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Take these steps to protect the quality of your stored cereal grains and canola
Canola, Cereals, Features, Practical Tips

Take these steps to protect the quality of your stored cereal grains and canola

Don’t let malathion residue or OTA development put your stored crops at risk

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As crops are coming off the fields and into the bin, Keep it Clean is reminding growers of best management practices to maintain crop quality and reduce storage risk. Two of the biggest risks to stored grain are contamination and spoilage. “Before storing canola, it’s absolutely essential that the bins are clean and malathion-free,” says […] Read more
With the dramatic rise in crush capacity slated for the Prairies, the onus will be on farmers to ensure there is adequate supply to keep up with rising demand for canola seed.
Canola, Crops

Priority No. 1 for canola growers: ‘produce more’

To take advantage of the biofuel boom and all of its benefits, farmers must increase canola productivity on each acre. Which agronomic tools can you lean into for the heavy lifting?

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The biofuel market in North America is rapidly expanding, thanks in part to government regulations promoting clean fuels to drive down greenhouse gas emissions. This, in turn, is driving up demand for biofuel feedstocks like canola oil, which is why Chris Vervaet says grain companies are spending some $2 billion over the next few years […] Read more
A picture is better than 1,000 words. Here is a young canola crop neatly placed between the 12-inch-high wheat stubble from the Nerbas farm last year. The wheat stubble will have caught snow to help provide better germination for the shallow-seeded canola and it shelters the canola from wind.
Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Fuzzy thinking about soils and agricultural performance

What constitutes sustainable on a farm depends on soil climatic zone and what is feasible for the area

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There seems to be a constant barrage of media comment about agriculture by folks who have little contact with real farms and little formal training in an agriculture faculty or school. Much of the discourse talks about sustainable agriculture, resiliency, regenerative agriculture and particularly soil health. There is not much detail about what the terms […] Read more
Seed treated with Pelta plus an "industry standard" seed treatment.
Canola, Crops

Pelta treatment aims for canola seed uniformity

New seed treatment improves seed survival, placement accuracy

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Evidence so far suggests a new canola seed pelleting technology from Syngenta will help growers limit misses and double- or triple-hits in seed placement. According to industry professional Lori Keyowski, director of sales for seed company Canterra, seed size and uniformity have been a significant problem for canola growers and their bottom line. In early […] Read more
AAFC made some small tweaks in its estimates for the 2022/23 wheat crop. Photo: Greg Berg
Crops, Markets

AAFC tweaks some numbers as canola, pulses remain unchanged

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MarketsFarm – While Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made some changes in its October supply and demand estimates from September, the department didn’t make any alterations to its data for canola, pulses and special crops. The department released its report during the late afternoon of Oct. 21. Of the grains and oilseeds, AAFC’s most notable revisions […] Read more
Josh Fankhauser’s intercrop mix of oats, barley, peas and radish. In his system, intercrops meant for the combine are usually two to three species, but those intended for forage, such as this one, can include more.
Crops, Features, Practical Tips

Tried-and-true soil strengthening tips

An Alberta producer offers a look at his soil health tactics

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There’s a lot of talk in ag circles today about soil health. Several farmers are looking beyond current soil practices to what can be done to make their soil sustainable in the long run. This is nothing new to Josh Fankhauser. His family has been using practices to build soil health on their southern Alberta […] Read more
ICE January 2023 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and 100-day moving average (black line). (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sees choppy, sideways month-end trade

Wide crush margins remain bullish

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MarketsFarm –– ICE Futures canola contracts held within a narrow range during the week ended Wednesday, lacking any clear direction with the rolling of positions out of the nearby November contract ahead of its expiry behind much of the trade volumes. “We’re stuck a little rangebound here,” a Winnipeg-based trader said of the sideways activity, […] Read more
Canola plants in flower in a field north of Lorette, Man. on July 20, 2022. (Dave Bedard photo)
Canola, Crops

Prairie-wide canola variety trial program ending

'Current format' of CPT concludes: commissions

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The sun is about to set on the current Prairie-wide canola variety evaluation program run by the three Prairie provinces’ canola grower commissions. SaskCanola, the Alberta Canola Producers Commission and the Manitoba Canola Growers Association announced Monday that 2022 is the final year of the Canola Performance Trials (CPT) “in its current format.” “Going forward, […] Read more
What is sustainable agriculture?
Columns, Crops

What is sustainable agriculture?

Prairie farmers have adopted some of the most sustainable practices among agricultural producers in the world

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No, sustainable agriculture is not organic farming, wildlife management, having a mixed livestock and grain system or anything else. It is efficient, effective, common sense crop production. In recent years, Prairie farmers have adopted some of the most sustainable practices among agricultural producers in the world. Contrary to the naysayers who rant about the destruction […] Read more

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