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Manitoba government extends nutrient application deadline

Mild fall weather means the window is a bit longer this year

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Manitoba’s nutrient application deadline has been extended to Nov. 18. The province’s sustainable development department said Monday the move, which allows fall fertilizer applications through to the end of Nov. 17, is possible because soil temperatures, due to an extremely mild first half of November, have yet to reach the freezing point. The restrictions are designed to ensure nutrients aren’t
Farmers fear a replay of past springs with unseeded acres, as seen in this aerial photo taken in 2014 near Souris, Man.
Crops, Weather

Wet conditions delaying Manitoba harvest, fertilizer applications

Sunny forecast is just what many farmers need

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Too wet. That sums up conditions on many Manitoba farms as of Nov. 3 when the Keystone Agricultural Pro­ducers (KAP) held its advisory council meeting here. But that was before Mother Nature treated much of the province to a weekend of record-breaking temperatures, sunshine and wind. And as of press time Monday warmer-than-normal, sunny weather
The project may look simple from above ground, but underground many sensors and scales take complex soil measures.
Crops

Soil health sensor project largest in North America

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A new $2-million soil health research project aims to figure out the impact of different cropping systems on the environment. Research will also be conducted on crop productivity relating to soil health. The result should be new knowledge on productivity of traditional cropping systems versus those with cover crops. The project, at the new Soil
Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart and Garth Whyte, President & CEO of Fertilizer Canada sign Memorandum of Cooperation. Photo: CNW Group/Fertilizer Canada
Crops

Saskatchewan government signs onto 4R fertilizer stewardship

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The Saskatchewan government has agreed to work with Fertilizer Canada to promote adoption of fertilizer application practices using the 4R stewardship model. “Saskatchewan has long promoted 4R Nutrient Stewardship and many farmers have adopted it as best practice. This agreement will further that work, contributing to greater on-farm sustainability and environmental stewardship in Saskatchewan,” Agriculture
A preserved portion of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. (CIA.gov)
Crops

German cabinet approves draft law banning GM crops

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Berlin | Reuters — The German cabinet has approved a draft law banning cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), government sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Germany had announced in September 2015 that it will ban cultivation of crops with GMOs under new European Union rules allowing member states to opt out of their
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Mosaic looks to restart Saskatchewan potash mine

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Reuters — U.S. fertilizer producer Mosaic Co. may need to restart its idled potash mine at Colonsay, Sask. next year, as international buyers work through inventories, the company said on Tuesday. Mosaic halted production in July at the mine, about 70 km southeast of Saskatoon, for the rest of 2016 due to low global potash
Kongskilde’s Vibro Till 2900 SF and other tillage equipment lines are set to become part of New Holland. (Kongskilde.com)
Crops

New Holland buying into tillage equipment market

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U.S. ag equipment giant New Holland is set to enter the tillage equipment business and stretch out its space in the hay and forage market, with a deal for Danish manufacturer Kongskilde Industries. New Holland’s parent CNH Industrial on Monday announced it will buy Kongskilde’s agricultural “grass and soil” business from Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab (DLG

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