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The Ideal Seeding System

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Most of you have a wish list of what you’d like to see in an ideal seeding system. Here are what two producers described as improvements that would make good seeding equipment even better. DWAYNE WOLF WAPELLA, SASK. A seeding system with individual shut offs on each shank leads the list of what Dwayne Wolf […] Read more
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Join Our Panel – for Dec. 7, 2009

Farmers talking to farmers is the purpose behind our “farmer panel.” If you’re interested in taking part and sharing your experiences and ideas with other Grainews readers, please send Lee an email at [email protected] call him at 403-592-1964. Include your hometown, your cell phone and home phone numbers, and a photo of you on the […] Read more
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Backyard Trials Influence Opener Choice

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Allan Oliver has been running trials on his land since the mid-’70s. Some evaluations have resulted in complete crop failures, which are just as valuable as the trials where everything goes right, says the farmer from Aneroid, Sask. “Knowing what not to do or what not to try is just as worth it sometimes,” he […] Read more
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Opener Eases Clean Out

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When the Battle River Research Group bought its five-foot wide drill 10 years ago, it came with basic no-till discs. These openers worked fine, but had limitations in heavy trash conditions. Since most farmers in the area had moved to direct seeding and zero-till management, the Forestburg, Alta.-based research group wanted its plot work to […] Read more
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Boron Essential For Seed Set

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Boron is one of the top five micronutrients that can affect crop yield — especially for wheat and canola — in western Canada. Most crops need two to three pounds of boron per acre of soil. Boron is most accessible to plants through borate complexes of calcium, magnesium and sodium and through other naturally occurring […] Read more
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Careful With Your Lentil Rotation

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For Maurice Berry, who farms 4,900 acres near Carievale in southeastern Saskatchewan, preventing disease and resistant weeds are foremost on his mind as he rotates his crops. On his no-till farm, he sticks to the basic four-year rotation — sometimes bumping it up to five years by throwing flax in. But with the recent high […] Read more
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How Many Credits Do You Have?

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The question most farmers ask when a discussion of carbon credits comes up is “How much will I be paid for my credits?” The first question farmers should ask is “How many carbon credits will my farm create?” All farmers understand that income generated on a farm results from production multiplied by price, less cost […] Read more
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The Word From Farmers

In 2008, Maurice Lemay, a farmer from Tangent, Alta., sold the carbon offset credits created on his farm under the Alberta Tillage System Management Protocol. Since he has practiced zero tillage for years, he was able to retroactively claim for carbon credits back to Alberta’s 2002 baseline, resulting in significant income to the farm operation. […] Read more
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Tips For Selling Carbon Credits

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You can earn saleable carbon offset credits by reducing the amount of greenhouse gases produced on the farm or by sequestering greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere. It is important farmers understand the difference in these two ways to create carbon credits. One offset carbon credit represents the removal of one tonne of greenhouse gases […] Read more
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7 Steps To Reduce Risk

Martin Leuenberger is an opportunist with an eye on expansion. He mitigates risk by: 1. Using B. C. crop insurance, which guarantees him 90 per cent of his average farm yield. 2. Growing fescue seed as part of his rotation, a crop which almost always brings some reward in the shorter season. 3. Renting most […] Read more

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