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In some provinces seeding winter wheat after the seeding deadline doesn’t necessarily mean that the crop isn’t insured, but it does vary by province, so farmers should always check with their local insurers to be sure. Following are the crop insurance rules for winter wheat for the Prairie Provinces: SASKATCHEWAN Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation confirmed […] Read more

For farmers ready to try a 14-inch row spacing when seeding cereal crops, Guy Lafond, a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, has a checklist for them in order to take advantage of the benefits it offers: 1) Ensure adequate plant populations per square metre are maintained. Yields will fall off with lower numbers. […] Read more

Edward farms 14,000 acres of wheat, canola, barley and yellow peas east of Vulcan, Alta. I was surprised to hear from Edward a week after I had visited his farm — his crops looked great at the time. He said he was very concerned about his barley field. In the past week, almost every plant […] Read more