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On page 2 of the October 20 Grainews, I wrote about buying winter tires for my car, a 2004 Chrysler Pacifica. I also said that I was looking for a set of used rims. In December, I ended up buying new steel rims instead. They were “on sale” at Canadian Tire for $138 each. Last […] Read more

Syngenta introduces a more user-friendly container for its Horizon herbicide. The bright blue Nova Pod has two handles for easy carrying and a new spike zone to simplify spiking with your chem handler. The new Horizon NG formulation inside Nova Pod comes pre-mixed with adjuvant. That makes mixing and handling easier, because you only have […] Read more

Over the past year and a half, Health Canada has implemented a faster system for registering generic pesticides. The system is more like the U. S. model for approving generic versions of off-patent or “mature” crop protection products. “The primary goal of this new policy is to encourage innovation by providing fair protection of the […] Read more

Stu Brandt, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Scott, Sask., shared his research on intensive canola and pea rotations at the Manitoba Agronomists Conference in December. You can see his presentation by going to www.umanitoba.ca/afs/agronomists_conf and clicking on “Webcast Archive.” You’ll find a video of his talk, called “Intensive canola and pea.” The […] Read more

Well, it’s calvin’ season across the broad expanse of Bovamerica. Some, below the Little Ear Parallel began a few weeks ago and others, north of Calgary are still waiting for their pipes to thaw. I’ve always enjoyed calving season. It’s the equivalent of riding a combine across a sea of ripe wheat to a farmer, […] Read more

We’ve use a lot of ink these days talking about precision agriculture. At the recent Agri-Trend conference in Saskatoon, I heard several presentations on the topic and was heartened by what I heard. One presentation pointed out that precision agriculture covers a very broad front and can involve drainage (a swear word in many circles), […] Read more