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Degelman buys grain bagging, milling equipment firm Renn

Alberta equipment maker's staff to continue with Degelman

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Regina ag implement maker Degelman Industries has bought into the grain bagging and grain milling equipment business with a deal for Alberta manufacturer Renn Mill Center. Degelman, in a release Thursday, said it recently bought the Lacombe, Alta. company for an undisclosed sum and will keep Renn’s existing employees and management in place. In business
John Heard at the Crop Diagnostic School in 2022.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

Happy trails: Award-winning soil scientist retires

Faces of Ag: After 27 years with Manitoba Agriculture, the respected soil fertility specialist has retired

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At the retirement party for her colleague, John Heard, Manitoba Agriculture soil management specialist Marla Riekman has a recurring memory. “One of the phrases that I often fear hearing is, ‘Hey, Marla,’” she said jokingly. “John is a man of great ideas, especially when it comes to extension work, something he’s so passionate about. He
A corn field in Alberta is managed with strip tillage.
Crops

Strip till: It’s new, it’s tricky and you can’t ask the neighbours for advice

On paper, strip-till is an excellent way to reduce erosion and improve soil health, but there’s a learning curve

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Glacier FarmMedia – Being a pioneer isn’t easy, but sometimes it can pay off. Or at least that’s what John Kolk hopes. Over the past few years, the southern Alberta farmer has been using strip tillage on row crops such as dry beans, corn and soybeans. Although the system hasn’t been a big earner in
S-CAP rollout getting mixed reviews
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S-CAP rollout getting mixed reviews

Newly announced funding streams target beneficial management practices for climate resilience and environment: government

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As the province rolls out program information about the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, reactions are mixed from Manitoba commodity groups. On April 28, the province announced funding for two new S-CAP programs. The first, the Sustainable Agriculture Manitoba (SAM) program, provides funding for farmers and land managers to implement beneficial management practices that increase environmental
A handful of soil health projects have secured funding for the next five years in the hope of kick-starting soil health practices in the field.
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College’s net positive network reels in funding

The project will receive almost $1.7 million over the next five years

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A new project pushing soil management hopes to throw like-minded farmers a collective lifeline. Assiniboine Community College (ACC) — along with Farm Management Canada, the Manitoba Association of Watersheds, Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, and Minto-area Rourke Farms — will spend the next five years building a peer-to-peer network with an eye to improving
A handful of soil health projects have secured funding for the next five years in the hope of kick starting soil health practices in the field. (Assiniboine Community College photo)
Crops, Weather

Multi-million-dollar fund greenlights soil health projects

Eight projects to push soil health practices will get funding for the next five years

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Eight soil health projects across Canada will be getting a multi-million-dollar boost in private funding over the next five years. The Weston Family Foundation — the philanthropic arm of the Weston business empire — has slated $10 million for those eight projects through the organization’s soil health initiative, it was announced Feb. 13. The initiative
Think of weed control like boxing. It’s better over time to know the combinations that lead to wins, rather than hoping for a lucky knockout punch.
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Weed control can’t count on knockout punch

The chemical control era is waning, so adoption of new combinations is very important

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Herbicides have been the No. 1 weapon against weeds since the 1940s. They’ve been effective but the last few decades have shown that genetics are a more powerful force than chemistry. Weeds are gaining genetic resistance to herbicides faster than new chemistries can be developed. “In addition to all of these new cases we’re seeing,
There seems to be some correlation between certain zero-till practices and soil acidification.
Crops, News

Soil acidity a growing issue

Over time a natural chemical reaction to nitrogen can cause an acidic band to develop

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Most of Manitoba’s soils are considered to be neutral, with pH around 7.0 and being neither acid nor alkaline. If anything there’s a tendency towards the alkaline. That’s why North Dakota State University cropping systems specialist Ryan Buetow’s warning at the recent Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference was unexpected. He says there are pockets of acidity showing
Standard choppers are frequently not large enough to spread residue effectively and harrows can create residue clumping, says agronomy consultant Phil Needham.
Crops

Excess crop residue a yield-robbing issue on many farms

It’s a problem everywhere — mismatched choppers and harrows that don’t fix the problem, agronomist says

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Throughout his travels as a consultant, Phil Needham has noticed producers continue to struggle with residue management to the detriment of crop emergence, plant counts and yield. Many residue management woes come down to two pieces of equipment: harrows and mismatched choppers on combines, said Needham, who operates an agronomy services company in Kentucky. “I
“There are waterhemp populations, mostly in the States, that are resistant to nine different herbicide groups. At that point, you have no options left.” – Kim Brown Livingston.
Crops, News

The end of the chemical era draws near for farms

The future of weed control is going to require a more balanced approach

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Chemical herbicides have long been the jewel in the crown of weed management, but after seven decades of use, natural selection is turning back the calendar. Herbicide resistance in weeds was first discovered in the 1980s and the problem has steadily increased. With no new chemistries introduced in more than 30 years, it’s clear that

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