Grainews, written for farmers, and often by farmers, provides practical production tips that farmers use to get on with the day-to-day business of farming.

Nov 5, 2024 · Joseph B. Gurba, 1922-2009. photo: Alberta Agriculture What caught my attention to write up the Joe Gurba story was an unpublished paper he wrote in 2002 for a Ukrainian Association meeting, titled From Peasant Farmer to Master Farmer: The Impact of Ukrainian Agrologists on the Transformation of Agriculture in Rural East-Central Alberta.This write-up outlined the first Ukrainians to farm in ...

Dec 31, 2024 · For this forecast period, it looks like the quiet weather pattern will continue as the weather models are not showing any big storm systems impacting the Prairies. We should continue our slow cooldown with temperatures during most of this forecast period looking to be near to below average.

Sep 16, 2024 · Grainews recently spoke with several prominent seed companies about new soybean varieties they have in the development pipeline and the impact shifting weather patterns are having on their developmental efforts.. Weather challenge. Allan Froese is a soybean product placement scientist for Syngenta in Western Canada and helps oversee the company’s efforts to develop new varieties.

Jan 4, 2025 · Changes in the Prairie climate can be expected to make cropland more hospitable for the very smallest wildlife. photo: Dave Bedard The heat experienced over the past two growing seasons has certainly brought temperatures to the forefront, in terms of risk to crops.

2 days ago · Over the past 40 years, Prairie farmers have made extraordinary strides in improving soil quality. Two major reasons were the shift from using summerfallow to continuous cropping, and the shift from conventional cultivation to no-till or minimum-till farming. Farmer adoption of these improved ...

Jan 18, 2024 · Grainews provides farmers information about Cereals Guide 2023 and practical production tips that they use to get on with the day-to-day business of farming.

Jan 15, 2025 · We start this forecast period with an area of low-pressure sliding southeastwards through the southern Northwest Territories and into northern Manitoba. This low is pulling mild air northwards, which means a continuation of mild temperatures in Alberta, while Saskatchewan and Manitoba are seeing a rapid rebound from the cold start to the week.

Jan 8, 2024 · Many farmers will prefer to wait and see — which is where places like Innovation Farms come in. Enterprise Machine Intelligence and Learning Initiative (EMILI) is a Manitoba-based non-profit working to expand the business of digital agriculture in Canada.

Sep 25, 2023 · Canadian farmers are expected to spend a record $23.1 billion on inputs in 2023, so they will be looking to get the most bang for their buck when it comes to fertilizer.