Have you ever spotted an area of vigourous plants in your cornfield and wondered why they're a growth stage or two ahead of neighbouring plants? There are plenty of agronomic insights we can glean from our fields to improve farm management and yield, says AGRIS Co-operative agronomist Dale Cowan. Quite often the opportunity is right... Read More
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The weather feels like it has been the story of 2017 across North America. Many areas have felt the extremes of mother nature this growing season — too hot, too cold, too dry, too wet, too windy, depending on where you are. There was significant rain in Ontario last week, parts of the Great Plains... Read More
November is always a very interesting time for the markets. Analysts begin to have an idea of the crop volume and quality and farmers and looking to solidify their new crop marketing plans and are already beginning to think about planting intentions for the coming spring. Farmers also have to increasingly pay attention to the... Read More
A grain farming family that places a unique emphasis on building soil health has been named 'Saskatchewan's Outstanding Young Farmers' for 2017. Derek and Tannis Axten, along with their children Kate and Brock, operate Axten Farms at Minton, Sask., seeding around 5,500 acres. (Minton is near the U.S. border south of Regina.) Living in one... Read More
Friday's radio podcast, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner, from the final day of the Farm Progress Show in Regina — highlights: Meteorologist Drew Lerner's weather outlook for the prairies and Ontario (recorded on Thursday, before the torrential overnight rains in Ontario) A farmer panel discussion on crop progress, trade, the federal Liberals and... Read More
Editor's note: The earlier version of this story said the federal government had approved a reduction in user fees for the 2017-18 crop year earlier this week, according to the commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission. A senior CGC communications staff member has since informed us the commissioner "misspoke," and that the commission is still... Read More
Wheat Pete joins Shaun and Kelvin for today's show, from day two of Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina. Among other things, topics include meeting Brock Lesnar, fungicide timing, equipment innovation (is bigger still better?), new name for PotashCorp-Agrium merger, wheat markets (with Neil Townsend of FarmLink Marketing Solutions), windy conditions, and Wheat Pete's impressions... Read More
FarmLead, North America’s Grain Marketplace, announced today the launch of the FarmLead Basis Negotiation feature on its leading trade platform. The new feature allows buyers and sellers to post and negotiate basis contracts in addition to the existing options of cash contracts. The announcement complements the company’s continued expansion across North America. The new feature... Read More
John Deere's new S700 series combine made its Canadian debut at the Farm Progress Show in Regina this week. While the physical appearance hasn't changed much from the S600 lineup launched in 2012, the new machines feature significant improvements in automation designed to optimize performance, explains Deere's Les Bobyck in the video below. "The machine... Read More
Wednesday's radio podcast, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner from the Farm Progress Show in Regina — highlights: Observations from a windy first day of the Farm Progress Show; Ag ministers/secretaries wrap up their friendly trilateral meeting in Georgia; Candace Hill on five years of Ag More Than Ever; Wheat Pete's Word (Peter's in... Read More