I wouldn’t say life is perfect in the beef world, but the grass is growing (in most places) and all indicators are that prices will remain relatively good/ strong into 2012, so at this point in midsummer that’s probably as good as it gets. BE CAREFUL A funeral service is being held for a woman […] Read more
Stars Are Lined Up—at Least For Now
Swing Auger Has Double The Reach
The Regina, Sask.-based Sakundiak Equipment has raised the bar on swing auger systems, with a fully remote control prototype of SwingMax Pro. The current prototype allows farmers to unload trucks and trailers from each side of the auger without having to turn a wheel. The first and only unit of its kind, the SwingMax Pro […] Read more
Get Air Moving Through Hopper Bins
Farmers interested in converting their existing hopper bottom bins into aeration bins now have a couple options as two western Canadian companies introduce retrofit kits that makes it possible to install perforated cylinders that stand in the centre of bins to move air through stored commodities. Meridian Manufacturing, which is part of the Westman Group […] Read more
Bryce is officially off the sympathy list
Okay, so what is wrong with this picture? Eighteen people and three dogs show up for a gruelling hike into the BC wilderness and then 40 people show up for the evening summer yard party that followed. I am sensing a lack of commitment here. Actually, there was really total commitment by all relatives and […] Read more
Winter pulses give farmers another option
Many farmers struggled to get a crop in this spring, and still others were happy to have had winter cereals in rotation to take some of the squeeze off a short seeding season. With wet weather persisting in some areas, the prospect of seeding a wider range of “winter” crops in late summer may have […] Read more
Winter Pulses Give Farmers Another Option
Many farmers struggled to get a crop in this spring, and still others were happy to have had winter cereals in rotation to take some of the squeeze off a short seeding season. With wet weather persisting in some areas, the prospect of seeding a wider range of “winter” crops in late summer may have […] Read more
Agricultural research never takes a holiday
I don’t know if this is happening to anyone else, but as I seem to be traveling more now with a 60ish-age crowd, even on holidays, the conversation inevitability steers around to either grandchildren or pension plans. And since I have neither on the go in my life at the moment it is sometimes a […] Read more
And the CWB plebiscite will tell us…..what?
I am not sure what the point of the recently announced Canadian Wheat Board’s own, non-binding plebiscite on the question of an open market will prove, other than it might allow some people to go to bed at night saying “see, I told you so.” There is a good chance, as this vote is tallied, […] Read more
Farmers, consultant weigh in on CWB changes
And here are more thoughts from producers and one consultant about plans and comments made regarding changes to the Canadian Wheat Board. Gerald in Alberta writes: “In your June 21 Blog regarding CWB and “the tribe has spoken” you stated: “There should be a whole team of people working for the board with expertise in […] Read more
Lumsden ag summit fixes all agricultural problems
The final communiqué from the first annual G-3 Agricultural Summit held at Lumsden, Saskatchewan last week, got over shadowed by media attention to the new Sakundiak/Meridan unloading auger, so I felt it necessary to draw specific attention to this meeting, which will likely change agriculture as you know it. The G-3 leaders as none of […] Read more
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