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It's less than a month until the Southwest Ag Conference! Events season is almost upon us. Our most recent digital edition is now available. If you haven't had a chance to flip through it, give it a look!
- Alex Barnard, Eastern editor
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A wet spring pushed Ontario soybean acres to a record high of 3.1 million acres seeded in 2024. With approximately half of yields reported, the provincial yield is above average at 108 per cent.
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U.S. president-elect Donald Trump still has nearly two months until he is sworn back into office, but his policy proposals have already spread concern – and plenty of action – around the globe.
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Representatives from Alberta Canola Producers, SaskOilseeds and Manitoba Canola Growers Association presented an overview of each group’s research focus over the past year and moving forward.
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Anyone who’s combined a soybean field knows the trade-off: Cut the crop as low as possible and risk damaging the header on the ground or raise the cutter bar slightly and leave some beans behind. Some studies estimate up to 20 per cent of soybean crops can be lost during harvest. University of Manitoba's Belay Ayele has an idea that might help.
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Canadian agriculture is changing. It’s an obvious statement – one of the few constants in agriculture is uncertainty. Every year has its peculiarities and differences. And I’m still new enough to the intricacies of the industry that I’m always hesitant to make sweeping statements. But even in my five years of working for this magazine, I’m seeing shifts.
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While no cover crop is a quick fix or solution to all a field's problems, when treated like specialist tools and used with defined goals in mind, they can do many things, including busting up compacted soils, boosting soil organic matter, keeping weeds down – and suppressing diseases like Fusarium root and crown rot in soybean and barley, according to an AAFC study.
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