Seeding Costs – A Risky Investment
Most Canadians living on the Prairies are familiar with the busy planting season that comes around for farmers each spring. With tractors taking up space …
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Let’s Talk Farming: What’s the Scoop on Digital Ag?
Let’s Talk Farming Series Saskatchewan farmers rely on a vast toolkit of technologies to produce their crops every year. Farming practices are always changing, and …
Let’s Talk Farming: What’s the Scoop on Seeding?
Let’s Talk Farming Series Saskatchewan farmers rely on a vast toolkit of technologies to produce their crops every year. Farming practices are always changing, and …
Let’s Talk Farming: What’s the Scoop on Pesticides?
Let’s Talk Farming Series Saskatchewan farmers rely on a vast toolkit of technologies to produce their crops every year. Farming practices are always changing, and …
Improvements Needed in AgriStability Program
By: Parker Sturby, University of Saskatchewan student What is AgriStability? The Canadian government introduced AgriStability in 2007 to give producers an optional insurance plan to …
Crunching the Numbers: Farm Startup Costs
What would it take to start farming on your own in 2020? In an industry born on family, tradition, and generational transfer, many farmers have …
Large Corporate Farms Versus Small Family Farms
By Sara Ingell, University of Saskatchewan Student There is an ongoing debate in the agriculture industry between small family farms and large corporate farms. The …
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Harvest
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Phytotron Part 6: Harvest This is the sixthof a series of #LabToField blogs that will …
The Cost of Your Neighbour’s Weeds
John Deere 4730 Spraying Soybeans By: Andrew Mitchell, University of Saskatchewan Student Driving down the grid roads around our farm this summer, I couldn’t help …
Those Dang Weeds
Weeds have a large impact on farming if improperly controlled Weeds can be controlled by one of two means, cultivation or chemicals. For decades, fields …