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Always look before marketing grain

Always look before marketing grain

Look before you leap is sage advice that can be applied in so many situations. It is always good to know as much as possible about the situation you are leaping into and the risks and rewards you might encounter there.
Harvest nearing completion across SK.

Harvest nearing completion across SK.

Warm and dry weather earlier in the week allowed many producers to return to the field after several days of rain delays. Eighty-nine per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 78 per cent last week.

Agriculture This Week - Internet now major source of ag info

How producers build their knowledge base has certainly changed in recent years.
Farming for health

Farming for health

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Agriculture This Week - Pulse crops could be taking off

It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise the potential of pulse crops on the Canadian Prairies appears to finally be taking off. It hasn’t happened as fast as some, myself included, may have anticipated.
Harvest delayed by wet weather

Harvest delayed by wet weather

Wet and cool weather delayed harvest for most producers this past week, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Seventy-eight per cent of the crop is now in the bin, slightly up from 75 per cent last week.
Great stretch of harvest weather, near-average crop around most of region

Great stretch of harvest weather, near-average crop around most of region

Thanks to a several weeks of near-ideal weather, harvest had been progressing rapidly until a fairly general rain ranging from about half-an-inch to an inch-and-a-half passed through the Canora, Norquay, Kamsack, and Preeceville region early last wee

Dry year makes grazing challenge

The majority of native and tame perennial grasses in western Canada are cool season grasses. The annual life cycle of cool season grasses begins in fall rather than spring. Shoots that grew during spring and summer stop growing in fall.

Harvest still ahead of the average

Rain showers last week delayed harvest for some producers but most were back in the field within a few days.

Agriculture This Week - NAFTA negotiation bad news at home

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is once again the most contentious issue in terms of Canadian trade and that certainly includes the full range of agricultural commodities.
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