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Made-in-Sask. grain bag roller
Grain bags are a great affordable, temporary solution to your grain storage problems. Until it’s time to get rid of them. Here’s a new solution

New special crops round-up
Hemp, quinoa, fababeans, camelina, hairy vetch, carinata and guar bean. Get the inside scoop
PHOTOS: Special crops you may be seeing more of
A quick look at camelina, carinata, hairy vetch, fababean and hemp

Quinoa: the new ancient superfood
With growing demand, Northern Quinoa plans to triple its contracted acreage for the 2015 growing season

A short history of durum wheat breeding
As private companies step up cereal breeding investments, Andrea Hilderman reviews our public breeding triumphs

ICE barley futures contracts
ICE Futures Canada’s president is confident barley buyers and sellers will benefit from new contracts

Add soil sampling to the fall “to do” list
Testing soil in the fall gives you time over the winter to plan your spring nutrient needs

Safer grain storage
Whether you’ve got enough storage space this year after last year’s bumper crop or you need temporary solutions, try these four tips

Fertilizing winter wheat
With new polymer-coated nitrogen products on the market, winter wheat growers have one more option when it comes to fertilizer decisions

Drying with desiccants in pulse crops
Desiccants can simplify pulse crop harvest and weed control, but make sure to read the label and know your MRLs
Grainews is written for farmers and often by farmers. It is about putting theory into practice on the farm. Each issue also features Cattleman’s Corner for cow-calf producers and farmers with mixed cattle and grain operations.