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Make Technology Earn Its Keep

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Technological capability of new farm equipment is astounding, sure, but for the most part GPS is currently used for straight-as-an-arrow rows and yield monitors are used for record-keeping. One Alberta project is looking for ways to make autosteer and yield mapping do so much more for you. Ken Coles, general manager of the Southern Applied […] Read more
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Iron Deficiency Strikes Early

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Iron is essential for all plants, but the Prairie crops most susceptible to iron deficiency are alfalfa, barley, rye and turf. Iron helps in the development and function of chlorophyll. It contributes to the process through which the crop fixes nitrogen from the soil. Plant respiration and metabolism require iron. And iron, like most micronutrients, […] Read more
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Looking Long-Term With Triticale

It might be wheat’s poor cousin, but triticale didn’t just hang in there in yield-for-ethanol trials. No, this crop was a real contender. So much so that Brian Beres, agronomist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, has launched a second study as part of the Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program (ABIP) project to further evaluate […] Read more
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Which Wheat Class Yields Best?

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As the ethanol industry revved up in Western Canada, farmers on the board of the Western Applied Research Corporation (WARC), based at Scott, Sask., wanted to know just which cereal types and varieties would make the most ethanol. The answer, it turns out, is not as straightforward as you might think. Launched in 2005, WARC […] Read more
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Need A Contract To Grow Hard White

Production of hard white wheat in Canada is controlled through identity preserved (IP) contracts, mainly to ensure there isn’t way more grown than can be sold. The Canadian Wheat Board and grain companies such as Richardson Pioneer, Paterson Grain and their agents handle the contracts. While demand (and contracts) for hard white wheat isn’t expected […] Read more
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Juncea Canola Needs Better Yields

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James Staffen of Nipawin, Sask., seeded 45 acres of Xceed this year because he wanted to check out the possibility of straight cutting. After taking off yields that were 15 bushels to the acre, he says, “I’m not attracted to it any more.” Juncea canola made its large-scale debut on the Prairies in 2009. While […] Read more
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The Road To 100-Bushel Canola

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In trials, waiting just five to six days to swath (at 50 to 60 per cent seed colour change versus 30 per cent) accounted for a 1.5-bushel yield bump. “It’s one of the few times doing nothing can make you money.” The Prairie-wide canola average yield has nearly doubled in the past 20 years, going […] Read more
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2009 In Review At Friendly Acres

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Results from Elmy’s InVigor strip trials 2009 Variety 8440 5020 5440 5770 Yield (bu./ac.) 56.6 49.2 49.1 43.5 % of 8440 100 87 87 77 % moisture 8.5 8.3 8.1 7.9 What is normal weather? At Yorkton, Sask., the year ended up to be average, but took a weird path to get there. Mid May […] Read more
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Manitoba And PEI Couples Win OYF

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An entrepreneurial young grain farming couple from Manitoba and an innovative vegetable producing family from Prince Edward Island are Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2009. Grant and Colleen Dyck of Niverville, Man., who grow grains and oilseeds on their 13,000 acre Artel Farms, and have diversified into other business ventures, along with Greg and Tania […] Read more
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Top 5 Ag News Stories Of 2009

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Look beyond your standard industry sources for material as this can give you a fresh perspective and new ideas about shared challenges. Agribusiness was a fixture in headlines of the largest media outlets in Canada in 2009. With so much focus on the highs and lows, January is a good time to reflect on the […] Read more

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