Photo: Greg Berg

Is your livestock water supply up to the test?

Good quality water is essential to raising a healthy herd, but if your water supply became toxic, any number of health issues can crop up. At Ag in Motion this past summer, Rikki Wilson, livestock and feed extension specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, looked at some of the livestock water issues that if […] Read more



Oct. 16 – 31: Taking stock of your soil’s health

At a workshop hosted by Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives this past summer, Abbey Wick, a soil health specialist at North Dakota State University, spoke about how the university uses extension to share ideas with producers, what soil health characteristics she looks for when assessing a field, managing saline areas and why it’s important for growers to share their local knowledge.




VIDEO: Are canola prices poised to recover?

VIDEO: Are canola prices poised to recover?

Here are a number of factors producers and grain marketers need to watch

The 2022 canola crop in Western Canada is much larger than last year. Grainews associate editor Mark Halsall talks to MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett about what that means for producers, and what savvy canola marketers should watch for in the months ahead.



Oct. 1 – 15: The cost of harvest loss

Trevor Scherman of ScherGain talks about what farmers can do to measure grain loss and why relying on your combine’s factory settings may not offer you the best result for your hard work.



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New crop protection products, canola hybrids from BASF

Farm shows are a good place for companies to show growers new products that are just around the corner, and BASF took the opportunity to do just that at Ag in Motion this summer. Bethany Wyatt, senior technical service specialist with BASF, displayed the latest weed control product with a new group 14 herbicide that […] Read more