Stubble soil moisture

Every year I put together a map of Prairie soil moisture for Grainews readers. This year’s map is simply a compilation of the three provincial maps — using standard criteria for all three. Refer to the provincial websites for the individual province maps. In its original farm, the categories for the Manitoba moisture map start […] Read more

Writing and plowing

ethro Tull (1624-1754) invented the first seed drill in the early 1700s. He had observed that “a thin sowing produced the thickest crop,” and the expense of enough seed to broadcast was high. Jethro was the Jim Halford (and Beaujot brothers and Bourgault and Morris) of his time. Here is a quotation attributed to Tull. […] Read more