
Tag Archives Soils and Crops

Where the canola was: a history of Saskatchewan yields by soil climatic zone
Whether by nature, nurture or both, yields jumped in several zones around the turn of this century

Zero till: how did it all happen?
Soils & Crops: In Saskatchewan, necessity was the mother of more than one invention

Water chemistry: a Coles Notes version
Soils & Crops: Conductivity and hardness of water samples show what you can use it for

Nitrate down the well
Soils & Crops: If you move onto an old farmyard with an existing well, don’t drink the water without first getting it tested

A climate update for our neck of the woods
You'll want to keep your long underwear handy for the next several winters

Boyd Anderson’s life was a history of Prairie farming
Grainews columnists I have known, part 2 of a series

For peat’s sake: a picture story
Crops can be grown on shallow peat -- but there are very wrong ways to develop that land

Precipitation cycles: When will the dry cycle end?
There's no way to predict from here what the 2024 growing season will provide

Where the wheat was
Let's track 85 years of hard red spring wheat yields in Saskatchewan, by RM

A hundred years of Prairie farmland prices
Don’t bet the farm on that much-anticipated easing of interest rates