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Green soybean plants
Crops, Features

Betting on the biological business

Monsanto is investing big in bacteria, fungi and other organisms that benefit crops

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Wondering where the future is for ag inputs? Monsanto is banking on biologicals, company researchers told reporters during a media event earlier this year. Biologicals include bacteria, fungi and other organisms that benefit the crop by controlling pests or helping roots access nutrients. For example, soybean and pulse growers will be quite familiar with inoculants that […] Read more
Premium Activation 
feature is available for the Gen 4 CommandCenter on 6R 
through 9R tractors.
Machinery

More precision ag tools from John Deere

Premium Activation available for Gen 4 CommandCenter

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In December John Deere introduced a new precision ag option, making its Premium Activation feature available for the Generation 4 CommandCenter on 6R through 9R Series Tractors. Premium Activation includes the three most commonly used applications from the GreenStar 3 2630 display: AutoTrac, Documentation and Section Control. The 4600 CommandCenter integrated display can be used […] Read more
soybean field
Crops, Features

Manage your fields like a business

Changing your thinking about your cropping plans can make you more money

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Farmers can make more money from their cash crops if they’re more selective about the land that they farm. This means focusing inputs and capital only on the most profitable areas of a field, limiting expenditures on under-performing areas — and perhaps taking some land out of agricultural production entirely. That was advice for growers […] Read more
Management drives farm profits
Features

Management drives farm profits

An Ipsos study has identified the top seven habits of successful farmers. Do you have them?

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Results of a new national Ipsos study clearly show that management matters when it comes to farm business success. The report also identifies seven key habits that have the biggest impact on farm profitability. The survey included 604 farms of all types and sizes and farmers of all ages across Canada in the grains and […] Read more
Healthy calves in a feedlot.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Supply is up, will demand follow?

Market Update: The economy needs to improve before consumers will buy more beef

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All factors considered, Canadian cattle producers need to be cautious because the market is contending with a year-over-year increase in supplies and softer demand for 2016. The U.S. experienced historically low beef production in 2015 but it appears with the expansion of the cattle herd, beef supplies will sharply increase from now through 2017. This […] Read more
New online grain trading platform
Features, Marketing

New online grain trading platform

Ag Exchange Group wants to match up farmers with grain buyers more efficiently

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Developers of a new online grain trading system are hoping the technology will simplify the buying and selling of grains, and help expand export markets in the process. A desire to help growers focus their time more effectively and do a better job of bringing buyers and sellers together led Ag Exchange Group Inc. of […] Read more
stock quote chart
Columns, Guarding Wealth

Learn to read the market signs

Guarding Wealth: Two distinct schools of stock market price prediction are taken on faith

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It is said that the future is written in the past. For investors, that means looking backward to see where the future lies. On the one hand, it seems silly. After all, if you are driving down the road, looking backward is downright hazardous. But if you are an investor, you have to look to […] Read more
Columns

Build a farm budget with AgExpert

Make the most of your farm financial software by using it to develop your annual budget

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The beginning of the new year is a good time to plan your farm budget. You can use the Budget Management Tool included with AgExpert Analyst to estimate your farm’s projected income, expenses and net profit for the year. When you’re projecting your farm’s income, take into consideration expected production such as crop yields, livestock […] Read more
Some speakers noted that when the U.S. dollar falls, the Canadian dollar is pushed higher. This won’t be good for grain prices.
Columns

Market outlooks at Farm Tech 2016

Understanding Market Bulls and Bears: Two farm marketing experts were analyzing the markets in Edmonton in January

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I attended Farm Tech 2016 in Edmonton this January to see the latest in Ag technology. This three-day ag information show was an early sellout once again, which shows just how popular it is. Those those attending the show are getting younger. On the technology side there continues to be exponential development in the areas […] Read more
Columns

Farm Financial Planner: Widow wants to wind down farm

With no children wanting to farm, this widow wants to sell up and minimize taxes

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A widow we’ll call Susan, 64, has a 1,120 acre farming operation in central Manitoba. She owns 800 acres personally and has another 320 acres in her farming corporation. When her husband — we’ll call him Burt, passed away, the estate was probated and quickly transferred to Susan. Now she wonders what will become of […] Read more

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