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A year of mixed messages For some Canadian farmers, especially those in certain parts of Saskatchewan, it’s been a pretty wet year. For other agricultural producers, it’s been a terribly dry year. >> Read full article
It’s audit season for farmers If you're offsetting your farm income with a side business, are you properly accounting for the extra cash flow and keeping records of the extra expenses? >> Read full article
Alberta Canola Producers Commission seeks leaders The Alberta Canola Producers Commission is seeking five canola growers to serve on the board of directors for a three-year term. >> Read full article
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Straight cutting canola To swath or not to swath? That’s the question more and more farmers are asking every year as straight cut canola becomes more common across the Prairies. For Kevin Bender, who farms in the Sylvan Lake/Bentley area of central Alberta, the question was answered a long time ago. He started straight combining Polish canola back in the early 1990s but swathed his Argentine canola until 2003. “In 2003 about one-half of our canola acres became too ripe. One of the fields was really ripe and we didn’t want to swath it, so we went ahead and straight cut it. We had no choice,” says Bender. “It worked so well that it was the last year we swathed canola on our farm.” >> Learn More…
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Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show Sept. 13-15, 2016 Location: Woodstock, Ont. >> More Info
Agricultural Bioscience International Conference 2016 Sept. 18, 2016 Location: Fargo, N.D. >> More Info
Canadian Agricultural Safety Association Conference and AGM Oct. 4-6, 2016 Location: Charlottetown >> More Info