Insights and Stories on Soil

Forecast, flea beetles complicate canola timing

May. 14, 2021 at 7:20 pm CDT

Drought conditions, and the odds of more to come, have some Prairie canola growers pondering when to roll the dice on seeding, if they want to do more than feed the flea beetles. Small-seeded crops, such as canola, have garnered particular concern from agronomists and producers worried about germination, given […]

Degelman to make heavy harrows for Deere

Feb. 12, 2021 at 2:41 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Bayer launches carbon capture pilot for U.S., Brazilian farmers

Jul. 21, 2020 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Clubroot able to beat resistant canola reaches Manitoba

Sep. 10, 2019 at 3:01 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Opinions differ on quinoa prices in 2019

Dec. 13, 2018 at 2:49 am CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Handful of arable soil in hands of responsible farmer, close up, selective focus

Four ways to increase your organic matter

Apr. 10, 2018 at 11:28 am CDT

By Kevin Elmy

Six factors to consider if your soil moisture level is low

Mar. 27, 2018 at 11:14 am CDT

By Angela Lovell

Winners of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2017 celebrated

Dec. 6, 2017 at 9:54 am CST

National winners for Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer for 2017 were awarded on Dec. 1 to Derek & Tannis Axten of Axten Farms in Minton, Sask., and Véronique Bouchard & François Handfield of Ferme aux petits oignons at Mont-Tremblant, Que. “Once again, the seven regional finalists exceeded our expectations as innovative, […]

By Staff

Canada’s soils still degrading, albeit more slowly

Sep. 8, 2017 at 3:28 pm CDT

The rate of degradation of soils in Canada has slowed, but it still is happening at a significant rate and there is still a lot to learn. There are no soil-perfect systems yet for crop production, attendees at the Summit on Canadian Soil Health held recently in Guelph heard repeatedly. […]

By John Greig

Clubroot ‘heavily’ infests NW Saskatchewan field

Aug. 29, 2017 at 7:52 pm CDT

Clubroot has made its presence known in the far northwest of Saskatchewan’s canola-growing region, with the discovery of a “heavily infested” field. SaskCanola on Monday reported the discovery of the disease in a field in crop district 9B, but didn’t give its specific location. District 9B is a group of […]

By Staff

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