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So long AIM — it was another good run

By Lee Hart July 24, 2017

It’s all over now except for the crying, folks. Ag In Motion (AIM) 2017 is history. And really the only crying that might be done, is by the dedicated volunteers and employees of the show who stay on the AIM grounds near Langham, SK for another 10 days to two weeks to clean up and […] Read more

(Photo courtesy ARS/USDA Northern Plains Ag Research Lab, Sidney, Montana.)

Crops, Machinery

Aerial crop sprayers grounded in Western Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 21, 2017

CNS Canada — Aerial crop sprayers are spending more time on the ground than in the air in Western Canada this season, with hot and dry weather limiting disease pressures and changing the economic threshold for insect applications. “The crops came out of the ground very aggressively and good, but there was a prolonged hot […] Read more

I wanted to give the Michelin Man a hug but there was a lineup of children. I wish people would control their kids. (Lee Hart photo)

General, Machinery

AIM for Hart, Day 2: The road to success, one scoop at a time

By Lee Hart July 20, 2017

I announced yesterday to a couple colleagues who work for the Western Producer, “We are wasting our time and energies writing stories. What idiots. If we want real financial success in life — sell ice cream.” That was my take home message from Day 2 (Wednesday) at the Ag In Motion (AIM) farm show near […] Read more

Farmers Dennis Reimer (l) and Charles Schmidt, looking for rain. (Lee Hart photo)

General, Machinery, Weather

AIM for Hart: An informative first day

By Lee Hart July 19, 2017

It’s official. If you want your province to dry out call Charles Schmidt. This climatological fact was among the many things I learned at the first day of the 2017 Ag In Motion (AIM) farm show near Langham, Sask. Tuesday (about 20 minutes from Saskatoon — the show is still running Wednesday and Thursday, so […] Read more

General, Machinery

Coming soon: AGDealerTV

By Spencer Myers July 13, 2017

AGDealer, Glacier FarmMedia’s online home for an inventory of over 30,000 pieces of Canadian farm equipment for sale, is about to both show and tell farmers more about new machinery and tech entering the market. Now in production for a launch in the near future, AGDealerTV will be AGDealer’s new video series, aiming to inform […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Hogs seen as key factor in input cost hikes

By Terry Fries July 11, 2017

CNS Canada — Canada’s Farm Input Price Index has climbed slightly for the first quarter of this year. Canada-wide, the index rose 1.3 per cent for the first quarter of this year compared to the final quarter of 2016. When comparing this year’s first quarter to last year’s first quarter, however, input prices in the […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Machinery

Toronto juice firm backed for ‘cold pasteurization’

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 10, 2017

A Toronto organic juice processor that bills itself as shunning conventional pasteurization for its products has picked up federal funding to develop a “new-to-Canada” way to extend their shelf life. The federal government on Friday announced a “repayable investment” of up to $6.3 million from the AgriInnovation program for Greenhouse Juice Co. to set up […] Read more

Speaking July 5 at the Crop Diagnostic School in Carman, Manitoba Agriculture’s Terry Buss shows a Roundup Ready 2 soybean plot dying due to dicamba drifting over from the Xtend soybean plot at left. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Machinery, Soybeans, Weather

Xtend soybeans expand options, but be dicamba-drift aware

By Allan Dawson July 7, 2017

New dicamba- and glyphosate-tolerant soybeans offer more weed control options and are another tool to address herbicide-tolerant weeds, but farmers need to take steps to avoid dicamba drift and spray tank residue, Manitoba officials say. What’s been happening in Arkansas underscores the risk dicamba drift presents. The U.S. state of Arkansas on Friday announced a […] Read more

A screengrab from a promotional video for Bayer’s Proline fungicide. (Bayer CropScience Canada via YouTube)

Crops, Machinery

Finer nozzle screens linked to Proline plug-ups

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 6, 2017

Bayer CropScience is recommending users of its Proline foliar fungicide double-check the nozzles they’re using before spraying, to avoid the “plugging issues” affecting some customers’ sprayers. The company on Wednesday reported a “small” number of cases in which farmers’ sprayers were plugging up during applications of Proline, a broad-spectrum prothioconazole (Group 3) suspension Bayer bills […] Read more

A rail car from SGCC’s fleet. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Machinery

Three shortlines to buy Saskatchewan’s grain cars

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 5, 2017

The Saskatchewan government has picked the three buyers who will divvy up its provincially-owned fleet of grain hopper cars. The province, in its March budget, announced a request for offer (RFO) for the Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation’s (SGCC) fleet of rail cars as it winds down that operation. The province said it would give “first […] Read more

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