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Understanding basis

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It’s never been more important to make the most of your marketing options. Neil Blue tells you how you can use the basis to improve your bottom line

For crops that have an actively trading futures market, tracking the basis levels and considering basis as a separate part of your pricing decision improve your market analysis, and maybe increase your price. Defining basis Basis is the difference between the local cash price for a commodity and the futures market price for that commodity. […] Read more
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Breaking the ascochyta disease cycle

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Farmers who grow pulse crops know that ascocyta can be a serious problem. Break the cycle on your farm

Ascochyta blight is a seed-borne disease that can cause yield loss in peas, lentils and chickpeas. Fortunately, each strain of ascochyta is crop specific — the strain that infects your lentil crop will not impact your chickpeas. This makes crop rotation the first line of defence against ascochyta. “It’s important to start with a good […] Read more
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Organic Practices for conventional producers

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Even farmers who have no intention of going organic can learn something from successful organic practices

Organic farming has become mainstream and is an ever-growing market. What can conventional farming learn from organic farming? Larry and Pat Pollock are certified organic farmers, farming 600 acres just east of Brandon, Man. “We take great pride in the grains that we produce each year,” said Larry Pollock. “Organic farming does have its challenges, but the rewards […] Read more
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What are the odds of glyphosate resistance?

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Glyphosate-resistant kochia is currently isolated to a small area in southern Alberta, but farmers should be conscious of the fact that it could spread. “Resistance is a numbers game,” says Clark Brenzil, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture weed specialist. “When a resistant biotype either gets brought in from somewhere else or evolves on the parcel of […] Read more
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Mix it up to reduce herbicide tolerance

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It’s doing the same thing with the same products year after year that increases the risk of herbicide resistant weeds

The discovery of glyphosate-tolerant kochia in southern Alberta is a wake up call for Western Canadian farmers to pay particular attention to proper herbicide rotation, and also to get back to the basics of good agronomic practices, say weed and herbicide specialists. While this is only one case of glyphosate-tolerant kochia, more are likely to […] Read more
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Cattle on crop acres

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Whether you have cattle or not, Kevin Elmy says there are many benefits to grazing 
cattle on your land

There has been a lot of talk about soil health. Lots of people don’t know what is meant by this, but are still trying to make the soil healthy. There are soil additives and techniques being discussed, but one of the quickest and most efficient ways to improve soil health is to get animals grazing […] Read more
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Scouting soybeans takes planning, time and effort

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Soybean acres keep climbing in Manitoba because they’re doing better than edible beans, especially in the last three wet years, and they cost less per acre to grow. Rob Park, a farmer, seed grower and consultant near Carman, Man., says farmers shouldn’t treat soybeans as idiot proof. Soybean expansion Park left a job as an […] Read more
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Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees

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Alfalfa leafcutter bees (Megachile Rotundata) were first imported to Canada (into Southern Alberta) by G.A. Hobbs in 1962. From a small beginning they have expanded into a much larger area covering approximately 36,000 acres in Saskatchewan, 13,500 acres in central and southern Manitoba and 24,000 acres in the Peace River, Brooks and Lethbridge areas of […] Read more
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Go early for best weed control in spring wheat and durum

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Many farmers focus on pulse and canola acres, leaving spring wheat and durum until later in the season. This could be compromising returns

When the weather co-operates, later seeding of cereals can be fine. But cool and wet spring conditions such as those experienced in the last few years, can delay weed emergence. A pre-seed burn-off to clean a field before seeding is not effective at eliminating weeds that haven’t emerged yet. By the time farmers seed their […] Read more
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New opener means faster seeding, no hairpinning

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This farmer is impressed with a disc system that works through all crop residue and adds 25 per cent more acres seeded per hour

Retrofitting one wider seeding tool bar with newer, simpler disc openers has made it possible for Jody Klassen to eliminate a second air seeding system and cover more ground in a day on his north central Alberta farm. This spring will be the second year that Klassen, who crops about 5,400 acres of grains and […] Read more

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