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Tired of growing too much zucchini? Try this app to get the right garden mix

By Jay Peterson June 8, 2016

If you were like me growing up, most of us had a large garden that provided produce for the family not only during the summer but through most of the winter as well. Times seem to have changed. Garden plots have shrunk in size because of either lack of room or lack of time. If […] Read more

Hand over wheat field in early summer evening

News, Wheat & Chaff

Sun safety at work on the farm

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association June 8, 2016

Over 264,000 Canadian farmers spend most of their workday in the sun. This means that Canadian agricultural workers are in the highest risk category for sun exposure, according to CAREX Canada, which generates evidence-based carcinogen surveillance. Sun exposure increases your risk of heat stress, skin cancer, and eye diseases. The good thing is that these […] Read more

Crops, News

Applying fungicide from the air

If an aerial applicator is applying your fungicide, consider timing and water volume

By Lisa Guenther June 8, 2016

Dr. Tom Wolf, researcher and owner of Agrimetrix Research and Training, says aerial applicators are “tremendously important.” “They apply spray under conditions that a ground rig can’t — for example, with soil moisture. They cover much more area than a ground rig ever can so they can be more timely. ”Jill Lane, executive director of […] Read more

Crops, News

Access Helicopters rises to the challenge

By Lisa Guenther June 8, 2016

In Lee Hart’s Farmer Panel in the May 21 issue of Grainews, Saskatchewan farmer Jeff Prosko mentioned he’d be using a helicopter for fungicide applications this year. Everyone at Grainews was curious about the helicopters, so we decided to find out more. Prosko is also president of ProSoils, a family-owned ag retailer based out of […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Close call teaches respect for farm safety

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association June 7, 2016

Growing up on the family farm near St. Malo, Man., the Racine children experienced a close call while playing in a large truck. All five kids had free range of the family’s grain farm and made toys of anything they could find. Monique Racine remembers how their imagination knew no bounds and how fearless they […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Emerging crops good to excellent condition, some insect damage, local flooding

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending May 30

By Saskatchewan Agriculture June 2, 2016

Seeding of the 2016 crop is almost complete. Ninety four per cent of the crop is now seeded, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Cooler temperatures and rain during the past week have slowed field operations in some areas of the province; however, seeding progress is still ahead of the five-year (2011-2015) average of […] Read more

Early on, cabbage seedpod weevils will be most prevalent at the edge of fields.

Crops, News

Coping with the cabbage seedpod weevil

Our mild winter may have been beneficial for the cabbage seedpod weevil

By Dilia Narduzzi May 31, 2016

Cabbage seedpod weevils are a perennial problem for canola and mustard growers in southern Alberta. Their range has expanded up to the northern and south central parts of the province in the last couple of years and, says Scott Meers, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry insect management specialist. “Saskatchewan has economic infestations as far as east […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Seeding progress takes a leap forward, rainfall seen mixed

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending May 23

By Saskatchewan Agriculture May 26, 2016

Saskatchewan Agriculture – Great strides were made this past week, as 81 per cent of the crop is now seeded, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Warm and dry weather has allowed producers to remain well ahead of the five-year (2011-2015) seeding average of 59 per cent. Many producers have completed seeding operations and […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Cool, wet start doesn’t slow seeding

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending May 16

By Saskatchewan Agriculture May 17, 2016

Saskatchewan Agriculture – Despite a cool and wet start to the week, seeding is advancing at a remarkable rate, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Fifty-one per cent of the crop is now seeded, well ahead of the five-year (2011-2015) average of 28 per cent for this time of year. Some producers have wrapped […] Read more

Unveiled to a group of visitors and its purchaser during a special ceremony, the 100,000th swather to be built at AGCO’s Hesston, Kansas, manufacturing facility was centre stage at the facility’s auditorium.

Machinery, News

AGCO’s swather factory hits a milestone

Hesston factory builds its 100,000th swather

By Scott Garvey April 26, 2016

“Ladies and gentlemen I present to you the 100,000th swather,” said Kyle Kitt, AGCO’s marketing manager, as he stood on stage in an auditorium at the brand’s Hesston, Kansas, combine and hay equipment manufacturing plant in late March. From then on, it was a little like a rock concert. Music played and lights flashed as […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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The Vegetable Garden Calculator

Sun safety at work on the farm

Applying fungicide from the air

Access Helicopters rises to the challenge

Close call teaches respect for farm safety

Emerging crops good to excellent condition, some insect damage, local flooding

Coping with the cabbage seedpod weevil

Seeding progress takes a leap forward, rainfall seen mixed

Cool, wet start doesn’t slow seeding

AGCO’s swather factory hits a milestone

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