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This photo was taken July 23, 2021. Corn, carrots and tomatoes have been watered often. The zucchini in the foreground received almost no extra water above the 1.75 inches of rain on May 24 and 0.85 inches on June 10. No rain of any account since then. All squash types have tremendous root systems.

Les Henry: The joys of subsoil moisture. 2021 credited to snow

This year has been a major learning curve for me

By Les Henry September 2, 2021

Regular readers will recall my earlier columns – ‘A snow job: Part 1‘ and ‘A snow job: Part 2‘ – dealt with snow as a contributor to 2021 crops. This year has been a major learning curve for me on the possible benefits of snow to grow a crop. My dad always said, “Give me […] Read more

The east side of my Dundurn quarter NW22 32 3W3.

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: A snow job, Part 2

Watch out for crop variability in 2021

By Les Henry August 3, 2021

Drought is now the operative word in major areas of Prairie farming for 2021. The drought in this area started on July 8, 2020, and has been interrupted by only two significant events — the big snow and blow of November 7 and 8 last year and the welcome May 2021 long weekend rain of […] Read more

This new brood mare will have a nice fit into a program of producing good ranch and pleasure horses. For more information check out the website: EppichQuarterHorses.com.

Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Calving almost done, seed cleaning begins

Eppich News: Looking forward to 2021 horse-breeding program

By Heather Eppich May 26, 2021

The middle of March found us in the middle of calving and at the beginning of seed cleaning. March 18, Gregory got the cleaning plant cleaned up and checked everything to make sure it was all in working order, and then the next day he started cleaning the oats. March 21 we had another tragedy. […] Read more

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: Farmers are worried about dry conditions this spring — here’s what some are doing about it

By Kari Belanger May 12, 2021

If you are worried about the dry conditions heading into this spring, a recent survey says you’re not alone. It also reveals the changes some Prairie producers will make to their plans for 2021 in response to the dry conditions. On April 9-10, a total of 719 active Canadian producers responded to a survey carried […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids soar after weather events

U.S. May wheat futures up on week

By GFM Network News April 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — Cash bids for Prairie wheat jumped as wintry weather made its way across the Prairies and U.S. northern Plains during the week ending Thursday. Wheat futures in the U.S. rose due to spillover from soybeans. However, a stronger Canadian dollar tempered Prairie wheat prices. Manitoba and Saskatchewan, as well as Montana, North Dakota […] Read more

Percentage of average precipitation in Western Canada for the 90 days ending April 5, 2021. (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada map)

Crops, Forages, Weather

Manitoba forage, grassland growers burned by drought

By GFM Network News April 9, 2021

MarketsFarm — An ongoing lack of precipitation, which is showing no signs of letting up in the coming months according to weather forecasts, is already causing problems for Manitoba’s forage and grasslands. Growers in the province have had to deal with three straight years with lower-than-normal precipitation. In 2019, multiple rural municipalities in Manitoba’s Parkland […] Read more

This well data can be interpreted as a 30-year net cumulative drought from 1975 to 2005.

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: On salty ground

We’ve come full circle in the soil salinity cycle

By Les Henry March 22, 2021

This topic was not on the to-do list for this winter. Soil salinity is a very hot topic right now and many farmers are concerned they will have no land to farm if it carries on like this. The last time I remember such concern about soil salinity was during the late 1970s and early […] Read more

Columns

Toban Dyck: I may be too old to become a professional snowboarder

I’m young enough to explore opportunities and embrace change

By Toban Dyck March 18, 2021

This August, Jamie and I will have been on this farm for nine years. This is registering with me as a significant amount of time. Also, in March of this year, I will celebrate my five-year anniversary at Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. I say celebrate, but, if any of my coworkers are reading this, […] Read more

Due to the cold temperatures in February, cattle were provided with good wind breaks and plenty of dry bedding.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Last of hay and flax bales hauled home

Eppich News: Hopefully, cold temperatures are gone by early March calving

By Heather Eppich March 11, 2021

The beginning of the new year found us hauling bales. Gregory and John hauled slough bales the first week of January. Then, with the help of the blade on the tractor, they were able to plow snow and get 80 flax straw bales home on Jan. 8 and 9. On Jan. 11 Gregory drove his […] Read more

Even a cutter ride was a bit of a novelty in 1969, as long-time neighbour Edith Whittaker hitched up her horse on this March day to pay a visit to my grandparents.

Columns, Hart Attacks

Is it over yet? Winter. I’m talking about winter

A bit of electricity and wood heat kept everything comfortable at 30 below

By Lee Hart March 10, 2021

As we were just coming through a serious deep freeze in Calgary as I write this column for the March 2 issue of Grainews, it made me think about some of the winters as a kid growing up on the farm in eastern Ontario. As I recall through the later 1950s and ’60s, we always […] Read more

Klassen: Finishing feedlot demand drives yearlings higher

Federal agriculture minister leading on election night

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mixed, hogs lower

GFM Network News