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A handful of soil health projects have secured funding for the next five years in the hope of kick starting soil health practices in the field. (Assiniboine Community College photo)

Multi-million-dollar fund greenlights soil health projects

Eight projects to push soil health practices will get funding for the next five years

By Alexis Stockford, GFM Network News February 21, 2023

Eight soil health projects across Canada will be getting a multi-million-dollar boost in private funding over the next five years. The Weston Family Foundation — the philanthropic arm of the Weston business empire — has slated $10 million for those eight projects through the organization’s soil health initiative, it was announced Feb. 13. The initiative […] Read more

The autonomous T4 Electric Power tractor is slated for market release later this year.

Equipment, Machinery

CNH machinery brands set to up their automation offerings

Raven technology being imported to Case IH and NH equipment

By Scott Garvey February 13, 2023

Last December, CNH Industrial, the parent company to Case IH and New Holland, held what it called a “Tech Day” just outside of Phoenix, Ariz. For the event, CNH executives brought together journalists from across North America and Europe to reveal what the company’s two main brands had up their collective sleeve in the fields […] Read more

Wind erosion can have devastating consequences on soil health, as seen in this photo.

Crops, Features

How to build healthier soil

Farmers discuss what works for them at Alberta Pulse Growers seminar

By Jim Timlick February 13, 2023

Ask a dozen people for a definition of soil health and odds are you will get 12 different answers in response. John Kolk is managing partner of Kolk Farms Conrich, located near Picture Butte, Alta., and is chair of the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute. He was also one of the speakers on a soil health […] Read more

Alumni of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers program Ian (left) and Karilynn (middle) Marshall of Bowden, Alta., receive the W.R. Motherwell Award from COYF president, Danny Penner (right), at the COYF national award ceremony in November.

Features, News

Outstanding Young Farmers Awards go to Saskatchewan and Quebec

Organic farming receives national recognition

By Lee Hart January 25, 2023

Cody Straza and Allison Squires say developing an organic mixed farming operation in southern Saskatchewan over the past dozen years was a reflection of their values in terms of creating a sustainable farm operation guided by proper environmental stewardship and social justice principles. Winning a national award recognizing excellence in farm management gave them reassurance […] Read more

Soybean field infested with soybean cyst nematodes.

Features

Plant parasites

Some soil nematodes can harm your crops. Here are the ones to watch for

By Treena Hein January 20, 2023

Some soil nematodes are beneficial, providing important soil health benefits for crops. However, there are some that can negatively affect pulses and other crops. According to Mario Tenuta, a University of Manitoba soil scientist, harmful soil nematodes can reduce yields by siphoning off the contents of roots and stems, robbing the plants of energy and […] Read more

Hardman can be seen in this photo near a tractor and seeder. He’s holding a grain scoop to fill the seeder by hand, something he had to do all the time before fill augers became relatively commonplace. “That’s really old school. It builds up some muscles,” he says, laughing.

Features, Machinery

PHOTOS: The ‘vintage’ equipment of Crooked Creek Farms

By Jim Timlick, John Hardman January 9, 2023

If you ever happen to visit Crooked Creek Farms near Dauphin, Man., there’s a pretty good chance you’ll take note of the many vintage farm implements stored on the property. Some of those pieces of equipment on the 750-acre family-owned farm date back as far as the 1940s, including a W-6 International Harvester tractor. But […] Read more

Features, News, Soybeans

New soybean varieties for 2023

Varieties with high yields, strong standability, excellent disease resistance and more are on offer

By Mark Halsall December 13, 2022

Next year, there will be 20 new soybean options in the offing for producers in Western Canada. Here’s a look at what BrettYoung, Corteva, Dekalb, Maizex, Northstar Genetics, Proven Seed, Sevita International, Syngenta and Thunder Seed are rolling out for the coming growing season. Please note, this list only includes brand new soybean offerings for […] Read more

Gurpreet Lidder, along with family members, operates an 80-acre fruit farm
near the B.C. Southern Interior community of Keremeos, producing a wide
range of fruit through farm gate sales as well as to wholesale markets.

Features, Profiles

Another excellent crop of young farmer nominees

Horticulture, beef and dairy production, along with conventional and organic crops — a year of diversity

By Lee Hart November 14, 2022

A panel of judges will be faced with a difficult challenge in Saskatoon later this month as they look to select two national winners from a field of seven diverse, well-managed farming operations from across Canada. From tree fruit production to grass-fed beef, mixed farming to organic crop production, and dairy farming to potato production, […] Read more

Crops, Equipment, Wheat & Chaff

When wheels cause soil damage

Q & A with an expert

By Lyle Cowell November 1, 2022

Q: Can we fix compaction? A: As equipment becomes bigger and total loaded weight becomes heavier, our soils are often subjected to compaction. When equipment was lighter, this compaction tended not to extend very deep into the soil, and the effect was often resolved by frost cycles that fractured and turned the surface soil. Now, […] Read more

A picture is better than 1,000 words. Here is a young canola crop neatly placed between the
12-inch-high wheat stubble from the Nerbas farm last year. The wheat stubble will have
caught snow to help provide better germination for the shallow-seeded canola and it
shelters the canola from wind.

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Fuzzy thinking about soils and agricultural performance

What constitutes sustainable on a farm depends on soil climatic zone and what is feasible for the area

By Les Henry October 26, 2022

There seems to be a constant barrage of media comment about agriculture by folks who have little contact with real farms and little formal training in an agriculture faculty or school. Much of the discourse talks about sustainable agriculture, resiliency, regenerative agriculture and particularly soil health. There is not much detail about what the terms […] Read more

Pulse Weekly: Saskatchewan peas, lentils in good condition

FCC extends support for canola producers

U.S. soybean farmers urge Trump to make purchase deal with China

GFM Network News