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A Three-Point Strategy For Buying Fertilizer

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The more knowledge you have the earlier you can make exact moves on what you need to purchase, when you want to purchase it, at a price that fits into your crop plan for the year. With crop prices backsliding from the highs they have been at the past two growing seasons, margins are starting […] Read more
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Are We Seeding Weeds?

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Introduction of herbicide tolerant crops came with the promise of easier, cheaper and better weed control. Growers, especially those using zero tillage, now find that some of their worst weed problems are herbicide-tolerant volunteers from previous crops and/or plants growing from seeds the grower was unaware carried herbicide tolerant traits. Martin Entz, professor with the […] Read more
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Control Canola Volunteers At Burn-Off

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After about a six-year hiatus, my first new article in Grainews discussed the idea that zero till crop management is more a factor of success than the drill you select. In a nutshell, the most expensive, fancy, fully automated zero-till drill will fail without proper management. At the same time, the average beater, Haybuster 8000 […] Read more
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Even In A Tough Year, Soybeans Pull Through

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Growing soybeans in 2009 — our eighth year with the crop — was quite the roller coaster ride. May was less than desirable, June was scary, July and August were wet, September was beautiful, October was a write off and November was awesome. It still turned out to be an average year for heat units […] Read more
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Get To Know The Chemical Names

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More herbicide choices give farmers more options for controlling weeds, but now with many brand names for the same active ingredient, the landscape is more confusing, says a University of Saskatchewan crop protection specialist. Plenty of new product names are entering the marketplace, Ken Sapsford says. These aren’t necessarily new chemistries with new modes of […] Read more
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92 Minor Use Registrations

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—Ken Sapsford. “If you have an issue, the system works very well.” If you have specific weed or insect problems in crops that aren’t covered by herbicide or insecticide registration, you should bring the issue forward to your provincial commodity group, says Ken Sapsford, a weed specialist from the University Saskatchewan (U of S). The […] Read more
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Argentine Wheat On The Downfall

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Argentina has been one of the main grain producers of the world, and its wheat has been exported to many destinations in various continents. However, the 2009-10 wheat campaign ended in January with a drop of about 15 per cent compared to last year. Also, the cultivated surface for wheat was the lowest in a […] Read more
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Quick Facts About Wheat Production In Argentina

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS Wheat producing areas: Buenos Aires, Crdoba, Entre Ros, Santa Fe, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, Chaco, Formosa, Salta and Tucumn provinces. Main kinds: red hard winter, red soft winter, durum and feed wheat Seeding period: April to September Techniques: no tillage and reduced tillage farming Harvest period: October to January PRODUCERS 29,500 wheat […] Read more
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Conservation Catches On In Zambia

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As a Western Canadian grain farmer, it was a privilege to attend the Kapiri Mposhi Cons-ervation Farming Field Day in Zambia on March 3, 2009. On our farm near Edmonton, Alta., we practised some forms of conservation farming, as do most other grain farmers. While in Zambia, we work with some farm cooperatives in the […] Read more
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Can You Afford To Be Injured?

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If your business runs on a profit margin of five per cent, and if the total uninsured costs were $5,000, then your business will have to generate $100,000 in sales to pay for this incident. The bottom line for any business is profitability. An important part of maximizing profits is minimizing losses — and that […] Read more

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