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Researchers are working on an interactive map to help producers assess potential for weevil infestations
Many Saskatchewan forage growers dutifully waited for alfalfa to reach the 15 per cent bloom stage before cutting last year, but their patience went unrewarded. Thanks to the alfalfa weevil, a nasty little pest that has been gradually spreading across the southern Prairies since its arrival here in the 1950s, they were waiting for aThe view from Northern Blossom Farms - Part 2
A university instructor is turning his nano farm into a living laboratory for sustainable farming systems
I spoke to a number of young farmers recently and learned that they are questioning the business decision that every farmer makes every year: Hold $2 million in assets, invest another $250,000 cash in a crop in order to get $60,000 profit. And that is if everything goes right, which it typically doesn’t. What isBy Laura Rance
For every day too early you graze in the spring, count on losing three days of grazing in the fall
With previous flooding, drought and now a late spring, many producers will be faced with the question of what to do with pastures weakened by flooding and overgrazing. No matter how you look at it, you may be forced to sacrifice the health of some of your pastures. Let’s take a look at the cost
