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Seven per cent of crops harvested, beating five year average

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 14

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Despite rain delays in some areas, producers in the province now have seven per cent of the crop in the bin and seven per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut. The five-year (2012-2016) average for this time of year is four per cent combined and six per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to […] Read more
Canola south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Weather

Harvest weather outlook offers reasons to cheer

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CNS Canada — Farmers on the Prairies can expect decent weather for this harvest season, according to Drew Lerner, meteorologist and founder of World Weather Inc. Most farmers will experience periodic showers, he said, but shouldn’t be subjected to the continual drizzles and sheets of rain that caused heartaches last year. “Most of the Prairies […] Read more
White pea (navy) beans. (PulseCanada.com)
Crops, Pulses

Manitoba’s bean harvest on track

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CNS Canada — Manitoba’s dry edible bean crop should come in this harvest with numbers roughly the same as last year, from where a provincial specialist sits. “This year, I would say right now, depending on how things settle out in the next little while, we’ll be at least equal to last year, if not […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery

CN conductors ratify labour deal

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An 11th-hour labour deal that averted a strike in late May by conductors and yard crews for Canadian National Railway has been ratified. Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference’s Conductors, Trainpersons and Yardpersons union (TCRC-CTY) have voted in favour of a three-year agreement retroactive to July 23, 2016, CN said Tuesday. The deal “provides […] Read more
Crops, News, Weather

Harvest advances in southwest, hay fields below average

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 7

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Producers in the province have two per cent of the crop combined and three per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2012-2016) average for this time of year is two per cent combined and two per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut. Seventy-five per cent of […] Read more
This wooden rig mat road was built by Matt Undlin.
Crops, Features, News

Getting through the mud to stored grain

Wet weather can ruin grain-hauling plans. See Matt Undlin’s surefire solution

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As farmers we are always at the mercy of Mother Nature and lately it seems that weather patterns are getting even more intense. Outside Kyle, Saskatchewan, we had over 33 inches of rainfall last growing season but a fairly average snowfall. For Matt Undlin, a farmer in Lansford, North Dakota, the exact opposite was true. […] Read more
Sclerotinia on a canola plant stem.
Crops

Four tips to help prevent crop diseases

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Growers know which diseases exist in their fields and how to manage them, especially widespread diseases like sclerotinia, blackleg and clubroot in canola. However, changing management practices have altered the prevalence of many diseases, leading to an increase in frequency and affected areas due to over-reliance on genetics rather than good management practices. Growers should […] Read more

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