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Western Canada’s shorter growing season, soil type and temperature are all potential clues as to why soybean protein levels are lower than their neighbours in Eastern Canada.
Crops, Features, Soybeans

Soybean protein levels on the decline

What’s causing lower protein levels in soybeans grown in Western Canada?

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Soybean protein levels in Western Canada are on the decline and lower than those found in Eastern Canada and parts of the United States. Although researchers aren’t certain of the cause, they suspect that selection for yield at the breeding and genetic levels may have something to do with it. Cassandra Tkachuk, production specialist at Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers, is one of […] Read more
This almost-robot looking device is the John Deere Field Connects weather station that collects a wide range of environmental data such as rainfall, solar intensity and wind speed. The weather station also ties into the moisture probe which is installed near the steel post at right.
Crops, Features

Are you leaving water on the table?

New app and service gives producers a better handle on moisture

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Since technology so far can’t make it start or stop raining on dryland farms, it is obviously important to make the most efficient use of moisture that is available during the growing season. But how much moisture do or will you have for that crop? Depending on the year and location, spring seedbed soil moisture can range from […] Read more
The Marshalls keep dairy, 
beef and sheep, which are partially fed with 45 acres of hay.
Crops, Features

Meet your farming neighbours: Thomas Marshall

Thomas Marshall and his brother run a mixed farm in Northern Ireland

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Every farm has its own story. No two farms (or farmers) are exactly alike. Everyone got started in a different way, and every farm has a different combination of family and hired staff who make the decisions and keep things running. But, in general, even after you consider all of the details, farmers are more […] Read more
The injured soybean plants were more prevalent on the headlands, low-lying areas and in the sprayer tracks.
Crops, Features, Soybeans

Crop advisor casebook: Soybeans wilt and die off after emergence

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 26, 2019 issue of Grainews

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Adrian called me in early July 2017 about the poor plant stand in his soybean field. The soybean plants were wilting and dying off after emergence. “I’ve got plants turning brown and dying off in my soybean field,” he said. That afternoon I set off for Adrian’s 3,500-acre grain farm located just outside of Dauphin, […] Read more
Rural landscape with wheat field on sunset
Cereals, Crops, Features

Slowing growth to prevent lodging

Should you invest in a plant growth regulator for your cereal crops this season?

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Where there’s enough moisture and high fertility levels, lodging can still be a major yield constraint. In cereal crops, plant growth regulators (PGRs) have been shown to produce shorter stems to reduce lodging and maintain grain yields. Researchers in Alberta are trying to optimize PGR use to prevent lodging and improve standability and harvestability in […] Read more
Clark Brenzil speaks to farmers at Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Crop Diagnostic School in 2017.
Crops, Features

Herbicide carryover may be high risk

If it was dry after last year’s application, there may be soil-residual herbicides

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Crop selection for the 2019 growing season could prove challenging for growers in some parts of the Prairies, as a lack of rainfall means soil-residual herbicides could impact crop establishment. Moisture after application is critical for herbicide breakdown. In areas where rainfall was patchy at best, growers need to be conservative when selecting crops to […] Read more
It’s a good time to be breeding oats
Crops, Features, Oats

It’s a good time to be breeding oats

Oat research and development continues despite industry and government funding cuts

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Despite a few stumbling blocks, the Canadian oat industry continues to advance and offer good opportunities for oat growers. The good news is that researchers are looking at new, value-added products that provide increased health benefits to consumers. Thanks to improvements in oat breeding and agronomic practices, Canadian oat yields have increased by 18 per […] Read more
Your farm financial scorecard
Features, News

Your farm financial scorecard

Farm financial statements can offer you a lot more than just a way to keep score

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If you had time to go golfing or perhaps mini-golfing last summer, you likely filled out a scorecard to track your success (or lack thereof). Keeping score allows you to track your progress and rank yourself against your competition. The golf clubs, green fees, and your time represent a significant investment and the scorecard measures […] Read more
Cover crop growing after harvest.
Crops, Features

Why didn’t my cover crop work?

Kevin Elmy lists nine potential causes of things that could go wrong when you try growing cover crops on your farm

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Ever try something and it didn’t work the first time? What’s the next step? Try again doing the same thing, modify the approach or give up? Ideally, getting a mentor or someone with experience to find out what went wrong will help create a successful situation. Or maybe it just doesn’t work. Cover cropping is […] Read more
Aaron and Aynsley Williams, their eight-year old twin boys, Sawyer and Sterling, five-year-old Sahen and three-year old Sloan live and farm near Macrorie, Saskatchewan.
Crops, Features

Meet your farming neighbours: Aaron and Aynsley Williams

Aaron and Aynsley Williams farm in west-central Saskatchewan

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Every farm has its own story. No two farms (or farmers) are exactly alike. Where do you farm? Aaron and Aynsley Williams farm east of Macrorie, Sask., toward Diefenbaker Lake dam. They have four children including eight-year-old twin boys, Sawyer and Sterling, five-year-old Sahen and their daughter Sloan, who is three. Who do you farm […] Read more

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