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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

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

Cargill has three changes for its specialty oil canola production contracts for 2010. The company will now take 100 per cent of production. It, has made improvedements to the risk-free price hedge option and the risk-free basis program. And it and now offers growers the choice of either a Premium or a Prime Basis contract. […] Read more

Reading the promotion material, you’d think every new variety is the best one yet and every new crop protection product is going to pay for itself many times over. For some, that may very well be the case, but the only tried and true measure of a new product’s value to you is on-farm testing […] Read more

It’s been my experience over the last 35 years that an increase in crop prices is usually followed by an increase in input costs, specifically fuel and fertilizer,” says Lindsay Coulthard, manager of the Manitoba Zero Till Research Association (MZTRA). The association’s board decided several years ago that evaluating ways to decrease dependency on both […] Read more