Seeding with thousand kernel rates

Agronomists promote using thousand kernel rates to calculate seeding rates. 
But many farmers still haven’t picked up the habit

Talk to almost any agronomist, and a lot of farmers, and they will tell you that they calculate seeding rates using 1,000-kernel weights (TKW) and target plant populations. They don’t use some arbitrary and antiquated volume measure. Why aren’t all farmers using this strategy? “The root of the reason, I believe, is there’s not enough […] Read more

Tractor seeding a field

Farmers tweak rotations to reflect markets

Farmer panel: Farmers contacted for the February Farmer Panel are making 
changes to get the most from a falling market in 2014

While the high rolling wheat, barley and canola prices of the past couple years are into a market slump in 2014, that doesn’t mean western Canadian farmers are making major changes to their cropping plans this coming year. Some adjustments, yes, as they consider crops with lower inputs, or bring back specialty crops they haven’t […] Read more


Two clean out areas on the Storm treater can be seen here.

Seed, treat, repeat

With a new grain cart and a Storm seed treater, Sarah Weigum’s farm is ready for spring

Hopefully by the time you read this our grain cart is ready to go. Typically, farmers give their tractors, sprayers and seeding equipment a final tune up this time of year, and we’re doing that too; however, we also finished modifying a 1,000-bushel grain cart that will be pressed into service for seed distribution any […] Read more