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ProAg offers new liquid copper fertilizer
Crops, Features

ProAg offers new liquid copper fertilizer

Copper Liquid 5.2% is easy on the wallet

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Farmers tackling copper-deficient fields will have a new, far cheaper, liquid fertilizer option in 2021. Priced at about a third of the cost of current copper options, Copper Liquid 5.2% also offers a host of additional benefits, says its manufacturer. “Some people will look at this product and say, ‘What’s so special?’ It’s very special, […] Read more
John Deere’s AutoPath guidance records the actual position of crop rows and stores the information, allowing for more accurate in-season passes during spraying and harvesting.
Features, Machinery

John Deere improves guidance with AutoPath

System stores exact row positions for more accurate in-season passes

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For those Prairie producers who grow corn or use strip tillage, John Deere is introducing AutoPath row guidance to help improve accuracy during in-season field passes. During seeding or planting, the system records the exact location of the crop row lines and stores that information about the field for later use. How it works: The […] Read more
Crop advisor casebook: What’s up with the weeds for this soybean grower?
Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: What’s up with the weeds for this soybean grower?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the February 9, 2020 issue of Grainews

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Trevor is a producer who grows soybeans, canola, wheat and oats on his 2,500-acre farm near Brunkild, Man. In early July last year, he had sprayed one of his Roundup Ready soybean fields with herbicide for the second time that season, but as he explained to me in a phone call two weeks later, he […] Read more
Farm owners and ag producers often miss claiming legitimate farm business expenses. These deductions can include expenses related to maintaining farmland and machinery like property taxes and equipment repairs.
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Twelve tax-saving tips for producers

You can take these recommendations to the bank

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Practicing good financial habits now may save you money when the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) comes calling in the spring. Last year, at Ag in Motion Discovery Plus, Carmen Praski, business development representative for Farm Business Consultants (FBC), offered up his top 12 tax-saving tips for agricultural producers. Some you may already have in practice, […] Read more
Proteins and starches are the end game, says Bill Greuel, PIC’s chief executive officer. For too long, Canada has been selling commodities and buying back end products. The types of investments being made will change that, he adds.
Features, News

New plant protein projects open up opportunities

Investments should benefit farmers down the road

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On November 10, 2020, Protein Industries Canada (PIC) announced its 12th major new plant protein partnership project. The six-partner, $25.7 million tech-innovation effort is PIC’s sixth major project announcement in the last five months alone. Together, the 12 projects add up to an impressive $272 million investment in Canadian agriculture since PIC formed in November […] Read more
Organic farmer Boyd Charles, pictured here with wife, Gloria, of Stoughton, Sask., says his pelletized and cooked chicken manure packs more fertilizer punch for his grain crops than commercial fertilizer ever could.
Crops, Features

Saskatchewan organic producer wins with chicken manure

Pelletized, cooked manure an organic fertilizer solution

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Ask Boyd Charles what he considers his happiest day as a farmer and he’ll probably tell you it was the day he sold his sprayer. “I was tired of giving away most of my profit to the chemical companies,” he says of his decision to become an organic farmer in 1996. He hasn’t looked back. […] Read more
Garry and Geri Johnson have been using organic farming practices on their farm near Swift Current, Sask., for more than 20 years.
Crops, Features

Organic farming veteran offers some truth and tips

Thinking of going organic? Back up a little

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There are a number of reasons why farmers might want to try their hand at organic farming. Reports of premiums based on the demand for organic foods might be one. Cutting expensive chemical inputs out of your budget can also be a major incentive. However, if you’re only looking at organic farming through a financial […] Read more
Rebate roundup 2021
Features, News

Rebate roundup 2021

Program details to maximize your input dollars and put cash back in your pocket

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Once again, it’s time for the Grainews annual rebate roundup. While rebate programs aren’t the main factor in decision-making for the crop protection process, producers need to know their options. Without further ado, and in alphabetical order, here’s our annual roundup of available rebates in Western Canada for the 2021 growing season. BASF The 2021 […] Read more
Crops, Features

Alberta Blue Book goes private

It will be published jointly by four Alberta crop commissions

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For the first time in more than 40 years the long-standing bible of crop protection products in Alberta, often referred to as the Blue Book, will be published by private industry rather than the provincial government. Starting in 2021, the Blue Book — Alberta’s crop protection guide — will be published in a joint effort […] Read more
Proline Gold is a new canola fungicide that offers protection against sclerotinia. Its liquid formulation provides systemic and contact protection with two modes of action. The above photo shows a sclerotinia stem lesion.
Crops, Features

New fungicides and insecticides heading your way in 2021

New products to control insects like flea beetles and diseases, such as blackleg and sclerotinia, in canola, and more

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One season is never the same as the next, so farmers face different disease and insect issues every year. This is one of the reasons there are new solutions being developed and coming to market every year — to help farmers protect their crops throughout the growing season from new and old disease and insect […] Read more

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