Making the most of insect-resistant varieties

If you plant a wheat midge resistant variety this spring, then later find your field chock full of adult midge bugs, don't panic and run for the sprayer.

1/22/2010 |

Strip tillage an alternative for row crop producers

Row crop growers who want to switch from conventional tillage without going all the way to zero-till may find a middle ground with strip tillage.

1/22/2010 |

Farm success may be only a Tweet away

Just because you live out in the sticks doesn't mean that you can't have hundreds of friends — and maybe even thousands of customers — online.

1/22/2010 |

Manure fertilizers need special management

1/22/2010 |

And the winner is…

A retractable swing auger that allows for easier unloading of hopper bottom trailers is the winner of this year's Inventor's Showcase at Manitoba Ag Days.

1/20/2010 |

Grain bags need more study

Grain bags are an appealing option to farmers harvesting a big crop. But a University of Manitoba researcher cautions they need more study. 

1/20/2010 |

Grain markets in the doldrums

Bad weather -- somewhere -- is the best chance of seeing grain prices rise, the director of weather and crop surveillance for the Canadian Wheat Board says.

1/20/2010 |

Don't split the yard

If you have a son or daughter ready to take over the farm, let them -- and move off the yard so they can move in.

1/20/2010 |

Beef industry faces ongoing challenges

Canada’s long-suffering cattle producers won’t see profitable returns until late 2010 at the earliest, an industry analyst says. 

1/20/2010 |

Prices trend sideways

Prices went up. Prices went down. Now they will trend sideways, market analyst Mike Jubinville told Ag Days Tuesday.

1/19/2010 |

Deficits threaten ALUS

1/19/2010 |

Depression on the farm

Farmers tend to do a good job looking after the farm. But who looks after the farmer? 

1/19/2010 |

Growing a bigger pie with value chains

Unlike traditional supply chains, value chains involve a high level of collaboration and co-operation between players and have the goal of increasing profits for all members.

1/19/2010 |

Cover crops make dollars and sense

1/19/2010 |