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Non-Price Factors Challenge Beef

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I recently provided the cattle and beef outlook at the Canadian Wheat Board Grain World Conference. Prior to discussing supply and demand forecasts, I gave a brief overview of challenges for the Canadian beef industry. After the session, most people approached me or emailed with questions regarding the preamble rather than the market outlook itself. […] Read more
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Canola Can Be A Feeding Option

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With Prairie farmers looking at $10 to $12 per bushel canola this year, few would consider it an economic crop for feeding cattle. But, if someday, you do end up with a stand that doesn’t have value as an oilseed, it can always be used for grazing or silage. According to Agriculture Canada, producers could […] Read more
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Beef, Barley Or Oil — Decisions, Decisions

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There is a column at the bottom of the page this issue that talks about loving your career. It is nice to make money, but foremost it is important to love what you do. And that got me thinking about careers and money and looking at economics of three industries, close to the hearts of […] Read more
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Do What You Love, Love What You Do

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Each person’s career choice is entirely one’s personal prerogative and such preference must unquestionably take into account one overriding principle — we need to harbour an intensely burning desire to immerse ourselves in a vocation that seizes the elusive promises of opportunity, personal achievement and innate satisfaction. Whatever occupation we choose must truly typify the […] Read more
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NASCAR Corn

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NASCAR has announced an agreement with the National Corn Growers Association to begin using Ethanol 15, a greener fuel, manufactured from corn. Al Gore has just announced that ethanol for use in cars was not as good an idea as he thought. He must have bought some BP stock! It’s great news for corn growers, […] Read more
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Five Factors Critical For Canola Emergence

As farmers are getting into full spring planning mode, it’s important to review the factors involved in getting a successful canola crop established. There’s been lots of good research published by Neil Harker and colleagues from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lacombe and corroborated by research and demonstration trials conducted by others such as the Canola […] Read more
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Wheat &Chaff – for Mar. 21, 2011

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NUTRIENT-DENSE SEED How do you decide what seed to save for planting? Is this an after-the- fact decision, or do you grow a specific variety/seed lot on a specific piece of land, knowing you’ll likely save the seed? It’s a question that had been rattling around in my brain for some time, and so last […] Read more
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Add Safety To Your Daily To-Do List On The Farm

That last snowfall really did do some serious damage to the implement shed roof, and there are a couple of absolutely necessary fixes that require ladder work inside the barn. What are you going to do? If you’re like most farmers, you’ll get on these jobs yourself with whatever equipment and materials you have on […] Read more
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New 2,4-D-Tolerant Corn And Soy On The Way

A new 2,4-D-and glyphosate- tolerant crop trait system that’s expected to be available in 2013 for U.S. growers is expected to be launched in Canada “in the next few years.” Seed and ag chem firm Dow AgroSciences recently announced “pending” U.S. regulatory approvals for the components of what it’s dubbed the Enlist Weed Control System, […] Read more
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Corrections

Hey, nobody’s perfect and we’re no exception. Please see below for a few corrections and clarifications. TRAXOS HAS FULL REGISTRATION The new Traxos herbicide, from Syngenta Canada, now has full registration for use in all soil zones in Western Canada for 2011. Traxos is a Group 1 herbicide offering increased speed of kill of wild […] Read more

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