If you happen to drive by our farm in southeast Saskatchewan this summer, you might wonder what sort of landscaping experiment we’re trying on the grass south of the house. Last month, after my husband filled his sprayer with water from the dugout on the edge of the yard, he accidentally drove by the house […] Read more
Editor’s Column
Minogue: Crops research focused on Prairie competitiveness
Researchers are co-operating to create a brighter future for Prairie agriculture. Agronomists and scientists from Saskatchewan Agriculture, the Wheatland Conservation Area, the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation (IHARF), the Canola Council of Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC’s) Semi-Arid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre (SPARC) came together here July 12 to showcase their in-field research […] Read more
Agrium sees gains for farmers in retail expansion
With Agrium’s Crop Protection Services (CPS) arm poised to take over 232 of Viterra’s Agri-Products centres, many farmers have concerns about future competition and pricing in the farm input market. Kevin Helash, CPS’s regional manager for Canada and the Pacific Northwest, sees only upside. Glencore’s planned takeover of Viterra, as announced in March, includes an […] Read more
Editor’s Column
This is our harvest issue. It’s hard for me to focus on harvest. We haven’t had one on our farm since 2010, and earlier this spring it seemed possible that it would be another year and a half before we needed the combine. After last year’s floods, by late April it was still pretty wet […] Read more
Editor’s column
It’s spring. That time of warmth and life, when farmwives’ minds turn to thoughts of… “What the heck am I going to send to the field for supper?” The real farmwives of Griffin These days there are several roles for women in agriculture and agribusiness. Women are running their own grain farms, making decisions at […] Read more
Editor’s column
Farmers across the Prairies are looking out at snow-free fields, worrying about drought and generally preparing for a dry growing year in 2012. Since this issue focuses on weed management, Grainews asked Angela Lovell to write an article for the cover about the challenges we might face when we’re trying to control weeds in a […] Read more
Editor’s column
At Crow Lake Farm, we’re still finalizing our seeding plans. After the non-stop rain last spring, we’re a bit gun shy, afraid to make too many plans in case excess moisture keeps us out of the fields yet again. Last year, we had all kinds of seeding plans. But when the spring rain just didn’t […] Read more
Midge tolerant wheat yields well
Clearly, Prairie farmers have been looking for a solution to control orange wheat blossom midge. Even though midge-tolerant blends have only been commercially available since the spring of 2010, the Canadian Wheat Board’s 2011 Variety Survey found that two of the new varieties are already very popular. Seven per cent of the spring wheat seeded […] Read more
Editor’s column
Correction I’m still finding my feet here at Grainews. Unfortunately, I suspect that by the time I get a good grip on this job, your actual editor, Lyndsey Smith will probably be back from her maternity leave! As a new editor, I’m making occasional mistakes. Last month, I accidentally omitted a caption from one of […] Read more
Editor’s column
Herbicide resistant weeds — a very real threat In this issue of Grainews we’re focusing on crop production and protection. In Western Canada, any talk about crop protection is probably going to include some talk about herbicides, and any talk about herbicides is bound to come around to a discussion about herbicide resistance. This is […] Read more
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