Brian Nybo is a researcher with the Wheatland conservation area in Swift Current, Sask., and also a farmer. He’s been researching the best ways to take forage crops out of production, and has set up a demonstration at the research station near Swift Current. “It can be fairly difficult,” he told farmers at the Agri-ARM […] Read more
Terminating your forage crops
There are many reasons to take forage crops out of production, and also many ways to do it
The new wheat lobby
I’ve been using this space to write about the farm organizations we’re funding. In this issue: wheat. I’ve already written about the Western Grains Research Foundation, which uses a checkoff of $0.30 per tonne on wheat to fund wheat research. But there are also six new wheat-related groups that have sprung up across the Prairies […] Read more
Case IH introduces AFS 2.0
Case IH’s 2015 line-up comes ready-to-use Advanced Farming System 2.0
What’s the difference between Case IH’s Advanced Farming System Connect 2.0 and AFS Connect 1.0? “That’s like a Pinto and a Cadillac,” said Mike Klein, advanced farming systems North America marketing manager. Most farmers don’t choose their combines based on the monitors in the cab, but for those who might, here are some of the […] Read more
Case IH’s Early Riser planter
Five optional installs on Case’s 2015 row planter allow farmers to take home only the parts they want
Dan Klein, Case IH’s marketing manager, crop production, says what farmers are looking for is “photocopied plants” — plants that are the same height, maturing at the same rate. Because every farmer needs a different system to achieve this, Case IH dealers will install several optional Precision Planting options on the 1255 Early Riser Precision […] Read more
New tracks for row crop growers
Case IH puts tracks on the back of its Magnum tractor to help row crop growers get to the fields sooner with less compaction
It’s been 18 years since Case IH launched its Quadtrac tractor. In 2012, Case IH introduced the Steiger Rowtrac. Now Case IH is giving row crop growers access to track technology with its new Magnum Rowtrac, a machine that joins a oscillating rear-track system to a wide variety of front tire options. Zach Hetterick, Case […] Read more
Farm policy associations
In the past couple of issues of Grainews, I’ve used this space to write about farm research organizations and how they’re spending your checkoff dollars. This time, I’m taking a break from all that research to focus on farm policy organizations. For now, I’m only including “general” farm organizations — those groups that work for […] Read more
Minogue: Optimism reigns at FCC outlook meeting
Regina — Despite commodity prices down off recent highs, resurgent transportation problems and crop disease issues across the Prairies, farmers heard all good news at Farm Credit Canada’s Ag Outlook 2015 conference here Tuesday. “The sky’s not falling,” said J.P. Gervais, chief ag economist for Regina-based FCC. Actually, he said, things are pretty good. If […] Read more
Five tips to get your seed off to the right start
Seed growth specialist Nick Petruic has 5 tips for getting your seed off to the right start
Nick Petruic is a seed growth specialist for Bayer, based at Avonlea, Sask. He likes to remind his customers that it doesn’t matter how much nitrogen you’ve put on or how weed-free your field is if your seed doesn’t get out of the ground. Petruic has five tips for getting your seed off to the […] Read more
How you’re funding the WGRF
In the last issue of Grainews we ran a story about farm research levies. That was just the first in a series of articles about the organizations representing Prairie farmers. In this column: the Western Grains Research Foundation. You’re funding that. Your money gets to the WGRF in two ways. We’ll start with your levies. […] Read more
Case IH Axial-Flow combines
There are only minor changes to Case IH’s Axial-Flow 240 series combine for 2015
For farmers looking for new innovations in combine design, the two main changes to Case IH’s Axial-Flow combine for 2015 may be a little disappointing. The new 240 combines come with larger grain tanks and larger fuel tanks. Farmers will probably welcome these changes, but many will also be relieved that Case IH has met […] Read more
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