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Organic Growers Focus On Planning

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When Annemarie Klippenstein left the family farm after high school, she first sought a career about as far away from dirt as she could. She left the Fraser Valley countryside for the flash and flare of fashion modeling in Vancouver. Kevin Klippenstein was practically raised inside a spreadsheet. At 15 he was already pursuing small […] Read more
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Four Tips For Choosing Canola Varieties

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Harvest is the best time of year to decide which canola variety to plant next year. Field evaluation and variety differences are still fresh in your mind right after harvest. Now s the time to review in-season notes regarding emergence, vigour, flowering, growth characteristics, swathing timing and yield information. This information helps you start making […] Read more
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Expert Advice Contributes To Successful Farm Business

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Matt and Tara Sawyer have been introducing environmentally-sound production practices and drawing more on outside expertise on specific management issues for their south-central Alberta farm, as they build a well-run, profitable family farm. The Sawyers, along with their three children, and Matt s parents Glenn and Joy Sawyer run a 4,500 acre mixed farming operation […] Read more
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Wheat &Chaff – for Oct. 17, 2011

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NEW CANOLA VARIETIES This second October issue of Grainewsis dubbed the new canola varieties issue. Starting on page eight, you ll find 20 new varieties to wade through as you begin crop planning for next year. It always amazes me, but yes, farmers are already buying canola seed for next year. It seems a bit […] Read more
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Groenewegs Keen To Help New Farmers Get Started

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Turning challenges into opportunities is something Franck and Kari Groeneweg are very good at. It could be one of the reasons the couple from the Edgeley area of Saskatchewan (northeast of Regina) were named as the province s Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) for 2011. Our motto, in some ways, is to try and make lemonade […] Read more
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Keep Small Hands Out Of Harvest Work

On most Canadian farms harvest time means it s all hands on deck. Everybody has a role to play, from driving machinery or trucks, to preparing food at all hours or lining up deliveries and preparing bins. But all hands can t always do the job at least not if they re small. Harvest isn […] Read more
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Farm Success Built On Avoiding The Icebergs

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Andrew DeRuyck believes good farm management and realistic planning are essential to sustain growth and make farms more resilient to changing conditions and markets, and it s quite apparent he practices what he preaches. The way Andrew and his wife Tanis have handled change, to diversify and strengthen their own farm operations, played a large […] Read more
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Headway Made In U.S. Biodiesel Market

A recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision means the reopening of an important market for Canada s canola industry, according to the Canola Council of Canada (CCC). The EPA has approved the Government of Canada s petition to use the aggregate approach for approval of Canadian feedstocks, including canola, for biodiesel production in the […] Read more
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New Technology Helps Make Better Grape Vines

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Product innovation and quality are two key elements behind the success of Gemmrich W. Nursery, a grapevine propagation farm in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., that helped earn Wes and Briar Wiens, the title of Ontario s Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF) for 2011. The Wiens purchased their grapevine propagation business in 2004 from the previous owner, Martin Gemmrich, […] Read more
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Clubroot Confirmed In Two Saskatchewan Fields

It wasn t entirely unexpected, but it s bad news nonetheless. In early October, SaskCanola officially announced that clubroot, a nasty soil-borne disease limited to Alberta until now, had been confirmed in two fields in north-central Saskatchewan. As the grower organization, we want to ensure that all canola growers are made aware of the situation […] Read more

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