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Terry Aberhart discusses variable-rate fertilizer application in comparison to flat-rate application in a hard red spring wheat crop in a 2012 video. (AberhartFarms.com via YouTube)

Variable rate application good for soil, farmers’ bottom lines

By Glen Hallick June 29, 2019

MarketsFarm — For Saskatchewan farmer Terry Aberhart and research scientist Alan Moulin, variable rate (VR) application is a no-brainer. In representing Sure Growth Solutions Inc. at the Global Cash Crop Conference in Winnipeg on Wednesday, Aberhart explained the cost savings farmers can achieve by applying different amounts of fertilizer. “The mentality is, if you want […] Read more

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Grow facilities now required up front for new cannabis producers

By GFM Staff, GFM Network News May 9, 2019

Growers and processors seeking federal licenses to produce and/or process cannabis in Canada will now have to have their proposed sites “fully built” before they even apply. Health Canada announced Wednesday that the change takes effect immediately, saying it would better line up the cannabis sector with the approach the department already follows for approvals […] Read more

(Screengrab from Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation video via YouTube)

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Ontario watershed study shows overapplication of phosphorus

By John Greig June 1, 2017

Farmers in one Huron County, Ont. watershed are applying almost exactly the nitrogen needed by their crops, but more than 30 per cent more phosphorus than is needed. University of Guelph researchers reached the conclusions by analyzing multiple years of data collected by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority during in-person interviews with farmers in the […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures jump on hopes for US export demand

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Variable rate application good for soil, farmers’ bottom lines

Grow facilities now required up front for new cannabis producers

Ontario watershed study shows overapplication of phosphorus

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