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Chainsaw Tips Scary

Dear Mr. Whetter, I have been an avid reader for over 25 years but Mr. Harder’s article “Tips to buy and use a chainsaw” (page 34, January 25 issue) leaves me with a very bad impression of the care you take to verify an article’s authenticity. It downright scares me that an article with so, […] Read more
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Why Are All Farmers Punished For Triffid?

Some 15 years ago a new GM flax, Triffid, was introduced to the Canadian farmer. The European market rejected this flax, so it was pulled from the market some 10 years ago. Then during the summer of 2009, remnants of this flax were discovered in off-shore deliveries. The result: A shutdown of flax sales accompanied […] Read more
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End Kickstart Subsidy To Elevators

Congratulations to the Producer Car Shippers organization (www.pcsofcan.ca)for exposing the revenue cap formula as nothing more than a money grab from farmers to subsidize the concrete elevators that have been built during the past decade. Ten years ago, the grain companies argued that they needed a kickstart subsidy to ensure the success of their elevator […] Read more
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Auction Mart Not The Only Option

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Cow-calf producers often feel they are at the mercy of the market. Most producers execute the same strategy year after year and feel like they have no choices in marketing or pricing their calves. However, I’ve explained to many ranchers that they actually have the most opportunities and overall time in the beef industry. Cow-calf […] Read more
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Feed Test For Forage Quality

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Nutrient NIRS Wet Chemistry Protein 13.80 13.82 ADF NDF 28.38 50.88 25.57 48.60 Calcium Phosphorus Magnesium Potassium 0.45 0.16 0.38 0.20 0.23 0.12 0.98 0.96 Sodium 0.02 0.02 Many areas of Western Canada have come through a dry summer. Weather conditions have reduced perennial and annual forage production up to 75 percent in some areas […] Read more
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I can barely feel my own pulse, so it is no wonder that I lost track of the ongoing class action lawsuit by producers regarding losses due to the BSE crisis that started in 2003. According to a recent press release, Alberta producers are being asked to attend a noon meeting in Red Deer, March […] Read more
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A rough harvest season has left its mark on 2010 seed lots. Test seed for vigour and disease, not just germination, before it goes in the ground

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Few things are as important as a complete seed test. Home germination tests might save you some cash at the outset, but performance in the field depends on more than just “does the seed sprout?” Lab tests to determine seedling vigour and in-seed pathogens are just as important as a germination test. After last fall’s […] Read more
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It Takes Time To Grow An Oak

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There seems to be an attitude that bigger is better in just about everything, and then there is also the notion that things happen overnight. Combine these two attitudes/ thoughts and that is the answer many have for getting this industry out of our predicament. The mess we got into did not happen overnight — […] Read more
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The Cattle Industry And Information

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Recently I attended the Tiffin Conference in Lethbridge. At the conference were two speakers with an important message about the future of the cattle industry. The speakers that interested me the most were: a feedlot operator near Lethbridge and a representative of Nilsson Brothers Inc. Although each discussed different aspects of the cattle industry, their […] Read more

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