That may be a worn-out phrase, but it has taken on new meaning in the past few years as commodity and fertilizer prices have fluctuated wildly. It’s that time of the year again, as we have concluded one crop year it’s already time to start preparation for the next. Soil testing plays an important role [...]
By Lacey Gerbrandt, FarmLink Marketing Advisor Farm operations are annually faced with an unprecedented level of risk. There are risks in the additional expenditures necessary to maximize yield potential, and risk involved in not marketing your crop throughout the year at the opportune times. Let’s say, for example, that you apply the necessary amount of [...]
In June of 2013, Monsanto announced their Canada Corn Expansion Project, with an investment of $100 million over the next ten years to produce corn hybrids that could be widely grown across a potential geography of 26 million acres in Western Canada. According to Monsanto’s data, this could result in an estimated annual western corn [...]
Micronutrients are essential for healthy plant growth just as vitamins are important to healthy human growth. According to the Government of Saskatchewan Agriculture, there are many factors that will affect the availability of micronutrients in the soil. Organic matter, soil texture, and soil pH, as well as soil moisture and temperature at planting, macronutrient deficiency, [...]
Glyphosate can no longer be used on it’s own. With the widespread adoption of glyphosate-tolerant canola and glyphosate- and group-2 resistant kochia, glyphosate-only control is no longer very effective. Nufarm’s BlackHawk is a great option to tank-mix with glyphosate, together having the ability to control over 15 weed varieties. BlackHawk is a Group 14 and [...]
