Features
Producer cars to lower risk
Producer cars are an alternative to help Prairie farmers manage the uncertainty of basis and delivery opportunities
Lentils with blight can be misdiagnosed
Stemphylium blight is turning up in more and more seed lab tests, but is often misdiagnosed when it’s found out in the field
Cleaning to prevent clubroot
Clubroot can spread from farm to farm, or come in from other sources
Intensify production by regulating growth
Plant growth regulators can give you higher yields, with lower crop height
Perverse incentives in the system
Speakers at the Grain Handling and Transportation Summit discussed incentives, regulations and grain transportation system bottlenecks
The bean genome
Researchers have puzzled out the genomes of crops such as soybeans. Now they’re turning their attention to the common bean
Working for a greener revolution
Scientists are looking at novel ways to maintain yields with drastic cuts in nitrogen application
Ochap Farms has best year yet
Ochapowace First Nations’ Ochap Farms Ltd. is investing in people and building a farm in southeast Saskatchewan
Do-it-yourself tile drainage
Combine easy-to-use GPS technology with high land prices, and more Manitoba farmers are installing their own tile draining
Harvest in Victoria, Australia
While Canadian Prairie farmers were out in the cold, shovelling snow, Kim Neilsen has been running his combine Down Under