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Lies, damned lies… and statistics

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Last week began with the latest Canadian farm income outlook delivered by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, a report that by most accounts was pretty bullish on farm income projections for the next 10 years or so. In fact, it was the kind of report that is likely to have the farming community squirming for a
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Federal grant to study agroforestry

staff / The federal government has invested $160,000 into an Upper Assiniboine River Conservation District project to study how agroforestry can increase farmers’ productivity while mitigating their environmental impact. The district will use the funding to study how agroforestry — the integrated approach of planting trees and shrubs on farms — can reduce the costs
Crops, News, Weather

Open valves on pivot in January cause major damage

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Vandals who opened a valve on an irrigation pivot in January have left a Carberry-area potato farmer with a major repair bill — and an unwanted skating rink. Paul Adriaansen, who operates Spud Hill Farms, said that judging by the meter, the pump ran for about 1,000 hours starting on Jan. 20 before he noticed that
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Survey shows good help really is hard to find in farm sector

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Good help is hard to find. As the number of farms in Canada decrease and remaining farms grow larger, producers need to look at new methods of recruiting employees, Debra Hauer of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council told attendees at Keystone Agricultural Producers annual general meeting. A survey done by the organization found farm
Crops, News

The real dirt on variable-rate technology

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Variable-rate technology is based on a simple premise. “Basically, we’re aiming for the right rate at the right place in the field,” Ross McKenzie, a soil scientist with Alberta Agriculture, told attendees at the Agronomy Update event in Red Deer. That starts with knowing your soil, but that’s a lot harder than most people think,
Livestock

Corral water after in-field feeding

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In-field winter feeding can save time and money, while fostering healthy crop and forage growth, according to Jeff Schoenau of the University of Saskatchewan. Schoenau and colleagues at the university’s College of Agriculture and Bioresources conducted a three-year study following the effects of in-field winter feeding on animal and pasture health, as well as on
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Professor says farmers and ranchers are “an endangered species”

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The rural landscape is changing, and not for the better. “Farm and ranch people are an endangered species, without the benefit of protective legislation,” Roger Epp told farmers attending a recent grazing conference in Winnipeg. “Their habitat has also become subject to persistent encroachment over time.” Agriculture and rural life on the Prairies were once
Livestock, News

Corral water after in-field feeding

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In-field winter feeding can save time and money, while fostering healthy crop and forage growth, according to Jeff Schoenau of the University of Saskatchewan. Schoenau and colleagues at the university’s College of Agriculture and Bioresources conducted a three-year study following the effects of in-field winter feeding on animal and pasture health, as well as on
Livestock, News

Winter Fertilizing Ban Starts Nov. 10, Ends April 10

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Farmers still planning to apply fertilizer this fall have until midnight Nov. 9 to get the job done. Otherwise, they must wait until next April 10 under new regulations that came into effect last spring. Although the changes were announced several years ago, many farmers are oblivious, said Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Doug Chorney
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Reformist Japan Farmers Urge Free Trade To Spur Change

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Like other farmers on this fertile, coastal plain in northeast Japan, where patchwork rice fields stretch to the mountains beyond, Kazushi Saito knows first hand that the nation s shrinking agricultural sector is in dire straits. But unlike many, the 54-year-old rice farmer backs a controversial free trade deal that could remove a near 800

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