Manitoba Agriculture staff run Ag Days attendees through the newly launched fertilizer efficiency calculator.

VIDEO: Manitoba Agriculture launches fertilizer efficiency calculator

Field by field, how well are you optimizing fertilizer?

Manitoba Agriculture says its new fertilizer efficiency tool will help farmers determine how much of a nutrient is doing its job and how much is wasted. Speaking at Ag Days in Brandon, Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson said the digital tool will help producers identify places where fertilizer efficiency could be improved and money could



Jan 15 to 30: Spring seed supply

Mike Shewchuk, farmer from Blaine Lake, Sask., and past president of the Saskatchewan Seed Growers Association, speaks with Michael Robin with The Western Producer during Crop Week in Saskatoon, Jan. 11., about seed quality and supply for the 2023 planting season.




Organic grazing and soil health

Organic grazing and soil health

Scott Beaton is an organic producer in Manitoba who grows a variety of cereal crops and forage species for grazing cattle. At a Manitoba Organic Alliance event in July 2022, Beaton shared his thoughts on some organic practices including how his organic crops have fared during several years of weather extremes and the one factor