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Insuring intercrops in Manitoba
Crops, Features

Insuring intercrops in Manitoba

Manitoba farmers can now insure intercrops and also get incentives to grow them

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In response to requests from producers for some kind of insurance on unconventional crops such as quinoa or multi-species crops like intercrops, Manitoba Agricultural Insurance Corporation (MASC) has introduced a new insurance product for what it calls ‘novel crops.’ At a recent intercropping workshop at Brandon in November, Robert Manastyr spoke on behalf of MASC […] Read more
Good news ahead for wireworm control
Crops, Features

Good news ahead for wireworm control

New chemical control options are in the works, and should be released in coming years

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Haley Catton, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Lethbridge research station, spoke to farmers about wireworm at Alberta’s FarmTech conference in Edmonton in January. The wireworms that feed on seed and seedlings underneath the ground, Catton said, are the larvae of click beetles. “It’s not a worm at all, actually.” These insects […] Read more
Joe had been walking his early-planted corn fields and noticed purpling of the leaves at the three-leaf stage across the entire field.
Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Purple corn leaves pose a puzzling problem

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 12, 2019 issue of Grainews

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In late May of last year, I received a call from Joe, who owns a 1,500-acre mixed grain and dairy farm near Stonewall, Man. He said he’d been walking his early-planted corn fields and noticed purpling of the leaves at the three-leaf stage across the entire field. I drove out to Joe’s farm and immediately […] Read more
A Zetor Forterra tractor in action.
Equipment, Features

How long can a tractor live?

Some Ukrainian farmers are turning 
to the Czech Republic for machinery

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Almost all modern agricultural machines have their advantages. I prefer machinery with a long life. For example, my parents, who live in Ukraine, drive a Volvo made in 1987, with no problems. Most modern cars are made for four to five years of operation. A similar situation exists in the world of tractors and combines. […] Read more
The canola field was exhibiting uneven germination and the plants that had germinated were stunted and purpling. Eric thought these symptoms could 
be attributed to the frost that occurred a few days prior to my visit.
Canola, Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: What caused this stunted and purpling canola?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 5, 2019 issue of Grainews

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Eric, who farms 10,000 acres north of Assiniboia, Sask., asked me to visit his farm around mid-May, which was a couple of weeks after he seeded his canola crop. He wanted me to assess if it was necessary for him to reseed the field. The field was exhibiting uneven germination and the plants that had […] Read more
Managing disease in oat crops
Cereals, Features, Oats

Managing disease in oat crops

Fungal diseases, bacterial diseases and viral diseases each need different management

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Oat growers across the Prairies have a number of foliar diseases to watch out for in their fields: crown and stem rust and septoria leaf complexes. Oats can also harbour a lot of different species of fusarium but, to date, fusarium hasn’t become an issue to the point where it has impacted oat yield or […] Read more
Five reasons to make a farm business plan
Features

Five reasons to make a farm business plan

Many farmers do not have a business plan. Here are five reasons to make one for your farm

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Actually doing a business plan for your farm can be a real chore for many farmers since they are “hands-on” people that prefer the actual day-to-day work (which is always necessary) rather than “desk work.” However, as operations become larger, more complex and involve more people the reasons for business plans become more important. Here […] Read more
Ryan Boyd talks soil structure to attendees of the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation conference in Manitoba during late August. Also pictured is his daughter, Piper.
Crops, Features

Regenerative agriculture for the next generation

Ryan Boyd uses farming practices that rebuild his soil without breaking the ban

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When he came back to the farm, Ryan Boyd was looking for a lower-risk farming scenario. As a young farmer, “I didn’t want to stick my neck out and have a large loss in one year,” he told reporters and communications professionals gathered on the approach to one of his fields near Brandon, Manitoba in […] Read more
Some modern agricultural practices are reducing stable organic matter and driving many soils to be bacterially dominated.
Crops, Features

Bacterial-based soils: addicted to crop inputs

Adding high-quality carbon to our soils can make farming more fun and profitable


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Soils everywhere in the world consist of air, minerals, water and organic matter. Where the difference occurs is in the composition of soil in different places. As agricultural producers, we can only really manage the organic matter. In a conference this winter, Jay Fuhrer, a conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Bismarck, North […] Read more
Berith, Jonas Karl and Bernd Klänhammer.
Crops, Features

Meet your farming neighbours: Bernd Klänhammer

Bernd Klänhammer’s 200-year old family farm was lost in the 50s, then regained

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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

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