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Calibrate your combine to boost profits

By Laura Rance-Unger August 5, 2022

Farmers will spare no expense when it comes to tending their crops and maximizing production. So why do they spit so many of their profits out the back end of their combines at harvest? It’s a mystery to North Battleford farmer and inventor Trevor Scherman, one of the speakers at the recent Ag in Motion[...]

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Organic farmers don’t get a pass on clubroot

By Laura Rance-Unger April 10, 2019

Organic farmers are mistaken if they think they will be spared from the clubroot infestation making its way across the Prairies because they don’t grow canola, a crops extension specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture says. Brent Flaten warned growers attending the SaskOrganics annual conference March 29 the disease affects all cruciferous plants, and that includes brassica[...]

Crops, News

Scaling up precision decision-making could shrink Prairie fields

By Laura Rance-Unger December 17, 2019

When Terry Aberhart scans the Prairie horizon for ways precision technology can make his family’s Saskatchewan farm more profitable, he sees something big and cumbersome blocking his view. “One of the biggest challenges we have is the size of our equipment,” the award-winning agronomy coach and founder of the consulting firm Sure Growth Technologies said.[...]

Crops, Opinion

Worth a look: Annual production estimates a valuable resource

By Laura Rance-Unger February 20, 2018

At first glance, the annual Guidelines for Estimating Crop Production Costs released every January looks like good bedtime reading for insomniacs. But sort through the numbers and analysis, and the story that emerges is full of mystery and intrigue. These production estimates are designed to give farmers a reference for determining which crops make the[...]

Crops, News

Telling people they’re wrong won’t win their trust

By Laura Rance-Unger December 5, 2016

The organic sector must tread carefully or risk getting caught in the crossfire in the growing debate over social licence in agriculture, the president of the Canadian Organic Trade Association says. Dag Falck told the recent Organic Connections conference in Regina that while organic farmers are rarely targeted by consumers who have concerns over how[...]

Crops, News

Explosion of innovation coming to the farm

By Laura Rance-Unger January 5, 2018

There is an explosion of innovation coming to the farm as a new age of sensors and satellite imagery intersects with the world’s oldest industry, the executive vice-president and chief technology office for Monsanto Co. says. Robb Fraley, who was in Calgary recently to address the GrowCanada Conference, said in an interview that although agriculture[...]

Crops

Carbon key to building resilience on farms

By Laura Rance-Unger November 21, 2016

Farmers often see themselves as feeding the world, but farmers attending the Organic Connections conference here recently were told the first step towards that goal is feeding the “starving and homeless” micro-organisms in their soil. “Your job is to feed them and maintain their habitat,” Kristine Nichols, the chief scientist with the Rodale Institute told[...]

Crops

Degraded soils cost farmers billions annually

By Laura Rance-Unger September 19, 2017

Farmers have reduced the amount of soil they lose through annual cropping practices, but they continue to carry a costly legacy of degraded soils, a University of Manitoba soil scientist says. David Lobb used crop production data and computer models to estimate how much lost productivity has occurred over the past four decades due to[...]

Crops, Markets

Organic producers could see net profit levels range from $100 to $300 per acre

By Laura Rance-Unger, Lorraine Stevenson February 1, 2016

Organic production is one way for small farmers to improve their viability, an analyst told a seminar at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon. Roy Arnott, who does annual cost-of-production budgets for MAFRD, said the gross revenue over operating costs in conventional agriculture leaves a margin of 20 to 40 per cent. That margin is what[...]

Crops, Opinion

Editorial: Demand pull nature of organic foods can't be ignored

By Laura Rance-Unger May 26, 2015

Imagine farming in a world in which you could control your production costs, receive a premium for what you produce, and where demand exceeds the supply. That might seem like the impossible dream in a year like this one, when it appears it doesn’t matter what crop a farmer grows, there are very few opportunities[...]

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Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures set two-week high on US weather worry, soyoil rally

Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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Calibrate your combine to boost profits

Organic farmers don’t get a pass on clubroot

Scaling up precision decision-making could shrink Prairie fields

Worth a look: Annual production estimates a valuable resource

Explosion of innovation coming to the farm

Carbon key to building resilience on farms

Degraded soils cost farmers billions annually

Organic producers could see net profit levels range from $100 to $300 per acre

Editorial: Demand pull nature of organic foods can't be ignored

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