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Clean Wet Buildings Quickly, Safely

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Flooding and seepage from saturated soils mean many on the Northern Great Plains will be faced with cleaning wet buildings this spring. Ken Hellevang, a North Dakota State University Extension Service engineer and professor in NDSU’s Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department, has these tips to help the cleanup go more smoothly and safely: When using
News, Weather

Protect Your Wells From Flooding

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Protecting your well from flood waters now can reduce your work later. “If you live in a flood-prone area, you or a licensed well-drilling contractor can determine if your well is sited and constructed so that it is protected,” says Roxanne Johnson, North Dakota State University Extension Service water quality associate. “If your well is
Crops

Canada FarmSafe Plan: A New Tool For Creating Safer Farms

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Anew resource becomes available to Canadian farmers later this month to help develop agricultural health and safety plans custom fit for their own farm operations. The new Sécur i Fe rme Canada FarmSafe Plan is a business risk management tool for voluntary adoption by farmer-owners of all types and sizes of farms, say Canadian Agricultural
Crops, Oilseeds

Non-GM Glyphosate-Tolerant Flax Being Developed

Glyphosate-tolerant flax that hasn’t been “genetically modified” (GM) could be on the market by 2014, according to James A. Radtke, vice-president of product development for Cibus, an American plant trait development company. If the $6-million project between Cibus, the Flax Council of Canada, and Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada is a success, Canadian flax growers
Crops

Farm Cash Receipts Decline In 2010

Canada farmers pulled in less money in 2010 despite late-year spikes in grain and oilseed prices, due to a smaller harvest and weaker prices earlier in the year. Canadian farm cash receipts, which include crop and livestock revenues plus government program payments, dipped 1.7 per cent year over year to $43.8 billion in 2010, Statistics
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Feb. 24, 2011

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Correction:The building on the Reimer farm now housing Manitoba’s new model fish operation near Warren was in the past occasionally used for chicken rearing, but was most recently used to store farm machinery. A story in our Feb. 17 issue identified the facility as a former chicken barn. – Staff Food rights:India continues to face
Crops, Oilseeds

New Canola Variety Testing Trial Announced

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Canada’s canola industry is launching a new variety testing program to replace one that was cancelled a year ago. Called a “new-generation” canola variety program, it contains some major changes from a previous one which collapsed because of seed company dissatisfaction with it. One difference is that growers will now partially fund the program. Previously,
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Feed The Soil So It Can Feed The Crop

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Crop yields in a slump? Disease and insect probalems rife? Input costs chewing up profit margins every year? Before you cur se the weather, bugs, or chemical companies, you might want to consider another cause: Declining soil quality. Modern farming has developed a host of quick-fix solutions but the beneficial effects are temporary if you
Crops

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espite all of mankind’s ingenuity, the weeds, it seems, always win in the end. Monsanto once boasted Roundup-resistant weeds were “highly unlikely” to be found, but now strains of glyphosateresistant giant ragweed can be seen growing 18 feet tall in Ontario cornfields, and some biotypes of rigid ryegrass in Australia have become immune to virtually
Crops, Oilseeds

Wet Last Year, Maybe Wet Again This Year

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Last year’s deluge will make for some interesting agronomic issues for canola growers this spring, Derwyn Hammond, senior agronomy specialist for the Canola Council of Canada told farmers attending Ag Days. Denitrification in low spots, soil compaction from last summer’s abortive attempts at field work, and weed issues are all things to look out for,

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