stresses, including cool temperatures (frost), weeds, moisture and insects, might keep your plant stand from fully establishing. And while some of these issues, like weather, may be beyond your control, insect and disease pressure can be managed with the right seed […] Read more

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AgSafe ribbon campaign goes national for Canadian Ag Safety Week

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association February 23, 2017

A farm safety awareness campaign with Albertan roots goes national this year in the hopes that a unique ribbon will help remind adults working in agriculture to adopt the safest possible working habits. Building on last year’s “Be an AgSafe Family” Ag Safety Week campaign, which aimed to keep kids safe on farms, the Canadian […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Wheat & Chaff

New wheat varieties fight fusarium

Agronomy tips... from the field

By Bryan Ulmer February 22, 2017

Looking at new wheat varieties for 2017? Yield, standability, as well as protein and maturity will still be top of mind. And for many, fusarium tolerance will also be high on the list. Fusarium is now established across Western Canada, and in years when environmental conditions favour the disease, it can have devastating impacts on […] Read more

When the Weyburn Multiple 4H Club held its annual public speaking contest in January, speech topics ranged from water polo to intercropping.

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Editor’s Column: Our first forays into 4-H

By Leeann Minogue February 22, 2017

I grew up on a farm without ever knowing anything about 4-H. (Don’t call child protective services or Ag Canada. I’ve looked into it, and my parents can’t be prosecuted. Surprisingly, it’s totally legal to let this happen.) Because I grew up with this disadvantage, it didn’t occur to me to enrol my own son […] Read more

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Shopping for on-farm safety

Take time during the winter to make sure your equipment meets safety standards

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association February 16, 2017

The weather outside may be frightful, and you may feel more like hibernating for the winter than shopping for farm equipment. But consider setting your slippers aside and pulling on your Sorels. Because it could be time to replace some equipment and you need to know what to look for from a safety perspective. To begin, […] Read more

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Editor’s Column: Making plans for the long term

By Leeann Minogue February 15, 2017

In every issue of Grainews you’ll see at least two or three articles about the benefits of long-term crop rotations. Or, if there aren’t whole articles, there are always a few comments from experts about using four- or even eight-year rotations instead of something like canola, snow, canola, snow. We’ve all heard about the benefits: […] Read more

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Keep your cereal stand one step ahead of wireworms

Editor’s Column: Living the “Life Out Here”

Editor’s Column: Is it time to get together?

Commit to your farm during this Ag Safety Week

How do you set a good seeding rate?

AgSafe ribbon campaign goes national for Canadian Ag Safety Week

New wheat varieties fight fusarium

Editor’s Column: Our first forays into 4-H

Shopping for on-farm safety

Editor’s Column: Making plans for the long term

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