By Shaun Haney With the Conservatives winning a majority it took very little time for the speculation to begin on how long it will take the Canadian Wheat Board's single desk responsibilities on wheat to be extinguished. It was interesting to watch the live discussion on twitter while the election results were being posted on... Read More
Category: Western Canada
With the discovery of glyphosate resistant ragweed last year in Ontario, many researchers and farmers are growing concerned about the potential impact of glyphosate resistance. The is not just a problem for Canada but around the world where glyphosate tolerant traits are planted. By no means is this a wide spread issue as it seems... Read More
When the conditions are right, flea beetles move quickly and devastate quickly. The bugs are the most chronically damaging insect pest of canola in Western Canada. They inflict the most damage on canola at the seedling stage, inhibiting proper plant growth and delaying maturity. They will feed on more mature plants, but canola at later... Read More
In some areas of the country, whether on time or late, farmers will have to deal with seeding into cool, wet soil conditions. As we approach the 1st of May, farmers who haven't seeded yet may be looking at planting canola in less than ideal conditions just to get the crop in the ground. The... Read More
If you've lived out west for any length of time, one of the things you've probably noticed is that farmers are pretty good at taking advantage of any opportunity they have to get their crop in the ground early. Around the clock seeding, multiple drills in fields and rotating shifts in the tractors are just... Read More
Is it just me or does it seem like if some guy tips over a gerry can, the price of fuel goes up? Don't get me wrong, the situation in the Middle East is serious stuff and should concern us, but on a different level. Will it warrant a two dollar a litre price? Granted,... Read More
Establishing a seeding rate brings with it some rituals. One of those rituals can be observed when a farmer comes to pick up their seed out of a bin. Without fail, the first thing that farmer does is run his into the stream of seed and take a good hard look at it. Seeing is... Read More
By Shaun Haney Many people in Manitoba are very excited about the possibility of the NHL returning to Winnipeg in the fall. There is very good reason to be excited and euphoric about the team that could return from Phoenix after no one ever thought that they would return. One of the concerns about the... Read More
When things are profitable for the feedlot operator, we generally see those operators start to fill pens. That's the historic trend and it just makes good sense. However, the Canfax numbers for March show cattle placements down again in Canada. As the number of cattle on-feed drop, producers who depend on those numbers begin to... Read More
Wheat midge is something that traditionally, farmers in Alberta have not been too concerned about. It was always more of a Saskatchewan issue. Over the past few years however, as we have moved to wetter springs and summers, conditions have changed enough for the pest to become a greater concern. Wheat midge is a pest... Read More