vertical tilling equipment aiding in seeding a crop

Vertical seeding

A vertical tillage implement may make an ideal seeder for winter 
wheat when conditions are tough — and when they’re good

Fields in much of Southern Saskatchewan still saturated late into October posed a problem for anyone trying to seed winter wheat. Equipment manufacturer Salford thinks one of its implements, a vertical tillage tool, provides the ideal solution to exactly that problem. But not in the way you might expect. Jim Boak, sales manager for Salford […] Read more

young family with dairy calf

Production efficiency improves dairy cattle operation

Ontario: New technology means more milk, fewer cows


Producing more milk with fewer cows has been the management focus of Eastern Ontario dairy farmers Jason and Amanda O’Connell, over the past few years. When they returned to farming in 2006 and began working with Amanda’s father on the family dairy farm at Carleton Place, west of Ottawa they were milking about 115 head […] Read more





New crops and climates drive crop insurance changes

Soybean coverage is expanded in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Alberta adds more weather stations to monitor corn heat units and Manitoba curbs 
winter wheat re-seeding benefits

As anyone who has ever bought insurance knows, it’s an exercise in “pay and pray” — that is, pray that you won’t need it. Crop insurance is certainly no different but, as climates change and localized weather patterns become predictably more unpredictable, few farmers these days can afford to be without it. That’s certainly true in Manitoba, where […] Read more