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Experienced threshing crews gathered at Langenburg, Sask., in August to set a new Guiness Record
Forty two threshing crews from across western Canada and the U.S. gathered at Langenburg, Sask., in late August to help set a new Guiness Record for the number of threshing machines run at one time in one spot. The previous record was 29 threshing machines. The group raised over $60,000 for the Foodgrains Bank. The event was […] Read moreAn Illinois researcher says soybean crops don’t leave excess nitrogen in the soil for next year’s crop
I think the way we’re fertilizing soybeans is atrocious,” said Dr. Fred Belows, a professor and researcher at the University of Illinois. “Soybean does not add nitrogen to the soil. That’s another one of those urban legends.” Addressing those comments to a group of farm journalists, Dr. Belows was a guest speaker at Case IH’s […] Read moreMore of our nutrients are lost of snow melt run-off than rain. Researchers are working on ways to lower this loss
Steven Sirksi describes his working holiday in Australia, and tells you how you can get a job on a farm Down Under
The working holiday scheme demonstrates that it doesn’t take much to travel. Although you will have to front the cost of the visa and airfare, once you lock in your job, especially on a farm, you’ll find that you’re able to repay your debts fairly quickly. (The visa and the airfare are both tax deductible.) I worked a […] Read more
Western Canadian researchers hope to give new canola cultivars a shot in the peduncle by introducing genes from other plants
The Canadian Triticale Biorefinery Initiative is out of funding, but research into bio-industrial uses for triticale is still underway
Triticale, a human-made hybrid of wheat and rye, has never seen the demand enjoyed by its cereal cousins in Canada. Traditionally, western Canadian farmers have largely avoided using triticale in their rotations due to limited marketing opportunities. While triticale boasts high yields and high biomass, along with added benefits such as disease resistance and high […] Read moreControlling wild oats is not an easy task. But researchers hope a six-year study will reveal a recipe to manage wild oats with fewer herbicides
Wild oats is one of our most common weeds and the weed we spend the most money on in terms of herbicides every year. And of course resistance is building up,” said Eric Johnson, weed biologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Johnson said that there aren’t many herbicide groups available to control wild oats. Group 1 and […] Read more
