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Is your farm doing cash, accrual, or no budgeting?

Farm Management: Budget planning hasn’t kept pace with today’s farm value, size, or complexity

By Craig Macfie January 15, 2020

Our firm, Stark & Marsh, uses benchmarking as a tool to compare farm financial performance. The average southwest Saskatchewan incorporated farm we benchmark is 4,000 acres. Between inputs, machinery and land, costs can meet and exceed $300/acre. Costs of $300/acre multiplied by 4,000 acres equals an annual expense budget of $1.2 million dollars. This number […] Read more

Firefighters use a silo kit and other items on hand to build a cofferdam around the 14-year-old grain entrapment victim.

News, Wheat & Chaff

Training, equipment and teamwork save youth from grain entrapment

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association January 14, 2020

Grain entrapment is a growing concern on farms and in grain-handling facilities. Grain entrapment happens quickly and is often fatal. That’s where the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association’s (CASA) BeGrainSafe program comes in. BeGrainSafe works to save lives through awareness and training. On November 4, 2019, grain rescue training and knowledge, the proper equipment and teamwork […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, News

Low falling numbers mean lower wheat prices

Grain buyers’ falling numbers tests are finding evidence of pre-harvest sprouting

By Angela Lovell January 13, 2020

A wet fall across the Prairies provided the ideal conditions for pre-harvest sprouting in cereal crops. As a result, falling numbers tests have come to the fore as a quality assessment tool for buyers, with some grain companies performing a falling test on all wheat samples before purchasing. While, for the most part, harvest conditions were the […] Read more

Features, News, Pulses

The state of pulse processing on the Prairies

The condition of the industry in the past and the possibilities for the future

By Vicki Dutton December 18, 2019

“I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In,” was a Mike Newbury song from 1968, a great song that captured the psychedelic era of the late 60s. The song refers to the LSD drug experience of that era, and while the comparison to drugs doesn’t fit, there is a parallel to […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Clearing snow safely and effectively this winter

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association December 18, 2019

With winter comes snow and with snow comes snow clearing. No matter how (front-end loader, blade, snow blower or even a snow shovel or scoop) or where you clear snow (walkways, driveways, lanes, barnyards, shops, around bins and fuelling areas) there are some basic safety tips to keep in mind to keep everyone safe. Generally, […] Read more

This photo shows just three of the several different species of wireworm thriving on the Prairies.

Crops, News

Wily wireworm remains a mystery

Lack of effective control allows pest to flourish

By Lee Hart December 13, 2019

Dallas Leduc says he hasn’t noticed any particular yield losses he can blame on wireworm damage in crops on his southern Saskatchewan, grain, oilseed and pulse crop operation, but then for many years they’ve also made a point of using recommended seed treatments as well. “The pest is out there and we may have the […] Read more

Dot Technology Corp. began limited commercial release of its autonomous implement carrier in the spring of 2019.

Machinery, News

Dot Technology Corp. opens R&D centre in Alberta

Subsidiary firm, Dot Intelligence Inc., established in Edmonton

By Scott Garvey December 11, 2019

With the first season of commercial use of Dot autonomous machine use now coming to an end, Dot Technology Corp., a division of SeedMaster, is continuing its R&D efforts to advance the automation used in its Dot autonomous implement carrier, the A-U1. To do that, it’s opening a subsidiary firm called Dot Intelligence Inc., which will […] Read more

Why is this tractor upside down? “We’re turning customer support in its head,” said John Deere reps. With new connectivity, the company says dealers will see digital notifications when your equipment first starts to fail. They’ll be able to take a proactive approach and order in parts or send out a technician before your machinery actually breaks down.

Machinery, News

PHOTOS: Agritechnica draws international crowds

Farmers from around the world gather in Germany to see the latest ag machinery and tech

By Leeann Minogue December 3, 2019

Over the winter, we’ll be running detailed coverage of the newest machinery and ag technology on display at Agritechnica this past November in Hanover, Germany. Consider these photos an early preview.

Features, News

Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers heads for New Brunswick

National competition has to select the best from the best

By Lee Hart December 2, 2019

Some of the brightest young minds in Canadian farming will be meeting in Fredericton, N.B., in early December for the 39th annual awards program of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers (COYF). Seven farm couples, selected as regional winners from across the country earlier this year, will be vying for recognition of the national title, as they […] Read more

Alberta OYF nominees, Natasha Pospisil and Dallas Vert with their three children: Reese, seven; Tegan, four; and Ryker, six months.

Features, News

Canada’s OYF 2019: Alberta nominees

No rest, no worries for these OYF winners from east-central Alberta

By Geoff Geddes November 29, 2019

What could be harder than balancing a business and family? How about three businesses? Managing three kids and three companies might sound daunting to some, but for Dallas Vert and Natasha Pospisil, it’s all in a day’s work. Armed with diplomas from Olds College, Dallas and Natasha purchased his parents’ grain farm in Kirriemuir, in […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

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Is your farm doing cash, accrual, or no budgeting?

Training, equipment and teamwork save youth from grain entrapment

Low falling numbers mean lower wheat prices

The state of pulse processing on the Prairies

Clearing snow safely and effectively this winter

Wily wireworm remains a mystery

Dot Technology Corp. opens R&D centre in Alberta

PHOTOS: Agritechnica draws international crowds

Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers heads for New Brunswick

Canada’s OYF 2019: Alberta nominees

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