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Japanese researchers studied the effect of Sago palm root extracts on nitrogen-producing bacteria.

Plant signals trigger remarkable bacterial transformation

Nostoc bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia for the Sago palm

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 21, 2019

A recent Japanese study has shown that extracts from the Sago palm stimulated nitrogen-producing bacterial transformation. Researchers hope that better understanding of the system could someday lead to more efficient, less fertilizer-dependent agricultural production. The cycad Cycas revolute, or Sago palm, is a palm-like plant that grows on rocky coastal cliffs in the subtropics and

Comment, Opinion

Comment: Can we bring back our soil?

The Soil Conservation Council of Canada is calling for a united effort from the farming community, government and agriculture industry to make soil health a priority

By Cassandra Cotton, Paul Thoroughgood April 30, 2019

If soil health isn’t top of mind for you, it should be. Canada has some of the world’s most viable and productive farmland. This farmland is where you make your living. It sustains our rural communities. It grows our food. While Canada is a world leader in improving our soils, further steps are necessary to

Crops, Equipment, Other

The vertical-tillage question defies pat answers

The controversial practice can serve a purpose, but won’t solve soil compaction

By Don Norman April 15, 2019

Vertical tillage is a tricky term to grapple with. It’s less a method of tillage than it is a grouping of implements sold under that banner. It is marketed as a means to deal with soil compaction but in reality the implements marketed under that umbrella do little to address that problem. Yet, in certain

Researchers exchanged soil microbes among alfalfa plants treated with different levels of P.

Did you know?, News

Study says excess phosphorus may reduce crop yields

Results suggest that excess levels can affect soil microbes

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 9, 2019

Excessive phosphorus fertilizer may do more harm than good for crop yields, say scientists at Penn State University. In a study published in Phytobiomes Journal, a team led by Terrence Bell and Jenny Kao-Kniffin found that soil treated with high amounts of phosphate can result in poorer plant performance and that it appears the soil

Crops, News

Managing microbes

Taking a page from pulse production, beneficial soil microbes are under the microscope

By Angela Lovell February 25, 2019

One of the biostimulant areas receiving the most attention is soil microbes, something that already has a long history in agriculture. The most obvious example is soybean and other pulse crops that are inoculated with rhizobia to ensure they efficiently fix nitrogen from the atmosphere. It’s an area that’s growing fast thanks to advances in

“Growing season rainfall varies a lot depending on where you are in the province and the crops that you’re growing,” says Provincial meteorology specialist, Timi Ojo.

Crops, Other

The importance of sticking to your crop’s water budget

Keep this crucial concept in mind when choosing crops to grow

By Angela Lovell January 29, 2019

A ‘perfect’ growing season would have just enough heat and moisture at the right times to make a bumper crop. The problem of course is that it rarely happens. With moisture being so critical to both short- and long-season crops, if producers had a better idea of their crop water budget going into a new

Crops, Markets

Opinions differ on quinoa prices in 2019

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 13, 2018

CNS Canada — There are opposing views on what will happen with Canadian quinoa prices in 2019. One buyer believes the specialty crop will increase a few cents per pound; another believes the price will slightly decrease in the New Year. Dan Boulton of NorQuin at Saskatoon said there is a world shortage of quinoa,

Elie-area farmer Alex Boersch has been inspired by nutrition farming techniques and is now trying them out on his family farm. In the background is specialized equipment the farm now uses for solubilizing and mixing dry fertilizers or soil conditioners such as humates.

Crops, Local news, Other

‘Nutrition farming’ techniques key to Elie farm operation

Alex Boersch sees potential in the soil-building approach to make farming more profitable, sustainable and even more fun

By Lorraine Stevenson November 28, 2018

An Elie-area farm family didn’t know exactly what they were in for when they signed up for a short course on ‘nutrition farming’ a couple of years back. But the Boerschs, who farm a 5,000-acre commercial grain farm, figured there had to be something to it. Their son, Alex, who’d recently left his grain trading

New research shows how water moves massive amounts of carbon laterally through ecosystems — especially during floods. PHOTO: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Did you know?, News, Other

Soil carbon goes with the flow

Lateral movement of carbon throughout landscapes is much more significant than thought

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 26, 2018

The carbon cycle isn’t just vertical — CO2 moving up and down between soil, plants and the atmosphere. New Michigan State University research published in the current issue of Geophysical Research Letters, shows water moves massive amounts of carbon laterally through ecosystems — especially during floods. These findings — which analyzed more than 1,000 watersheds

Alex Boersch has been inspired by nutrition farming techniques and is now trying them out on the family farm. Behind him is specialized equipment the farm now uses for solubilizing and mixing dry fertilizers or soil conditioners.

Crops, Local news

Local farmer takes a ‘dietary requirements’ approach to soil health

By Lorraine Stevenson November 19, 2018

An Elie-area farm family didn’t know exactly what they were in for when they signed up for a short course on ‘nutrition farming’ a couple of years back. But the Boerschs, who farm a 5,000-acre commercial grain farm here, figured there had to be something to it. Alex Boersch, who’d left his grain trading career

Daily Network News

Funds held large net short in canola before U.S. shutdown

CFIA suspends U.S. imports after Vesicular Stomatitis Virus outbreaks in Arizona

IGC raises 2025/26 world wheat, corn crop forecasts

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