Scientists at Agriculture Canada’s Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre (SPARC) in Swift Current, Sask. may have some good news for producers grappling with salinity problems on their farms. As much as 20 per cent of cropland in Western Canada is affected by some degree of salinity and around four million acres have moderate to severe […] Read more
Great Grass For Saline Soil
PhiBer Tool Links 3 Mowers
PhiBer Manufacturing’s new Triple Cutter Tool Bar isn’t available yet, but already the phone has been ringing off the hook with enquiries about this innovative new product. The new cutter, a prototype of which was recently unveiled at Ag Days in Brandon, Man., in January, will be launched in the fall and is getting a […] Read more
Peas And Canola Make Good Team
We didn’t want to throw any canola over the sieves, so we had to set the combine to canola first with its maximum wind speed possible. The peas seem to be cooperative with the canola setting, despite the lower wind cleaning speed and narrow sieve level.” — SCOTT CHALMERS High cost of fertilizer and other […] Read more
Saskatchewan Regional Finalists: Art And Elaine Pruim
Art and Elaine Pruim, Saskatchewan’s Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) for 2009, will be in Ottawa in early December to represent Saskatchewan at the national awards competition. The Pruims run Matvale Holsteins of Plum Blossom Farms Ltd. at Osler, north of Saskatoon. Originally from British Columbia, they moved to Saskatchewan in 1998, and began building a […] Read more
Manitoba Regional Finalists: Grant And Colleen Dyck
Grain farmers Grant and Colleen Dyck, Manitoba’s 2009 Outstanding Young Farmers, will be among six other regional finalists from across Canada competing at the national OYF awards event in Ottawa in early December. The southern Manitoba couple operate a 13,000-acre grain and oilseed operation called Artel Farms near Niverville, just south of Winnipeg. Entrepreneurs from […] Read more
But in the long term, repeated cuts will catch up to you with reduced productivity
With the high cost of fertilizer, some farmers are asking if they can cut back on phosphorus. Although possible in the short term without too much noticeable effect, especially if they have been applying phosphorus (P) regularly year after year, in the long term the cumulative effect will be a drop in productivity of the […] Read more
Tips For Kochia Control
Group-2 herbicides were the products of choice for controlling kochia in peas. Now your options are limited. Two recent studies have confirmed that group-2 herbicide resistant kochia is now widespread across the Prairies. “It’s a big problem, “ says Hugh Beckie, a weed specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Saskatchewan. “A survey we conducted […] Read more
Spray Dandelions First Thing
The tenacious dandelion, as everybody knows, is a hard foe to battle and stubbornly re-occurs time and again despite the best efforts to eradicate it. What makes dandelion particularly hard to get rid of are its two growth periods throughout the year: early in the spring and again in the fall. Dandelions are largely dormant […] Read more
Faba beans generally yield more than peas and they fix more nitrogen for the following crop. And new zero-tannin faba beans are a quality locally-grown feed source
Faba bean contacts For more information on zero-tannin faba beans or for seed sources, contact: —Rod Fisher at Fisher Seeds in Dauphin, Man., 204 622-8800 —Cliff Cyre at Cyre Seed Farms Ltd., Barrhead, Alta., 780-34-4775 Zero-tannin faba beans are new to the legume family in Western Canada, and they could develop into a strong, alternative […] Read more
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