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 […] Read more
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Forecast, flea beetles complicate canola timing
Dry conditions make ideal seeding time difficult to peg
Ag publishing house Issues Ink sold
Farms.com buys Winnipeg media company
Online ag information company Farms.com has taken another step into Canadian print media by buying ag publishing and consulting company Issues Ink. Winnipeg-based Issues Ink publishes Germination, Spud Smart, the […] Read more
Prairie dryness concerns to persist
MarketsFarm — Large areas of Western Canada remain on the dry side, with little moisture in the immediate forecasts. And while it’s still early in the growing season, the interplay […] Read more
Outlook improves for Prairies’ winter cereals
CNS Canada — Following concerns in September about seeding winter cereals in dry conditions, acres are down but crops seeded in Western Canada are doing good heading into the winter. […] Read more
Flax Council cautions on seed integrity
With the latest official acreage estimates showing a jump in flax acres across much of Western Canada, the Flax Council of Canada is urging caution. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s latest […] Read more
Prairie canola reseeding done ‘in a hurry’
CNS Canada — Farmers are reported to have mainly finished reseeding canola fields that were damaged by a frost event in the eastern Prairies in late May. “It happened in […] Read more
Dawson: Time to assess crops for frost, water damage
Each day it gets easier to assess how much damage frost and excessive moisture did to Manitoba crops over the Victoria Day long weekend. Farmers can expect their soybeans to […] Read more
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