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Sask. producers resume harvest after break in wet weather

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 23

By Saskatchewan Agriculture September 26, 2019

A stretch of warm and relatively dry weather allowed most producers to return to the field and resume harvest operations last week, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Thirty-nine per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 23 per cent last week but remaining well behind the five-year (2014-2018) average […] Read more

Crops, Pasture

Alberta to lift residency rule for public grazing lands

By GFM Network News September 25, 2019

The Alberta government plans to remove a restriction on non-Albertans’ use of public lands for grazing, in a bid to smooth out paths for interprovincial trade. The province on Saturday announced it will do away with eight of its declared exceptions under the interprovincial Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA). Of the eight, three deal with […] Read more

File photo of cattle on grass in Montana. (Franckreporter/E+/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

Hopes for trade breakthrough fade as China cancels U.S. farm visits

By GFM Network News September 20, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — A U.S.-China trade deal appeared elusive on Friday after Chinese officials unexpectedly canceled a visit to farms in Montana and Nebraska amid two days of ongoing talks in Washington. Chinese officials were expected to visit U.S. farmers next week as a goodwill gesture, but canceled to return to China sooner than […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Weather co-operates to see Sask. harvest resume

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 16

By Saskatchewan Agriculture September 19, 2019

Warm weather and wind has allowed combining to resume, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report. Twenty-three per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 18 per cent last week, still well behind the five-year (2014-2018) average of 50 per cent for this time of year. Thirty-six per cent of the […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Soil testing pastures and hayfields

Q & A with Nutrien Ag Solutions

By Brianna Lummerding September 18, 2019

Q. Why should I soil test my pastures and hayfields? A. Soil testing pastures and hayfields should be routine. Often these fields get an initial fertilization and then, after a few years of establishment, growers ask what could be missing to maximize output. Forages are big users of nutrients. In hay crops much of the nutrients taken up are removed from the field when the […] Read more

Posts are set for a new corral on pasture.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Natural events took their toll on the farm in July

Eppich News: Storms and predators affected crops and livestock

By Heather Eppich September 16, 2019

By the end of June, we finally made some time to rebuild a quarter mile of fence on our home native pasture. Half of our cow herd was still at home being supplemented with hay due to the late grass and the crazy spring. On June 28 John had his second cataract surgery done. On July 2 we moved the rest […] Read more

This old textbook photo of a Venezuelan cow chewing a bone is an example of what cattle should not be doing to meet vitamin and mineral requirements.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Don’t force cattle to eat bones for phosphorus

It’s an important nutrient for overall animal health and reproduction

By Peter Vitti September 13, 2019

A long time ago in university, I came across a faded photograph in our animal science book (Animal Nutrition, Maynard et al, 1979) that showed a poor Venezuelan cow chewing on a bone. Its caption read that she suffered from phosphorus deficiency. I thought at the time that this poor animal was so skinny and […] Read more

Eighteen per cent of the Saskatchewan harvest is now in the bin.

Crops, News, Weather

Sask. producers plug away to make harvest progress

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending September 9

By Saskatchewan Agriculture September 12, 2019

Despite rainfall and cool weather producers were able to make some harvest progress this week, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Eighteen per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 11 per cent last week but well behind the five-year (2014-2018) average of 43 per cent for this time of […] Read more

Craig and Woody  Oliver farm with their sons, Lee and Lachlan.

Features, Livestock

Meet your farming neighbours: Craig and Woody Oliver

Craig and Woody Oliver and their sons farm in Victoria, Australia

By Kim Nielsen September 10, 2019

Every farm has its own story. No two farms (or farmers) are exactly alike. Everyone got started in a different way, and every farm has a different combination of family and hired staff who make the decisions and keep things running. But, in general, even after you consider all of the details, farmers are more alike than different, even when they’re on […] Read more

Crops, Hay, Pasture

Hay shortage in Manitoba Interlake reaches tipping point

By GFM Network News September 5, 2019

MarketsFarm — A state of agricultural emergency has been declared in 12 municipalities, mostly in Manitoba’s Interlake region, due to chronically low hay yields. Drought and grasshoppers have hindered crops to the point that hay production is about 25 to 30 per cent of average. “We’ve moved cows out of pastures because the grasshoppers ate […] Read more

GFM Network News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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