Production

  • Canola growers raise the bar on yield.

    Canola growers suspect that you "get out what you put in." And one soil services company set out to confirm that belief with its yield-based King of Canola Challenge ... More

  • Bring your soil back to life.

    Where should you start when bringing back a field that’s been out of production for a while or has had its nutrients depleted? Or even if you’re putting new land into production ... More

  • Kings of canola crowned — again.

    The Krywy brothers’ father always told them you can’t fool the land. If you ask, he said, it’ll tell you what it needs and reveal what it’s likely to yield in the end ... More

  • Supplemental ‘N’ for soybeans? Save your money.

    For 5,000 years, farmers in China used soybeans to improve their soil’s nitrogen (N) content and improve yields in subsequent crops. Today, soybeans enjoy worldwide popularity and are widely used in everything from tofu, soymilk and margarine to industrial products such as hydraulic oil and adhesives. More

  • Optical sensing allows delayed N application.

    Nitrogen application rates are to some extent a guessing game. You pick a potential yield, invest in enough nitrogen to achieve it, and hope the weather cooperates. If it doesn’t, crops won’t reach their yield target. More

  • Spring maintenance keeps liquid fertilizer flowing.

    If you hook up to your seeder this spring and find the liquid fertilizer system isn’t working, you’re likely not alone. Forgetting to properly winterize these systems can leave them in need of some serious repair—just when you have no time to spare. More

  • Virgin soybean fields need correct rhizobia.

    Planting soybeans in a prairie field for the first time requires a dose of the correct rhizobia strains to fix atmospheric nitrogen (N). That means applying a seed inoculant for at least the first three crops. More

  • New system speeds sprayer refill.

    Right now even an efficient operation needs 10 to 20 minutes to get the job done. A new system called Load Command from John Deere touts its ability to cut refilling time to just over three minutes. More

Other Stories

Farming can kill you.

In fact, farming is more dangerous than fighting. In 15 months, more Canadian farmers die in farm accidents than the number of Canadian soldiers killed in eight years of fighting in Afghanistan. More

Get organized!.

Sharing office space with other business workers or family members is challenging, but not impossible to manage, says office organizer Cheryl Joseph. If papers are getting misplaced (or preferably before that becomes an issue) she suggests adopting a “clean desk top” More

Canola growers raise the bar on yield.

Canola growers suspect that you “get out what you put in.” And one soil services company set out to confirm that belief with its yield-based King of Canola Challenge. This is the fourth year Hudye Soil Services in Norquay, SK, has challenged area growers to achieve the highest potential canola yield on a field of their choice. More

In support of winter cereals.

Two million acres of winter cereals routinely grown across the prairies is the goal of the Winter Cereal Sustainability in Action (WCSIA) program. With that objective in reach following the program’s launch last year, Bayer CropScience and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) are doubling their efforts to get the word out that winter cereals work.More