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What’s Your Safety Code?

Hey Superfarmer? You rescue cats from trees and help out at every community fund-raisers. You often act behind the scenes and let others receive the credit. You have a Code of Honour. How’s your Safety Code coming along? What’s a Safety Code? Cast your super-vision on Prince Edward Island. Four years ago, PEI crafted a […] Read more
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A Fit For Acreage Cattle

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Traditional breed cattlemen have long tended to view genetically smaller “acreage” cattle (Dexters, Miniature Herefords, Low Line Angus) as an industry novelty. Their practical function remained obscure to those determined to push calf performance numbers progressively higher, which was accomplished primarily by opting for ever larger framed faster gaining sires. In these circumstances acreage animals […] Read more
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Search For Nitrogen Fixers

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Dr. Chantal Hamel with Agriculture Canada’s Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Facility in Swift Current, Sask. has spent the past few years trying to establish a zero input native pasture and she has had to throw out a few assumptions along the way. Hamel and her team wanted to see how much nitrogen could be fixed […] Read more
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Grazing Seminars In April

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Powerflex Fencing is working with three Alberta grazing associations to bring three one-day grazing seminars to Alberta livestock producers in April. The grazing seminars will be held at Olds, April 20; Nanton, April 21; and Acme on April 28. Jim Gerrish, the well known U. S.-based grazing specialist will be a feature speaker each day, […] Read more
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Transplanting Body Parts

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As medical progress marches on, the use of transplants and body parts has become commonplace. Worldwide, from India to Italy, from Iran to Indiana, the surgeries are routine. According to the Wall Street Journal, the U. S. alone has 83,000 people on the waiting list for a kidney! Corneas, hearts, livers and lungs do a […] Read more
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Watch For Spray Chart

The hardest part about spraying is not actually applying the herbicides, but rather determining which products you should apply. There are now scores of herbicides on the market and literally hundreds of tank-mix combinations. Furthermore, each product and tank-mix combination controls a different spectrum of weeds. Even more important, the application of the wrong herbicide […] Read more
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Keep The Century Farm In The Family

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Want help? Grainews is looking for farmers with troublesome financial questions. We will protect your privacy. We insist on examining real situations, but we DO NOT use real names or even identify your hometown. You do not have to pay to participate in this article. If you have a financial question, send your name and […] Read more
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Top-3 Trouble Spots On Seeders

Before filling the seed tank and heading to the field in the spring, producers need to give seeding drills a thorough inspection to make sure everything is in top condition and capable of accurately placing seed. What should you look for? “There are a number of things,” says Blaine Metzger, a project manager at the […] Read more
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Tips For Using Someone Else’s Money

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Anyone managing the finances on a farm these days knows it takes a lot of cash to put in a crop. Grain farms are unique businesses: they produce one crop per year and often hold a significant inventory of that production waiting for opportunities to deliver and/or sell at an acceptable price. That means you […] Read more
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Bringing Pulses To The Olympics

Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) staff was in Vancouver last month promoting Saskatchewan-grown pulses and encouraging everyone that entered the Saskatchewan Pavilion at the 2010 Olympics to eat more Saskatchewan lentils. “Partnering with the Government of Saskatchewan to showcase our province was a great opportunity for SPG to promote lentils and agriculture in Saskatchewan. Our intent […] Read more

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