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We can create prescription maps and apply product at variable rates across the field. What we need is good science to tell us which practices pay off

January 26, 2009

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

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Alberta specialist reports that weeds are weeds no matter where you go

By Kim Nielsen January 26, 2009

(EDITOR’S NOTE: It is a long way from Rocky Mountain House Alberta to the State of Victoria in southeast Australia, but here is the first report by Alberta’s Clearwater County ag fieldman Kim Nielsen. Nielsen arrived in Australia in December and will be filing reports during his six month adventure.) Having just recently arrived in […] Read more

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Genesis tractors reborn with new technology

January 26, 2009

The Versatile tractor family has two new faces: the 250 and 280. These rigid-frame, row-crop tractors are the result of an evolution that began with the former Genesis line. But they’ve come a long way from their Genesis forerunners. They’ve come so far, in fact, that the Genesis name has been dropped entirely. That seems […] Read more

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Precision Q&A – for Jan. 26, 2009

January 26, 2009

Send us your question Do you have a precision farming question that you’d like the Grainews Precision Q&A team to answer? Please send your question to the editor, Jay Whetter, at [email protected] call him at 807-468-4006. Warren Bills, president of GeoFarms Solutions in Calgary, provides the question and the answer this time. He says this […] Read more

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Animal care message strengthened

January 26, 2009

Cracking down on the neglect of animals is the primary focus of changes to Manitoba’s Animal Care Act, which was amended and reintroduced in late 2008. Proposed amendments include: developing a public registry of licensed pet breeders that would allow the public to easily locate reputable breeders prior to purchasing a family pet; requiring pet […] Read more

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Versatile adds easy financing to its reputation for easy servicing

January 26, 2009

Saving time and resources is important to today’s food producers. And now, Versatile has added new programs that do both. Farming more acres than ever before, individual producers have to cover a lot of ground in a short time. Their success depends on speed, and time saved with easy, efficient servicing. This equals more hours […] Read more

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If you plan to cut back on phosphorus fertilizer this year, you could try JumpStart to see if it helps bridge the gap

By Patty Milligan January 26, 2009

When phosphate is applied to the fields, it is immediately available to plants but it’s also highly reactive and will quickly bond with other elements in the soil. As a result, farmers have historically had to apply far more phosphate than needed. In fact, a conservative estimate of how much phosphate actually is taken up […] Read more

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With improve prices forecast by June, the thinking is the worst may be over

By Jerry Klassen January 26, 2009

Hog values in Canada have been trading in a narrow range but we may see prices percolate higher into early summer. Supplies of market hogs will be down from earlier expectations as per the recent USDA hog and pig report. Low returns in the hog industry have caused the breeding herd to contract and this […] Read more

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Versatile high-horsepower tractors (HHTs) designed around customer input

January 26, 2009

In 2004 Versatile jumped out in front in the horsepower race with its 535 tractor, flagship model in the company’s HHT (high-horsepower tractor) line introduced with the smaller 485 and 435 too. The model numbers also represent respective horsepower ratings. It took awhile for other manufacturers to catch up with the kind of power the […] Read more

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And that’s just the hybrids suitable for Western Canada’s shorter season. You’ll notice some for grain specifically, some for silage, and some suitable for both

By Lee Hart January 26, 2009

Improved genetics and lower heat units have generated a lot more interest in corn among Western Canadian producers. Seed companies offer Western growers 21 new corn varieties for 2009. Corn is no longer just for Manitoba’s Red River Valley, or B. C.’s Lower Mainland. And more beef producers, in particular, are looking at the potential […] Read more

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We can create prescription maps and apply product at variable rates across the field. What we need is good science to tell us which practices pay off

Alberta specialist reports that weeds are weeds no matter where you go

Genesis tractors reborn with new technology

Precision Q&A – for Jan. 26, 2009

Animal care message strengthened

Versatile adds easy financing to its reputation for easy servicing

If you plan to cut back on phosphorus fertilizer this year, you could try JumpStart to see if it helps bridge the gap

With improve prices forecast by June, the thinking is the worst may be over

Versatile high-horsepower tractors (HHTs) designed around customer input

And that’s just the hybrids suitable for Western Canada’s shorter season. You’ll notice some for grain specifically, some for silage, and some suitable for both

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