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Narrow Tires Cut Yield Loss

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PAYBACK FROM NARROW TIRES Here are the estimated production losses from spraying late in the season with a tractor on a quarter-section field. This is based on wheat yield of 30 bushel per acre wheat and a price of $5 per bushel. Rear tire width Boom width Area trampled Production loss Dollar cost of loss […] Read more
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Register To Get Your Rebates

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Manufacturer’s rebate and reward programs are fairly similar to what was offered in 2008. For the most part, programs have only been tweaked with changes to qualifying products and rebate percentages rather than being significantly modified. Where there have been changes to manufacturer’s pesticide marketing strategies is in the increase in the number of early […] Read more
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Get Serious About Clubroot Symptoms

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Canola has its share of enemies. Several diseases, such as blackleg and sclerotinia, eat up yields and cause headaches for farmers. But canola’s newest foe is proving much tougher to fight than first thought. “Clubroot is a soil-borne disease, not air-borne like many other canola diseases,” explains Murray Hartman, oilseed specialist with Alberta Agriculture. Soilborne […] Read more
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Tips For Kochia Control

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Group-2 herbicides were the products of choice for controlling kochia in peas. Now your options are limited. Two recent studies have confirmed that group-2 herbicide resistant kochia is now widespread across the Prairies. “It’s a big problem, “ says Hugh Beckie, a weed specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Saskatchewan. “A survey we conducted […] Read more
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Spray Dandelions First Thing

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The tenacious dandelion, as everybody knows, is a hard foe to battle and stubbornly re-occurs time and again despite the best efforts to eradicate it. What makes dandelion particularly hard to get rid of are its two growth periods throughout the year: early in the spring and again in the fall. Dandelions are largely dormant […] Read more
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To grow demand for canola, it helps to look at consumer trends. That way, Canadian canola growers and their industry partners can prepare to provide what people want this year, next year and for the next 15 years

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If there was one message that was drilled home to delegates attending the recent Canola Council of Canada conference in Toronto, it’s that canola oil fits the diets of consumers looking for healthier food choices. As the general North American population gets older and fatter, canola oil can play an important role in helping to […] Read more
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Cooking For Cows And Calves

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My husband and I hate to lose an animal and often try innovative ways to keep a cow or calf alive. On several occasions the past 43 years, Lynn and I have managed to save a “hopeless” case by feeding the cow or calf via nasogastric tube — sometimes for several weeks — while the […] Read more
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Denmark Prepares Youth For Agriculture

We introduced Grainews read-e rs to Brenda Campbell in the November issue. The 22-year-old from a cow-calf farm near Sundre, Alta., is in Denmark for a six-month working visit on a dairy. We asked her to send regular reports to tell us what she’s doing, how farming in Europe is different from farming in Alberta, […] Read more
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If The World Was Up To Me

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Museum of Fine Art, creating the corn maze or Carhenge. Yet he would have discovered things like grain: enough for his family and his neighbors, fire: to keep his cave warm, and a live version of a round-the-campfire right-wing talk show! When my turn came, I realized if the world had been populated with people […] Read more
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“Healthier Profit” Guarantee From Nexera

Growers who plant an NX4 Roundup Ready Nexera variety in a head-to-head comparison with a competitive Roundup Ready variety can qualify for the Nexera Canola Healthier Profit Guarantee. By growing one of four new NX4 Roundup Ready canola varieties, your profits are guaranteed to be higher than with regular Roundup Ready canola, Dow AgroSciences says. […] Read more

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