Insights and Stories on Crops

Aug. 22, 2014 at 9:01 am CDT

Farmers can save time and labour parking the swather, but field selection is important Whether to straight cut or swath canola isn’t an either/or question. Farmers should consider doing some of both if it means getting more of their canola harvested at the optimum time, a Canola Council of Canada […]

By Allan Dawson

Jul. 25, 2014 at 8:49 am CDT

Precision agriculture, including variable rate fertilizer, is commonplace in farm literature and has been for many years now. But despite the hype, the actual adoption of the practice has been slow. Ask for a show of hands at any farm meetings and the result surprises many. GPS and autosteer is […]

By Les Henry

Jun. 6, 2014 at 11:20 am CDT

Six months ago, panic made many farmers jump and sell low-priced grain at historically wide basis levels First, let’s review what was happening six months ago. Cold snowy weather backlogged logistics, but problems started months before that, in late summer and early fall. World buyers were buying little grain from […]

By Brian Wittal

May. 2, 2014 at 9:06 am CDT

Variable-rate irrigation systems aren’t in Manitoba fields yet, but it’s likely just a matter of time A few short years ago, the height of sophistication when it came to implementing a potato irrigation plan was a few soil sensors sprinkled around the field. They would alert the grower that soil […]

By Gord Gilmour

Apr. 16, 2014 at 9:51 am CDT

Where Canada once based its aid programs on high-capacity, Canadian-built machinery, new industry-led plans work better In the February 4 edition of Country Guide, you read about Canada’s latest $13 million in agricultural development aid being invested in Ukraine to create a new generation of farm co-operatives under the Canadian […]

By Scott Garvey