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New Big Iron is more efficient and environmentally friendly

By Angela Lovell January 24, 2012

Ag Days is a signature venue for agricultural equipment manufacturers and is the place where Prairie farmers often get a first peek at new products. A lot of the Big Iron on display for 2012 will be showcasing not just equipment, but some new, factory-installed technology to help make farmers more efficient and environmentally friendly.

Beef cattle, Crops, Forages, Other livestock

Making hay for a living means adapting when the sun doesn’t shine

By Daniel Winters January 25, 2012

Growing hay for export to finicky horse owners and demanding dairy producers requires a special level of knowledge and skill — and a little luck, too, especially when the hay is flat on the ground and rain clouds loom. Dan Jorsvick, who grows forages on 2,000 acres in the foothills of Alberta where the rainfall

News

Compo-Stages Manitoba Services Co-Op Demonstrates Advantages Of Composting Manure

By Lorraine Stevenson October 27, 2011

co-operator staff / st. pierre-jolys Farmers saw Manitoba s first industrial-sized manure windrow turner in operation last week. Next month they can hear more about joining the new cooperative that owns it. The Compo-Stages Manitoba Services Co-op, an agricultural composting co-operative and a first for both Manitoba and Canada, conducted demonstrations on six farms around

News

Grain Growers Offers Budget Wish List

By Alex Binkley September 1, 2011

Modest changes in government policy could reap major benefits for farmers, the Grain Growers of Canada says in a pre-budget consultation paper for the Commons Finance Committee. Making agriculture research a key priority and rewarding producers for good environmental farm practices are among the suggestions GGC has for the committee, which holds hearings this fall

Cereals, Crops

Weeds Could Taint Crop Quality In Storage

August 25, 2011

Despite dry weather conditions for this year’s grain harvest, this spring’s wet weather may influence the quality of harvested grain when it goes into storage. Weeds may be present at harvest because wet spring weather meant many western Canadian grain producers were unable to apply their usual weed controls. If immature weed seeds are not

Crops

What You Need To Know About Your Bin Storage Setup

By Ashlee Espenell June 2, 2011

Awell-thought-out bin storage site will save money in both the short and long term. In the short term, having adequate on site storage gives producers the ability to hold on to grain and deliver when they can minimize delivery costs and get the most returns. In the long term, careful site planning allows producers to

Country Crossroads

Give Seeds A Good Start

March 31, 2011

During March and April avid gardeners are busy planting seeds to produce plants for their upcoming outdoor gardens. To achieve success, use of correct materials is essential and no other single material is quite as important as the planting medium in which the seeds are planted. All else will be in vain if a suitable

Country Crossroads

Be On The Lookout For Snow Mould

By Albert Parsons March 24, 2011

As the snow melts, particularly because many areas of the Prairies have had so much snow this winter, gardeners will have to be on the lookout for snow mould. This fungal disease can attack lawns during the period when the snow is melting and cause significant damage to the turf. Gardeners should be observant as

Cereals, Crops

Elite Barley Producers Share Ideas

March 10, 2011

The “Elite Barley, Canadian Malting Barley Grower Recognition Program,” recently named the 10 farmers selected by industry as top producers for the year. The goal of the program is to promote grower best management practices for malting barley, and showcase the value that malt and malt barley bring to western Canadian agriculture and the Canadian

Crops

Aeration Key To Storing 16 To 20 Per Cent Moisture Corn

By NDSU Release October 28, 2010

Corn harvested at moisture contents up to 20 per cent can be stored safely during the winter with aeration, North Dakota State University’s grain-drying expert says. Corn at 20 per cent moisture has an allowable storage time of about 25 days at 15.5 C, 50 days at 10 C, 90 days at 4.4 C and

Daily Network News

CFIA looks for feedback on proposed seed potato rule changes

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise on active Chinese buying

GMO food labelling review opens questions on gene editing

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