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Farm dads and emotions of quitting farming

By Elaine Froese July 15, 2017

It’s my 22nd Father’s Day column and I will do my best to not make “Charlie from Saskatchewan” feel like I am beating up farm dads! A reader asked me to write about the emotions of quitting farming. Let’s take the approach of the farm culture attributes farm founders appreciate. What might it feel like […] Read more

Crops

Saskatchewan crops normal overall, but south sees harsh conditions

By MarketsFarm Team July 13, 2017

CNS Canada — Despite the dry conditions gripping much of southern Saskatchewan, farmers in most of the province have something to cheer about, at least in terms of crop development. Saskatchewan Agriculture says in its weekly crop report released that most crops are developing normally. The report, covering the July 4-10 period, stated 84 per […] Read more

Crops, Features

Measuring soil’s benefits from CTF

A new test offers a way to measure improvements from controlled traffic farming

By Julienne Isaacs July 13, 2017

It can be called “fractal hierarchical aggregation” or just “fractal aggregation.” Whatever the moniker, the new method of soil health testing promises to offer producers an important metric for assessing soil quality and land stewardship, says Guillermo Hernandez, an assistant professor at the University of Alberta. This spring he published a research paper demonstrating that […] Read more

Bennie Dunhin was named Outstanding Young Agrologist by  the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists this year.

Features

Putting new ag products to the test

By Lisa Guenther July 13, 2017

For Bennie Dunhin, agronomy manager at Cavalier Agrow in northwestern Saskatchewan, the question isn’t whether or not a product works. “There’s no new product on the market that doesn’t work somewhere in the world. Otherwise it wouldn’t be a product,” says Dunhin, named Outstanding Young Agrologist by the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists this year. “It […] Read more

News

New Ride ’n’ Drive feature: self-propelled sprayers

Sprayers will be lined up and driven one at a time by interested buyers

By Ag in Motion Staff July 7, 2017

Choosing the right machine the first time saves growers time and money – in the purchase and in the application. Investing in a sprayer is a large financial commitment, so it’s important to know what’s on the market to truly meet your farm’s needs and to understand how the different models compare in performance. That’s […] Read more

Crops, Features

Helping our plants to help themselves

One day, farmers may be able to use natural products to fight blackleg and other diseases

By Angela Lovell July 7, 2017

New research that could lead to a biological alternative to chemical fungicides began with work into food safety. “We were interested in whether food-fermenting lactobacilli would produce molecules that prevent fungal growth,” says Dr. Michael Gaenzle, who is leading the research into antifungal lipids at the University of Alberta. Gaenzle’s team came across some molecules […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Southern Saskatchewan dry, but Prairies mostly OK for now

By GFM Network News July 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Dry conditions in southern Saskatchewan are cause for vigilance, but rain could still pull out a healthy harvest, according to a provincial soil and nutrient specialist. The area of concern lies within a triangle shape, with the northern tip at Saskatoon, one arm stretching southeast to Weyburn, Estevan and the U.S. border, […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Haying progress continues, crops at normal stage of development

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending July 3, 2017

By Saskatchewan Agriculture July 6, 2017

Haying is progressing in the province as livestock producers now have 19 per cent of the hay crop cut and 10 per cent baled or put into silage, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Hay quality is rated as eight per cent excellent, 54 per cent good, 29 per cent fair and nine per […] Read more

News

Managing herbicide resistance

Gowan Canada will host a speaker series  on Wednesday and Thursday at Ag in Motion

By Ag in Motion Staff July 6, 2017

Diversity is defined in the dictionary as “the condition of having or being composed of differing elements.” In weed control, diversity means using multiple strategies, or an integrated weed management approach. For herbicides, this means using all of the modes of action available to reduce the risk of weed resistance. This may be obvious, but […] Read more

A rail car from SGCC’s fleet. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Machinery

Three shortlines to buy Saskatchewan’s grain cars

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 5, 2017

The Saskatchewan government has picked the three buyers who will divvy up its provincially-owned fleet of grain hopper cars. The province, in its March budget, announced a request for offer (RFO) for the Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation’s (SGCC) fleet of rail cars as it winds down that operation. The province said it would give “first […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures spike, hogs mixed

U.S. grains: Soybean ease on harvest pressure, competition from Brazil

Russia’s top agriculture official blames low global grain prices for export slowdown

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