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Last week I was a guest of Bayer CropScience and attended the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. What a great opportunity to check out vacuum planters by Mo...
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I’m back after a quiet week’s vacation in the Rockies and it was a good one. Sleeping through the night with our three young children is a rarity ...
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Client and industry meetings with key discussions on sprayers, fertilizer, seed, and our high yield wheat and barley projects have been keeping me busy lately....
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I spent 4 days last week at FarmTech in Edmonton at the new Northlands venue. The show was a huge success and it was great to catch up with so many of you. I must thank my fellow N...
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I had a great time in Houston last week and was well received with my presentation on high yield malt barley production. The first four hours of talks on plan...
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I’m writing this week’s newsletter from mild and humid Houston, Texas. I was invited here to speak on high yield malt barley production at the ann...
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It’s been a busy week of grain hauling and the weather has been fantastic for it. Did you know the MD of Foremost has put on road bans? In January! Wint...
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Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were cheery and restful. Enjoying the mild temperatures on the local outdoor rink with my future NHLers was a highlight o...
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This is the 46th and final issue of Beyond Agronomy News for 2011. What a year it’s been!
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January 12 - Maximizing photosynthesis through plant architectu...
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Hello, Winter! This past week snow covered the Prairies and temperatures plummeted. We’ve almost wrapped up soil sampling and have tweaked crop plans for next year. There...
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We’ve had an incredible stretch of weather this fall and snow is likely right around the corner. I may or may not have fall clean up completed, depending on whether you a...
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This is the 46th and final issue of Beyond Agronomy News for 2011. This year is another one for the record books for yields, quality and extreme weather.
The year started off...
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I took my fifth crop off this year. It took 13 days to complete harvest between start ups, break downs, fix ups, parts runs, belts, more belts and one rain delay. I’m beg...
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Harvest progress is just about in full swing across my territory. Canola yields in the east have been exceptional with yields in the mid 50’s. Barley yields have been all...
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Producers are just starting into harvest with the majority of the peas off and a bit of malt barley. I’ve had client malt barley yields in the high 90’s and low 100...
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Harvest is quickly approaching and some of the first fields of canola are being swathed. I’d say canola swathing will kick into gear next week as will pre-harvest glyphos...
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The last seven days have been uneventful for pest patrol, thankfully. Lygus bug pressure continues to be heavy towards Calgary but very light everywhere east of Calgary. Wheat ...
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Blink. There goes three months of growing season. We’re on the down slope towards harvest and there’s nothing left now but to monitor canola for insects and wait fo...
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Last week ended one of the longest spray seasons ever for a lot of producers, including myself! It’s not often we’re still spraying fungicides on wheat at the end of July b...
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We’ve come to the end of fungicide season and it was a busy one. The majority of wheat and malt barley got an application this year. Each morning the plant leaves are soa...
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Yet another hectic week flies by with many producers pulling the trigger on late fungicide applications and some adding insecticide. There have been a few midge hot spots aroun...
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The last seven days has been full on for most producers applying fungicides in canola, peas and cereals. The weather has been less than ideal and custom applicators are falling behind....
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I’ve just about finished my first round of scouting and half way through my post herbicide checks. Everything is working well aside from a little wash off from rain and I...
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Another inch to three inches of rain fell across my territory last week which has delayed spraying somewhat. It seems like everyone is on to Liberty herbicide and can’t c...
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I must say that crops in our area look exceptional. We’ve had a good initial run at spraying the early seeded wheat and have moved on to canola. The pre-burn herbicides w...
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Another inch or so of rain fell in my territory last week. All my clients are finished seeding aside from the few acres that are still too wet to seed. Crops are off to a great...
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After a four-day rain delay, I’d say seeding is 85% complete. Some drills are starting up today or tomorrow and have switched to planting barley if that wasn’t the ...
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We made some amazing seeding progress last week with most producers catching up to about 75-85% complete. Some haven’t been as fortunate and I would say most producers ar...
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We’ve all been going great guns since last week and have made a tremendous amount of progress. Winds blowing in the 25 to 50 km/hr range every day (and night) have made i...
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The 14-day forecast calls for temperatures to rise to the mid-teens with sunny skies but turning to scattered showers next week. Three quarters of my clients have started seedi...
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Another wet snow storm ripped through last week, delaying seeding once again. As you can see by the photo, a few people are testing the waters or snow, rather, trying to get th...
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We’ve had a tremendous week of warm weather! Some of the lighter, drier ground will be planted this week just to get the drills and staff tuned up for go time next week s...
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Another six or eight inches of snow fell last week and the forecasted temperatures remain cool, hovering around zero or slightly above until next weekend. We’ll have to m...
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Who turned the season switch? It’s finally starting to feel like spring out there with water running off the fields and overnight temperatures above zero. I’d guess...
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I spent last week working on business housekeeping and attending committee meetings. We sat down as a family and went over future plans for the farm and what needs to happen th...
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It’s March 28th, there’s a foot or two of snow on the ground and the forecast is for a high of plus one. Needless to say, there hasn’t been much happening on ...
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I spent three full days in the local library last week writing my Nuffield report on controlled traffic farming which is, ah, way over due. I hope to conclude it by Friday and ...
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Last week I presented my Nuffield travels to the folks at Syngenta’s head office in Calgary. I finished the week presenting a webinar to the Farm Leadership Council about...
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The past week has been busy with fine tunning agronomy programs and seeding rates now that seed is cleaned and rotations are nailed down. We’re creeping closer to April a...
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Last week was quiet for me while I sorted out farm, personal and business books for the accountant. The best feel good news I had was how Mitch and I decided to buy out of our ...
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I caught up with colleagues at last week’s Syngenta consultant update to review the 2010 fungicide, insecticide and herbicide trials. It looks like Syngenta will be intro...
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I had a great week with clients reviewing technology purchases, openers, herbicide plans and picking up seed samples. Don’t forget to have your seed tested! Most clients, myself ...
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It’s been a busy week again with two more speaking engagements, a conference and client visits. I also had an interesting conversation with a writer from The Furrow magaz...
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I spent most of last week at the FarmTech conference and it was great to catch up with many of you. A highlight for me was the two hour debate on row spacing with the SeedMaste...
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I was a spectator at Agronomy Update in Lethbridge last week and enjoyed catching up with friends and colleagues. I’ll be sharing a few of the things I learned there with...
