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Tech advice without the 1-800 hurdle

Partners with Tech Direct Solution make staff easily accessible

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If calling a 1-800 number for technical support from crop input or service providers has proven time consuming and even frustrating, a new service launched this spring is helping farmers to connect directly with people they need to talk to — and it’s free. The service is called Tech Direct Solution and was launched in […] Read more
The size of grain bins has exploded in the last generation and it’s not uncommon to see 30- to 60-foot-high bins. Climbing these high bins without any protection is incredibly dangerous, says Robert Gobeil, an agricultural health and safety specialist with the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association.
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Bin fall prevention equipment options and six top safety tips

Safety options include personal fall protection equipment, ladder landings and spiral staircases

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Quick poll: have you or anyone you know ever fallen from a grain bin ladder? If you can answer “no” to that question, count yourself very lucky, and you’re likely in the minority of Canadian farmers. “At literally every tradeshow, we talk to a dozen people who have fallen off a grain bin. Pretty much […] Read more
Farmers are faced with more complex challenges than ever before.
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How can you prepare your farm for the post-COVID future?

Three actions you can take to prepare for the new reality

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Over the last decade, Canada’s agriculture industry has navigated changing consumer behaviours, adverse weather, globalization and trade challenges, digital innovation, and a shift in workforce demographics and labour supply. These forces of change have already been reshaping the industry and the conversations around it. In our report, Farmer 4.0: How the Coming Skills Revolution can […] Read more
Website hosts the eKonomics of crop fertility
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Website hosts the eKonomics of crop fertility

Online calculators help with "what-if" scenarios

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Western Canadian farmers looking to connect with some of the latest research in crop fertility can log onto a fairly new online resource developed by Nutrien, which delivers field-tested, science-based facts geared to helping producers get the most out of their fertilizer dollars. Nutrien has created a website called eKonomics that brings together reports on […] Read more
Today’s biggest issues in soil fertility
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Today’s biggest issues in soil fertility

When to broadcast, shallow band, deep band and top dress

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Rigas Karamanos, a senior agronomist with Koch Fertilizer Canada, is one of the leading Canadian experts in soil fertility today. After speaking at hundreds of producer conferences and research symposiums, Karamanos says there are four major topics that come up again and again at every discussion of agricultural soil fertility. Broadcasting, shallow banding, deep banding […] Read more
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How to manage canola in storage after difficult harvest conditions

Tips from Canola Council of Canada storage experts to minimize spoilage

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If you successfully maintained your stored crop in good condition through last winter and this spring, pat yourself on the back: last year’s harvest and storage conditions were about as challenging as they come. Due to terrible weather at harvest across much of the Canadian Prairies, a large percentage of harvested grain went into bins […] Read more
The barren patches in Trent’s canola field were much larger than I expected. He was convinced they were the work of cutworms.
Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Did cutworms carve off these 80 acres of canola?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the August 25, 2020 issue of Grainews

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Trent is a grain farmer in Wroxton, Sask., who called me last year in early July to tell me about an unusual problem — the canola in one of his fields was, quite literally, starting to disappear. “I’m missing a whole bunch of plants here,” he said. “Last week the crop looked great, and this […] Read more
This post-harvest photo of a canola stem with verticillium stripe shows how the stem has senesced and the epidermis is shredding to reveal the microsclerotia.
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Verticillium stripe should be on your radar for 2020 and beyond

Three things you need to know about the disease

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When Verticillium longisporum-infected canola was first discovered in Manitoba in 2014, it was quickly followed by countrywide soil surveys conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in 2015. Those surveys revealed V. longisporum populations in British Columbia and every province eastward as far as, and including, Quebec. And while it hasn’t reached the point where […] Read more
Adjuvants help keep pesticide ingredients suspended in spray water and improve adherence to what you are targeting.
Crops, Features

What to do – and what not to do – when using adjuvants

How to get the most out of your crop protection products

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Most pesticide labels include a section indicating what type of adjuvants will help you get the most out of your crop protection applications. These labels feature language such as “required,” “recommended” or “can be used” to help you understand which adjuvants are essential to your mix and which ones are optional. But it’s not as […] Read more
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More opportunities to meet innovation in agriculture online

Ag in Motion Special Event Feature

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With so many ways to meet agricultural innovation at Ag in Motion Discovery Plus, it’s hard to believe the show has even more to offer — but it does. The Innovations Program, Field of STARS, and AIM Lounge provide additional opportunities for registered guests to engage virtually. The Innovations Program, which returns to Ag in […] Read more

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