Fusarium continues to be a major concern for farmers as harvest begins in the US and parts of Ontario. Many farmers routinely apply a fungicide to their cereal crops to try and minimize the impact of fusarium. Its getting closer to the fungicide window for Western Canadian farmers and they need to really be considering... Read More
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The canola crop that has emerged is quite variable in height which is causing significant challenges in trying to control unwanted weeds. This year the ideal scenarios never seem to be playing out which requires farmers to weigh all the positives and negatives to all situations. This is a year where there is give and... Read More
During this past winter there was no bigger story in Western Canada than the hysteria around lentils. Saskatchewan is the lentil king in Canada and has also received an abundance of wet weather since early April. The lentil market is known to swing in big ways up and down but seems to be holding relatively... Read More
Fusarium head blight continues to be a major concern for North American farmers. Yield loss can be high and the amount of vomotoxin infection in the grain can cause significant grade loss. Although there are wheat varieties available to minimize the impact of fusarium, the reality is there is no technology available to control it... Read More
As we discuss quite often in the Beef Market Update with Anne Dunford, Canada is very dependent on the ability to export beef. As everyone knows the market place changed in 2003 when the first case of BSE was discovered in Canada. Over time Canada has been battling to regain its export markets to normalize... Read More
It seems that the amount of pests that can have a negative impact on our wheat fields is never ending. In this weeks episode of the Wheat School we are going to discuss army worms. Army worms can cause significant yield loss in a wheat crop and also impact neighboring crops like corn or canola... Read More
I am intrigued by neat and cool ideas. While at the Farm Progress Show in Regina, I encountered a really interesting simple marketing concept that gives farmers the opportunity to evaluate machinery more accurately. Versatile is traveling across North America on the Versatile Power Drive 2010. Essentially this is an opportunity for farmers and ranchers... Read More
Not only does wet weather impact the grain and oilseed markets but it also has an impact on the livestock markets. Feedyards and ranches are in the elements which means with cattle in the elements the impact of dry or wet weather is definitely a factor in the profitability of the producer. Anne Dunford and... Read More
Last night I met a man whose family is heavily involved in agriculture but he did not grow up in the business so to speak. Recently after a successful career in another industry he decided to take a position within the family business in a senior management role. His comments about the industry were so... Read More
With seeding being so late this year in the west a person must begin to think about the ramifications if we ever make it to harvest. This week at the Regina Farm Progress Show I talked to Dale Willamson, Manager of Supply, Logistics and DDG's at Terra Grain Fuels about what they are hearing from... Read More