Practical Production Tips & Agricultural News - Grainews
WEBSeptember 24, 2024. September 20, 2024. More classifieds →. Grainews, written for farmers, and often by farmers, provides practical production tips that farmers use to get on with the day-to-day business of farming.
Former federal ag minister Chuck Strahl dies at 67 - Grainews
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Strahl died Tuesday in Chilliwack at age 67, ending “a courageous and exemplary battle with mesothelioma,” his son Mark, the current Conservative MP for Chilliwack, wrote Wednesday in a statement on social media platform X. Before entering politics, Strahl was a partner in a road construction and logging contracting firm, …
Features & Production Tips - Grainews
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Growing 180 bushels of barley - Grainews
WEBFeb 10, 2017 · Together with a team of agronomists and farmers, he decided to see what it would take to hit 180 bushels, and Barley 180 was born. A literature review revealed that researchers had already grown 190 bushel barley crops in the late ’80s and early ’90s in southern Alberta. Those crops were grown in small plots, under irrigation.
The Westco fertilizer story - Grainews
WEBMay 28, 2014 · An early entrant in the business was Western Co-op Fertilizers Ltd. (later Westco) — originally owned by the three Prairie Pools and Federated Co-op. At first they bought fertilizer from Cominco but in 1965 built a plant in Calgary. Westco believed strongly in research and had $0.40 a ton placed in a research fund.
New mobile field bin makes harvest more efficient - Grainews
WEBJul 27, 2021 · Jordan Haaland is the logistics team leader at Delage Farms, a 30,000-acre grain operation near Indian Head, Sask., and one of eight Saskatchewan farms to try out a new mobile field bin called the Grain Giant at harvest time last year. Haaland says the opportunity to use the Grain Giant couldn’t have come at a better time.
Articles by Ieuan Evans - Grainews
WEBMar 1, 2024 · By Ieuan Evans January 23, 2024. The word “sustainable” has become one of the most misused words in agricultural information systems. What we have to realize on Canada’s Prairies is that “sustainable” really means farmers maintain the status quo for good, achievable, economic agricultural practices on their cropland.
Wild buckwheat: A weed to watch - Grainews
WEBApr 20, 2018 · Wild buckwheat is an annual weed found in cropland in the southern Prairies. Despite farmers’ best efforts, the weed is hardy and persistent to the point of infuriation. Each plant can produce up to 12,000 seeds in a single growing season. While they won’t all germinate, most of them will remain dormant in the soil, sometimes for years.
Articles by Derek Flad - Grainews
WEBNov 1, 2023 · By Derek Flad January 11, 2021. [UPDATED: Jan. 14, 2021] Q: Should weed populations in my field affect my canola decision? A: When selecting canola varieties for your operation in 2021, yield potential and pod integrity are front of mind. However, different varieties utilize different herbicide-resistance traits, and this, too, should be ...
How To Measure Grain Loss - Grainews
WEBJun 6, 2011 · Taking a one-square-foot sample makes calculating the loss in bushels per acre a much easier process, unless you really enjoy a mathematical challenge. Once you have the sample collected, remove all the MOG (material other than grain). Then weigh the kernels on an accurate scale. Next, determine the concentration factor.