Glacier FarmMedia – With any luck, farmers will be blessed with average weather and normal field conditions this year. If prices and demand hold up, farmers don’t need more than an average crop to reap a great return. And if they are so blessed, they’ll have some pleasant but tough decisions about where to put […] Read more
How to manage high crop prices and higher interest rates
Good prices and even average crop yields should equate to profits for farmers
Editorial: Farmers will find a way
When I drove up the laneway to Adieu Farm near St. Jacob’s last month, the realization that it had been two years since I had been to any event or gathering with more than a handful of people, or stepped inside any kind of facility, hit me hard. Two years. The farm held an open […] Read more
Global instability drives crop price effects in Ontario
Potential large crop in Brazil could limit Ukraine export impact
Ontario grain and oilseed markets continue to digest uncertainty in world production and trade due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The longer the conflict continues, the less likely that Ukraine corn and sunflower planting and will occur under normal conditions. The ability to harvest Ukraine winter wheat this summer is also questionable. Ontario farmers […] Read more
VIDEO: Woolwich dairy farm bids “adieu” to memory of devastating fire
Adieu Farm rebuilds with efficiency and family future in mind
Stacy Frey received some sage advice while surveying the smoky remains of the Adieu Farm dairy barn fire on July 31, 2020. “My brother-in-law said, ‘you know, a year from now, you’ll be happy. It’s the year in between – all the planning and clean-up and everything (that’s tough)’,” said Frey. “It’s definitely true. […] Read more
China’s food goal questioned
Despite the country’s desire to be self-sufficient in agriculture, expert says it won’t happen
Glacier FarmMedia – Chinese President Xi Jinping might want to be independent of foreign food imports, but it will likely never be, says a noted China expert. “It will be very hard for him to realize, especially in the agricultural arena, where China has such a small percentage of arable land,” said Elizabeth Economy, a […] Read more
What about wheat?
Cereals Canada website resource talks up the fine points of Canadian wheat and wheat research
Glacier FarmMedia – Wheat has taken its turn as a food ‘villain.’ For instance, in the early 2010s, the book Wheat Belly by cardiologist Dr. William Davis told consumers that wheat, and in fact most grains, was a cause of the flab around their belly, joint pain, eczema, and even depression and anxiety. The book […] Read more
No bin load cells? No problem, get that weight anyway
Strain gauges can be used, along with some computer programming and smart data processing to tell what you have
Glacier FarmMedia – A French company can install a IoT (internet of things)-based product-measuring system into grain bins with legs within half an hour. Nanolike installs strain gauges into the legs of grain bins and then uses algorithms and artificial-intelligence based cloud computing to estimate the amount of product inside. A strain gauge is used […] Read more
New path to monitor soil carbon
Science Notes: Machine-learning methods meet soil hyperspectral data
Just how much carbon is in the soil? That’s a tough question to answer at large spatial scales, but understanding soil organic carbon at regional, national or global scales could help scientists predict overall soil health, crop productivity and even worldwide carbon cycles. Classically, researchers collect soil samples in the field and haul them back […] Read more
Smart, invisible fence brings precision rodent control to the farm
Ultrasonic sound waves prevent rodents from getting into buildings
Precision management on the farm may soon extend beyond growing crops or feeding livestock to also include rodent control. A Newfoundland start-up is working to bring ecoBloc to market, a smart, invisible fence that gives off high frequency ultrasonic sound waves designed to keep mice and rats away from grain and feed storages and equipment […] Read more
Long-term study shows benefits of planned rotational grazing
Planned grazing can reduce feed costs and eliminate need for fertilizer
Six years of comparison data between planned rotational grazing versus conventional grazing has produced sufficient evidence for Manitoba researchers to abandon the conventional approach in 2022. Instead, they plan to introduce a modified rotational approach on a research farm that has been conventional acreage. This should allow the cattle to help rejuvenate what is now […] Read more
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