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Tenuta can often be spotted at field days in a Hawaiian shirt, enthusiastically presenting new soil research or chatting with farmers.

Researcher focuses on farmers’ real-world problems

Groundbreaker: Mario Tenuta’s love of learning, and desire to be useful, have driven his career as a soil scientist

By Leeann Minogue April 27, 2025

You’ve probably seen Dr. Mario Tenuta at an ag field day or a soil seminar. He’s the guy in the Hawaiian shirt, having a good time giving a presentation about new soil research or talking to farmers about what’s going on at their farms. Tenuta is a tenured soil ecology professor at the University of […] Read more

Ron Tone started his own independent agronomy business in 1996 following a 17-year farming career in southern Manitoba.

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Having those tough conversations

A veteran agronomist, speaking at the recent Manitoba Agronomists Conference, offers advice on how to handle difficult discussions with clients

By Jim Timlick April 26, 2025

There is perhaps no bigger challenge for an agronomist than having a tough but frank conversation with a farmer client. You won’t get any argument on that count from Ron Tone. He founded Tone Ag Consulting in 1996, following a 17-year career as a farmer. His independent agricultural consulting firm specializes in damage claims, crop […] Read more

Equipment, Machinery

An innovative flop: Remembering the Ford 6000 tractor

How the cutting-edge tractor and its failure-prone transmission became a marketing nightmare for the brand

By Scott Garvey April 25, 2025

The tractors were available with either a 223-cubic inch gasoline or a 242-cubic inch diesel engine — but a groundbreaking innovation for its time, the Select-O-Speed powershift transmission behind those engines, turned out to be the tractors’ early downfall.

Columns, Potatoes, Practical Tips

Potatoes Prairie-wide

Practical Research: How Prairie researchers uncovered a serious potato disease’s hiding place

By Ieuan Evans April 25, 2025

As a consequence of cleaning up potato diseases, the most recent yields in Prairie potatoes, as of 2024, are 20 tons per acre for Alberta and 18 for Manitoba.

News

Canadian farmers’ view of the federal government differs by province — but not by much

Part 3 | Canadian farmers reveal concerns ahead of federal election

By April Stewart, Geralyn Wichers, Stew Slater, Zak McLachlan April 23, 2025

Farmers from Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec answer the question "do you feel represented by the federal government?"

File Photo: Willowpix/iStock/Getty Images

Weather

Prairie forecast: Warm weather gaining ground

Forecast issued April 23, covering April 23 to 30, 2025

By Daniel Bezte April 23, 2025

We start this forecast period with an area of low pressure exiting the eastern Prairie and taking the rain and wet snow with it. To the west, a weak frontal system looks ready to drop into northern Alberta where it should bring scattered showers.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Fall fed cattle supply concerns strengthen feeder complex

By Jerry Klassen April 22, 2025

For the week ending April 19, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $2 to $3 above week-ago levels. Many auction barns did not have sales due to Good Friday but sale volumes were also smaller at active locations.

Crops, Features, Soybeans

Manage Prairie soy fields to get benefits of early planting

An early start to their growing season could spell more bushels of beans at harvest

By Mark Halsall April 17, 2025

Seth Naeve says the argument for earlier planting dates is in how they can help soybean crops get a jump on germination and plant establishment when fields warm up enough for that to happen.

Weather

Prairie forecast: Temperature rollercoaster to continue

Forecast issued April 16, covering April 16 to 23, 2025

By Daniel Bezte April 16, 2025

Spring is the toughest time to forecast, but this spring is being particularly tough. The atmosphere is in a very meridional flow right now. That means there are lots of troughs and ridges. So, instead of a persistent westerly flow across our region we are seeing warm southerly flows as ridges build, followed by cool northerly flows as the ridges collapse and are replaced by troughs of low pressure.

Columns, Crops

In disease resistance, sunflowers don’t shine

Practical Research: Insects don’t often hit economic thresholds, but sclerotinia and other diseases do damage

By Ieuan Evans April 16, 2025

The known insect pests of sunflowers don’t often hit economic thresholds in those crops, but certain diseases can do significant damage.

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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