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Organic No-Till Pioneer Explains Strategy

By Daniel Winters January 28, 2010

When Jeff Moyer, farm manager of the Rodale Institute, started cutting back on tillage out of concern for the long-term health of the soil on the institute’s 330-acre research farm in southeast Pennsylvania, he faced a predictable result. Weeds – and lots of them. “Year after year, our weed pressure was building until it was

Crops, Forages

Proof In The Field

January 28, 2010

“We have to figure out how to conserve energy on our farms.” – JEFF MOYER The Rodale Institute farmers became convinced that they were on the right track when comparing two side-by-side cornfields. One had been in alfalfa for several years prior, and the other a single season in hairy vetch. The first field that

Cereals, Crops

Healthy Soil The Key, Says Bio-Ag Pioneer

By Daniel Winters December 3, 2009

“My father’s generation could grow wheat without any problems. The present generation can hardly grow a bushel of wheat without the use of fungicides.” – Gerald Wi Ebe Prior to the Second World War, “chemical” agriculture didn’t exist. In Gerald Wiebe’s opinion, it’s all been downhill ever since for farmers, their soil and consumers. In

Opinion

Breaking Down The Windbreaks

By Laura Rance-Unger November 19, 2009

It’s common to hear the chainsaws buzzing this time of year, as the untold number of residents in this province who heat with wood at least some of the time go about gathering, stacking and splitting their winter supply. It’s hard to imagine a more annoying sound than these saws cutting through the afternoon’s calm,

Cereals, Crops

Not A Good Year For Corn At MZTRA Farm

By Daniel Winters August 27, 2009

“Are we there yet as an industry for growing grain corn in the cooler climates? The answer would be no. Is it coming? Yes, it is.” – BARRY CHAPPELL Corn likes heat, and lots of it. Unf o r tuna t e l y, i n Manitoba this spring, there wasn’t much of that. A

Crops, Forages, News

MZTRA Farm Sees Big Benefits From Alfalfa

By Daniel Winters July 23, 2009

“It may be one of the methods that we can help the guys in the heavier clay soils down in the Red River Valley move into a reduced-tillage regime.” – LINDSAY COULTHARD It’s hard not to like alfalfa. But Lindsay Coulthard’s feel ings for the nitrogen-fixing legume go a little deeper than most. During a

News

Black, Rich And Found All Over

By Daniel Winters July 16, 2009

Manitoba already has a provincial bird, the great grey owl. Our provincial flower is the prairie crocus. Soon we’ll have an official provincial soil too – Newdale. To the layman, Newdale is that nice black earth that grows really nice crops found around Brandon up to the Riding Mountains. Unlike the other Class 2 contender,

Opinion

The Looming Food Crisis?

By Daryll E. Ray July 16, 2009

We are not trying to pick a fight with the scientists and companies who provide the basic research on GMOs, just their pitchmen… their arguments are disingenuous at best and blackmail at worst. We tend to cringe when we hear someone argue that food production is not keeping up with demand. We heard Earl Butz

Crops, Forages, Livestock

You Can’t Get Hay For Nothing

By Daniel Winters June 4, 2009

“People need to recognize that if they don’t look after their forages well, then their productivity will drop off quickly. Nothing depletes the soil of nutrients quicker than forages.” – JOHN HEARD, MAFRI SOIL FERTILITY SPECIALIST Of all common farming practices, harvesting hay off the same field year after year is probably the hardest on

News

Herbicide Residues Affect Sunflowers

May 21, 2009

Some crops are more sensitive to herbicide carry-over than others. Sunflowers can be negatively affected by herbicide residues. Visual damage can vary from mild to severe symptoms, but yield potential and quality can be affected greatly. The following recommendations are from the Guide to Field Crop Protection 2009. For more information and to verify risk,

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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