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Row planting provides plenty of room for weeds to get off to a good start.

Grid planting does a better job at shading out weeds says researchers

Now you just need to figure out how to plant that way

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 28, 2015

Planting corn and other crops in a grid rather than in rows may control weeds better, say scientists writing in the journal Weed Research. C. Marin of Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Colombia and J. Weiner of the University of Copenhagen report on two years of tests in which maize (corn) was sown in three

Mario Tenuta speaks at the Manitoba Forage Seed Association’s annual conference in Winnipeg.

Crops, Local news

There’s life in that there dirt

Farmers need to be aware of the vast world beneath their feet — healthy plants depend on it

By Shannon VanRaes January 23, 2015

It just might be that the most important living beings on any farm aren’t found in the barn — but in the soil. Bacteria, mycorrhiza, fungi, nematodes and even earthworms are key to understanding and promoting plant growth, University of Manitoba soil scientist Mario Tenuta told the Manitoba Forage Seed Association’s annual conference in Winnipeg

“It’s going to cost you between $60 and $65 an acre so you might as well seed it right. That way you’ll be ahead in 10 years time and you won’t have to worry about weeds coming back in.” – Graeme Finn

Livestock

Develop a pasture plan based on specific needs and weeds

Heavy seeding and a weed control strategy geared to specific pasture conditions are  key for grazing consultant and rancher Graeme Finn

By Alexis Kienlen January 21, 2015

You can’t just let your cows loose on a piece of grass without proper planning and knowledge. “When I take over land, I assess it and see where we need to go,” grazing consultant Graeme Finn said at the recent Western Canada Grazing Conference. “If we have weed issues, then we control them with chemicals

Crops, Opinion

Dirt’s big year

The FAO has designated 2015 as the International Year of Soil

By Alan Guebert January 12, 2015

Last year may have been a lot of things to a lot of people but one thing it surely wasn’t was predictable. I mean who foresaw last year’s record-setting high in the U.S. stock market, the plunge in global crude oil prices, Russia’s naked grab of Ukraine’s sovereign territory or the Obama administration’s reaching out

Crops, Opinion

Editorial: Changing how we think

By Laura Rance-Unger January 12, 2015

Back in the days when Prairie farmers were still in the experimental phase of adopting what is now known as conservation agriculture, I remember interviewing a farmer who had gone all the way and embraced zero tillage. He said it was an exercise in frustration bordering on failure until he realized the transition involved more

Crops, Weather

Struggle to rebuild pasture after the flood(s)

One farmer tells his story and talks about how he restored his forage and feed acres

By Meghan Mast January 7, 2015

Just days after Tom Teichroeb moved his cattle onto higher land his pasture flooded. Already in mid-May of 2011, the water was starting to rise near his Langruth ranch. Some of the cattle had to swim to get across to the dry hayfield before they were moved 12 miles across the highway to a rented

The SMAP satellite will use active and passive radioactive waves to measure soil moisture.

Local news

Not your average soil moisture-measuring project

A satellite that measures soil moisture expected to launch in January

By Meghan Mast January 5, 2015

If you Google “SMAP” two things will come up — a Japanese boy band from the ’90s and a NASA satellite project that will attempt to measure soil moisture on a global scale. The latter is the subject of new soil research from the University of Manitoba. The satellite, set to launch on January 29,

Forage Seed Canada president, Heather Kerschbaumer

Crops, Forages

Concerns about Roundup Ready alfalfa raised at national forage meeting

Many forage and forage seed importers have zero tolerance for GM crops, including alfalfa

By Allan Dawson December 15, 2014

Asingle genetically modified (GM) canola seed cut the value of Heather Kerschbaumer’s timothy seed in half — costing her $20,000. That’s why the seed farmer from Fairview, Alta., fears the introduction of GM Roundup Ready alfalfa. “In my opinion I think it would be a devastating blow to the seed industry, especially for our Peace

Steve Kenyon talking about pasture weeds

Forages, Livestock

Steve Kenyon: The weed whisperer

Alberta cattle farmer shares his  tips on successful practices

By Meghan Mast December 10, 2014

When Steve Kenyon speaks to producers about pasture management, he likes to rile up the crowd. “There’s no such thing as weeds,” he said to cattle farmers gathered in the Boissevain community centre last week. “What we call a weed is just a plant that hasn’t learned to grow in rows yet. Or we haven’t

man standing beside hay-baling machinery

Crops, Forages

VIDEO: Quebec haymakers use homemade dryer to improve hay quality

The Normandins also modified a small hay baler to convert big square bales into small ones

By Allan Dawson December 8, 2014

David Normandin and his brother Mathieu preferred driving tractors to milking cows and that’s why they make hay and not milk. The brothers, along with their father Luc and Luc’s partner’s daughter, Audrey Mailloux, operate Norfoin Inc., 57 km southeast of Montreal in the Montérégie region of la belle province. The operation had been a

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

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