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Higher concentrations of ground-level ozone caused by wildfires can oxidize plant tissue.
Corn, Crops, Features, Weather

How do smoky skies affect corn crops?

Obscured sunlight and poorer air quality offer benefits as well as drawbacks for the plants

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Occasional plumes of smoke from distant wildfires may affect human comfort — but how does a smoke-obscured sun and poor air quality affect crops? “This has been a big topic of conversation where I work in the state of Indiana,” says Dan Quinn, an assistant professor of agronomy and extension corn specialist at Purdue University. […] Read more
A hydrologist and a farmer draw water from a 30-foot sampling well in western Iowa, testing for nitrate and herbicides.
Columns

Nitrate down the well

Soils & Crops: If you move onto an old farmyard with an existing well, don’t drink the water without first getting it tested

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This column has dealt with this topic several times over the decades we have been scribbling. Recent sources have raised the nitrate issue again. It deserves repeating once in a while, to make sure no more infants die from the blue-baby condition (methemoglobinemia). The link between nitrate-contaminated farmyard wells and blue-baby was first reported by […] Read more
Sudden shifts from springlike temperatures to bone-chilling cold this winter called for a check on your stored grain, Anne Kirk says.
Crops, Features, Weather

Avoid grain spoilage when temperatures get wild

Consider your bins when the weather swings from extreme cold to unseasonably warm

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Glacier FarmMedia — With unusually high temperatures interrupted by two deep freezes, it’s been a challenging winter for grain storage on the Prairies, requiring diligence to protect stored crop. Anne Kirk, cereal crop specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, advises aeration and vigilant monitoring of bin moisture and temperature. The latter is particularly important when outside temperatures […] Read more
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Machinery

Tips for setting up a farm workshop

Create a more efficient and safer workshop environment

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Anyone who’s spent time working in a commercial mechanical shop will almost certainly have walked over to the first aid kit a few times to bandage a cut — or worse. And more than a few will have even made a trip to the emergency ward on occasion. A farm workshop is no exception. In […] Read more
Farm equipment built for sale into markets outside of North America will not likely conform to engineering standards here. Importing these machines may cost producers much more than they expected over the long term.
Equipment, Machinery

Shop in ‘grey market’ at your own risk

Importing machines built for sale outside North America not advisable, Farmers’ Advocate says

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Several years ago, my neighbour sold his farm to a Dutch farmer who wanted to move his operation to Canada. That immigrating farmer brought much of his European equipment with him when he arrived. It was a kind of novelty to see an unfamiliar tractor design working in a Canadian field. However, despite the fact […] Read more
a person experiencing shouder pain
Columns, Farm Life

Movements for healthy shoulders

Proper breathing mechanics and exercise help keep the upper spine loose

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Farmers often come to me complaining of pain and fatigue between the shoulder blades. This is an especially important area for humans as the shoulders are the core of our arms, in a sense. It’s not surprising that they are a common area of complaint, just as the low back is a common area of […] Read more

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