On the first day of Saskatchewan Agriculture’s annual Crop Diagnostic School about 100 ag retailers, agronomists and farmers gathered in Swift Current to get a hands-on look at common real-world crop problems. Anyone working in agriculture today has 24/7 access to online information about crop disease and pests, but there is no substitute for seeing […] Read more
PHOTOS: Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Crop Diagnostic School
Minogue: Back to school for hands-on learning
On the first day of Saskatchewan Agriculture’s annual Crop Diagnostic School about 100 ag retailers, agronomists and farmers gathered in Swift Current to get a hands-on look at common real-world crop problems. Anyone working in agriculture today has 24/7 access to online information about crop disease and pests, but there is no substitute for seeing […] Read more
DuPont Pioneer expands Saskatoon research facility
DuPont Pioneer announced the expansion of its Saskatoon multi-crop research facility at an open house on Friday. The expanded facility will house breeding programs for canola, soybean and “ultra-early maturity” corn. “DuPont Pioneer is focused on developing early-maturing products, and high-yielding products for Canadian farmers,” said Bryce Eger, president of DuPont Pioneer Canada. DuPont Pioneer […] Read more
Editor’s Column: Seeding is done, no major injuries to report
We finished seeding on May 20 this year. I know May 20 isn’t a record-breaking finish, especially this year when so many of you were out in the field early, so I don’t expect any readers to send us a medal. But after a few years of epic breakdowns and colossal floods, we’re happy to […] Read more
Watching the plants all season
The new way to scout: photos of your crop's progress through the growing season
I’m working on a new project,” Franck Groeneweg says. “I’ve been working with aerial imagery. There’s a lot of drone excitement out there, but to get it done, I am using a regular fixed wing plane on my farm.” Groeneweg is flying his plane over farmland and using attached cameras to take aerial pictures of […] Read more
Farm safety week 2016
Canadian Agricultural Safety Week runs from March 13 to 19
Beginning Monday, March 13 to 19 is Canadian Agricultural Safety Week. Here at Grainews we understand the importance of farm safety. We run articles from the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association in each issue, and do our best to make sure that none of our articles promote unsafe practices. Because we want our readers to be safe […] Read more
Editor’s Column: The lowdown on rural Internet access
Oh the irony. I thought I’d do a little research before I wrote about Internet access in rural Canada. So I turned to the Internet, typed in some likely search terms and… waited. Then I waited some more. I live on a farm in southeast Saskatchewan. Although oil activity has fallen off drastically in the […] Read more
Editor’s Column: What I learned from Jeff Rubin at CropSphere
I was looking forward to Jeff Rubin’s keynote lunch presentation at CropSphere in Saskatoon this winter. Back in 2008, Jeff Rubin was the CIBC’s chief economist. That spring, oil was trading at US$118 a barrel, and Rubin predicted that the price would rise to US$225 by 2012. Higher oil prices, he explained, would put pressure […] Read more
A race against evolving blackleg
The blackleg pathogen is evolving to challenge blackleg resistant canola varieties
Blackleg is not going away. In fact, AAFC researcher Dr. Garry Peng told Saskatchewan farmers at a November meeting, “we are seeing a creeping up of the disease over the last five, six years, in all provinces.” Researchers first began to recognize blackleg in canola in the mid-70s. Blackleg incidence reached a peak in the […] Read more
Two modes are better than one
The newest pulse fungicides have chemicals from two different fungicide groups
Farmers across the Prairies are looking at high pulse prices and trying to find ways to add pulses to their 2016 rotation. Crop protection companies are ready to help, releasing new fungicides to help farmers protect their yield from diseases like ascochyta blight and anthracnose. As with herbicides, to extend the life of fungicides and […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
