Beyond Chemicals: Building a solid weed management strategy
The seed is in the ground and the crop is starting to emerge, but along with it weeds that cause you headaches every year. Herbicide expert and farmer Brett Jans says staying on top of weeds in the crop goes beyond the chemicals, and [Read More]
How to Keep your Seeder in Good Working Order
Keeping your seeder in tip-top shape to ensure you have little interruptions during seeding is important from both a time and money perspective. Planting 2021 will be in full swing on many farms now very soon, if it isn’t already. Murray Soanes, Technical Service and [Read More]
Building a Relationship with your Seed Rep Equals Better Crops
What’s your process for buying seed? It should be more than just getting your seed salesperson on the phone once a year to make an order. Greg Stamp is the Seed Sales Manager for Stamp Seeds, a family-run seed farm in Enchant, Alberta. [Read More]
Managing Mycotoxins, Molds and Insects in your Bin
Our last article on Mycotoxins (cxn360.ca/blog/mycotoxins-in-feed-grain/) explored what mycotoxins are, how they form, how to manage them, and signs to watch for in livestock if this toxic substance is fed to them.Today we delve deeper into proactively testing for mycotoxins and managing infected grain storage with [Read More]
Know What You Grow: Mycotoxins in Feed Grain
Mycotoxins from feed grain can be detrimental to the health of livestock. Whether you are keeping the grain for your own livestock or selling it to another farmer or feedlot, knowing what shape your grain is in is an essential part of your grain marketing [Read More]
Land Rental Agreements 101
Ensuring you have the details If your grain marketing plan this year includes adding more farmed acres to your operation through rentals, you better make sure any agreement is down on paper. Whether it’s land rent or grain sales… “A handshake deal [Read More]