It's spooky season, and Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange is ready with her witch's hat (to be worn with the grandkids, of course). As we approach Halloween, it's no surprise for the west of the country to experience snow (after all, what would be Halloween in Canada without snowsuits under costumes), and Wasko's... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
If the farm is waiting for the tax filing to sort out profit and loss, decisions are being made for close to a year, and maybe more, without a full financial picture. Budgeting may be up there on the favourites list with a root canal or unclogging toilets; it's rare that someone really loves developing... Read More
On October 26th, the Bank of Canada announced a 50 basis point interest rate hike — marking the sixth raise of the calendar year. Brennan Turner, grain market analyst and founder of Combyne Ag, says because we're in an environment of high inflation, we're going to see a few more of these increases over the... Read More
Halloween may be just days away, but we're trying to make things as scary as possible around here. Want to be horrified by thistles in IP beans? What about the spectre of DON-heavy corn? Shriek at the thought of disappearing yield! That's right, this episode of Wheat Pete's Word is full of super scary agronomic... Read More
Who wins and who loses in the weather lottery all depends on where you live and what business you are in. For those in the farming business, too cold and too dry are usually not good for a winter outlook, but it appears areas of the Prairies that could really use more precipitation may lose... Read More
Too often, it takes a brush with a serious health issue to spur someone to take better care of themselves. For Amanda Nigg, it took a life-changing event to spur her farm-fit business. On this episode of the Fit Farmer podcast, Fit Farmer meets Farm Fit Momma as Gary Chambers is joined by Nigg to... Read More
Technology is continuously changing, and along with that is how we implement said technology on farms. For this edition of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Garth Donald of Decisive Farming, and Caleb Niemeyer of Woodrill Ltd, to discuss variable rate applications for seed and fertilizer. This episode of The Agronomists is brought... Read More
Amidst rising food prices and increased political scrutiny of grocery store profits, the Competition Bureau says it's launching a study of grocery store competition in Canada. The bureau says it will conduct the market study with the goal of recommending measures that governments can take to improve competition in the grocery sector. In a notice... Read More
Higher yields are always a top priority for plant breeders developing new crop varieties, but yield itself is the result of a combination of different factors, including resistance to disease threats, maturity timing, and harvestability. These characteristics are all taken into consideration when screening and developing new edible bean varieties, explains Anfu Hou, bean breeder... Read More
All eyes were on the electric Ranger at the Farm Progress Show at Boone, Iowa, this summer. Chris Jensen of Polaris says the Ranger XP Kinetic has received a positive response since its launch. "When we set out to build this machine, we didn't set out to build an electric Ranger, we set out to... Read More