Practical Production Tips & Agricultural News - Grainews
WEBStories from our other publications. 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.
How a worldwide destructive cereal disease problem was solved in ...
WEBMay 4, 2024 · Pretty soon, in the ’70s and ’80s, I was involved in controlling sclerotinia disease of canola, blackleg of canola, sulphur deficiency in canola and, later on, fusarium head blight (FHB) in cereals. In conjunction with the late Phil Thomas, the canola specialist, we at Alberta Agriculture ran a number of highly successful disease control ...
Former federal ag minister Chuck Strahl dies at 67 - Grainews
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Grainews Staff. Published: August 16, 2024. News. Chuck Strahl, shown here speaking in the House of Commons in 2002, died Aug. 13 at age 67. Photo: CPAC video screengrab. A memorial service is planned for Aug. 23 in Chilliwack, B.C. for Chuck Strahl, the logger turned politician who served about a …
When to run the fans - Grainews
WEBMar 20, 2013 · On-farm research by Dr. Don Palmer in Saskatchewan suggests that the best time to run aeration fans is at night, when the air is cooler. But Palmer adds that fans should only be run when the outside temperature of the air is cooler than the grain temperature inside the bin, which would suggest that there are …
MacDon’s FD261 meant to feed more ravenous combines
WEBAug 28, 2024 · The FD261 allows for a maximum of 46 inches of vertical contouring at the end of the wing tips. photo: MacDon Industries. The FD261 was designed primarily for controlled-traffic farming operations that are common in Australia and South America — hence the 61-foot width. It allows one extra foot for overlap in those systems.
Deere expands customer repair capabilities northward
WEBJun 12, 2024 · By. Scott Garvey. Published: June 12, 2024. Equipment, Machinery and Shop. John Deere has expanded its Customer Service Advisor feature to Canada, which helps owners diagnose and repair problems with their machines. Photo: John Deere. As “right-to-repair” advocates have increased pressure on major manufacturers in all industry sectors, some ...
How to manage two similar livestock pharmaceuticals
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Florphenicol is a Category 3 antibiotic, so we want to use it on cattle as a first choice, as there is little crossover in human medicine. These two products have slight differences. When similar products are launched, the new soft, subtle, potentially convenient things are what may excite the vet and/or producer. ADVERTISEMENT.
A wet June turns to a hot July - Grainews
WEBAug 21, 2024 · It too liked the rain and much of it has turned into a sort of plow-down crop. Before being worked with the cultivator, most of the fields needed to be mowed first, so progress has been slow but steady. It suddenly turned quite hot and humid in July. Gregory and John did not have all the summerfallow worked for the first time, but it was time ...
Electrocuting weeds - Grainews
WEBJul 28, 2024 · A PTO-driven generator creates high-frequency AC power, fed down to a series of electrode pairs, one following the other. As one electrode contacts a weed, the high voltage passes through it and follows a return path through the soil to the following electrode. “What we do is apply two electrodes to the ground,” he adds.
Earlier-than-early seeding - Grainews
WEBFeb 8, 2024 · Early seeding of wheat is also very weather-dependent. The Goulds got some crop seeded in April 2021, then a snow storm moved through, forcing them to park equipment until the sun came out.