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Niche crops can pay well

Future crop prices are anyone’s guess; contracts can give you pricing security


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What should I grow? What is going to make me money? These are common question this time of year. If only grain brokers had a crystal ball to answer that question with assurance! But at the end of the day the professional experts and even the coffee shop geniuses are really only taking a stab […] Read more
lentils
Pulses, Wheat & Chaff

Seed treatments maximize potential

Agronomy tips... from the field

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Seed treatments can’t walk on water, but they’ll help to enhance the existing seed quality that you have. That’s why it’s very important to select the highest-quality seed you can possibly get. A good start to the year will put you in the best position to maximize the genetic potential of your pulse crop. If […] Read more
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Features, Peas

Up seed rate to add pea yield

Prairie researchers looks at the costs and benefits of combinations 
of four pea input treatments. Try their results on your farm

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While individual aspects of field pea production have been researched, combined agronomic factors have not been evaluated simultaneously before. Led by Laryssa Grenkow, research manager at Western Applied Research Corporation, a team of researchers, including Eric Johnson, Anne Kirk, Stewart Brandt, Sherrilyn Phelps, Chris Holzapfel and Bryan Nybo, determined which agronomic practices contribute most to […] Read more
root rot in a pea plant
Features, Lentils, Peas

Minimizing the impact of Aphanomyces

There are no in-crop solutions to root rot in peas and lentils. But there 
are ways to minimize your risk of losing yield to Aphanomyces

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Given the wet springs and dry summers we’ve seen in recent years, Aphanomyces euteiches — Aphanomyces root rot — has become a real problem for pea and lentil growers. First confirmed in Saskatchewan in 2012 and then in Alberta in 2013, the disease has been slowly creeping across the country, destroying crops in its wake. Making […] Read more
Jake Leguee, who along with his parents, Russ and Sharon, and older sister Sarah, operates a 12,000 acre grain, oilseed and pulse crop farm between Filmore and Weyburn, Sask.
Crops, Features

Knowing production costs is important

Calculating your costs to produce grain is an important part of marketing

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Having a good handle on the production and marketing side of their south Saskatchewan farm is obviously important, but Jake Leguee says one of the most useful tools in overall management is knowing their breakeven point. The Leguees keep close tabs on their inputs and returns per acre for each crop. While they obviously target […] Read more

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