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Spring seeding continues to ramp up, rain offers little relief for dry soils

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending May 7

By Saskatchewan Agriculture May 10, 2018

Seeding is underway for many producers, with more expecting to hit the field in the coming week. Nine per cent of the crop is now in the ground, behind the five-year (2013- 2017) seeding average of 19 per cent for this time of year. A slow start to spring has delayed field operations in much […] Read more

Crops, News

VIDEO: #seeding2018 in Manitoba’s Interlake

By Scott Garvey May 8, 2018

Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey heads out into a few fields in the Interlake north of Winnipeg to find out how seeding is progressing for farmers in the area and what they’re seeing in terms of soil moisture. Video editing by Greg Berg.

Crops, News, Weather

Seeding starts after cool, late spring

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending April 30

By Saskatchewan Agriculture May 3, 2018

A cool and late spring has delayed field work across the province. However, seeding has just nicely started in the southern areas. Most other areas have some field activity with harrowing, pre seeding herbicide and fertilizer applications. Many producers will be seeding within the week. Field conditions vary greatly across the province. The southern regions […] Read more

One challenge for farmers when using concentrate products is that they may be unsure about treating a large volume of seed with what seems like a small amount of product.

Crops, News

Getting more seed treatment from less

More seed treatments are coming in concentrated,  ready-to-use, easy-to-handle formats

By Lisa Guenther April 24, 2018

Allan Anderson is a big fan of concentrated seed treatments. “I would love to see every single product as a concentrate because that allows so much flexibility with overall application,” says Anderson, senior seed growth specialist with Bayer. Anderson thinks that more concentrate products will enter the seed treatment market as formulations and active ingredients […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Celebrate Canadian Ag Safety Week by supporting seniors

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association March 16, 2018

This March, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and presenting sponsor Farm Credit Canada (FCC) are encouraging all Canadians to be part of the AgSafe Family during Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW). Canadian Agricultural Safety Week is an annual public awareness campaign focusing on the importance of safe agriculture. […] Read more

Features, News

High-tech and higher-level training

Moving your farm to high-tech solutions doesn’t mean safety can take a backseat

By Shanyn Silinski March 16, 2018

Technology has brought about so many advances in agriculture. Automation and computers allow us to do more than ever before. But high-tech doesn’t always equal high safety. Understanding what can’t be replaced with technology and how to use technology as a tool is a new area of farm safety that will only grow as technology advances. […] Read more

Codie Stoain is a young Saskatchewan farmer offering custom spraying and trucking services in hopes of one day being able to afford to expand his own land base.

Crops, News

Custom operators are farmers too

Farmer Panel: Whether your farm is growing, holding steady  or downsizing, custom work has a fit

By Lee Hart March 13, 2018

Starting out, winding down or expanding the farm business or somewhere in between — those are among the good reasons producers for this Farmer Panel are providing custom farming services. Ultimately custom farming is about providing some extra cash flow or farm income when the equipment lineup may be somewhat oversized for the farm land […] Read more

Don Neufeld has been using field contouring technology on his southwest Manitoba farm for the  past couple of years.

Equipment, News

New Trimble technology helps manage water

GPS-guided dozer blades can help contour  fields prone to ponding and flooding

By Lee Hart March 6, 2018

After a widely-felt dry year like 2017, many western Canadian producers aren’t likely concerned about too much moisture, but the fact is not all areas were dry last year. And the reality also is most producers can remember in the not too distant past growing seasons, that standing and ponded water on cropland was a […] Read more

Machinery, News

Pursuing alternative fuels

New Holland continues development work for a world without diesel

By Scott Garvey February 13, 2018

New Holland has been pursuing alternate fuel possibilities for more than a decade. In 2006 it became the first ag equipment brand to announce its engines were fully compatible with 100 per cent biodiesel. In 2009 it first showed the world its hydrogen powered NH2 concept tractor at the SIMA machinery show in Paris, France. […] Read more

New Holland showed the latest version of its prototype methane-powered tractor at Agritechnica in November.

Machinery, News

PHOTOS: A look at New Holland’s biofuel future

Agritechnica offered attendees a close look (but not too close) of the NH2

By Scott Garvey February 13, 2018

Machinery editor Scott Garvey gets a good walk-around look at New Holland’s methane-powered NH2 tractor.

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

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Spring seeding continues to ramp up, rain offers little relief for dry soils

VIDEO: #seeding2018 in Manitoba’s Interlake

Seeding starts after cool, late spring

Getting more seed treatment from less

Celebrate Canadian Ag Safety Week by supporting seniors

High-tech and higher-level training

Custom operators are farmers too

New Trimble technology helps manage water

Pursuing alternative fuels

PHOTOS: A look at New Holland’s biofuel future

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