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Crops, Features

The certified seed hype

There’s a lot of hype around farmers using certified seed. Some agronomists believe it’s well worth the extra cost

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Certified seed use is all but 100 per cent in canola, the second biggest crop in Western Canada (after wheat). Yet certified seed use in wheat in Western Canada hovers around 20 per cent. In durum, it’s even lower at around 16 per cent, according to the Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA). Why the big […] Read more
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The middle view on GMO crops

Fresh from the city, Toban Dyck looks at GMOs as a farmer


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I don’t know enough about the issue to strip it down to its bones. Few do, it seems. But I do understand what sides, polarities, and knee-jerk reactions are. I’ve lived among those who equate genetically modifying anything to murder — murder committed by someone who hates the earth and loves Monsanto. These people walk […] Read more
grain bins and barley field
Crops, Features

How to choose the right grain bin

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Rain makes grain, they say. If that was always true, then Western Canada would be in for a bin-buster. Unfortunately — and contrary to popular wisdom — you can get too much of a good thing. If you’re a farmer who was prevented from planting a crop or whose emerging crops were drowned, you’re probably […] Read more

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