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Dec 20, 2024 · Quoted basis levels varied from location to location and ranged from C$61.30 to C$87.40 per tonne above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between the U.S. dollar denominated futures and …

Jan 16, 2025 · Glacier FarmMedia — Tom Wolf, a research specialist at Agrimetrix, shared some of the spray drone research he and others in the subject area have done at the Nufarm Information Theatre during the Western Canadian Crop Production Show Jan. 15. While the use of spray drones for chemical application is still illegal in Canada, research on how to use them efficiently and effectively is ongoing.

Reading Time: < 1 minute “…a renowned annual gathering of professionals in the industry. It brings together experts, leaders, and innovators from around the world. This year we have assembled a group of speakers who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to address various challenges and issues affecting Manitoba’s pork industry.”

Jan 6, 2025 · Country Guide associate editor, April Stewart, sat down with Evan Shout, a.k.a. the Farmer Coach, for his thoughts and top tips on how farmers can prepare to make decisions not only for the coming year but for the next decade. Below is an excerpt from the podcast (edited for clarity). Country Guide: As we both know, farming is a complex business full of daily decisions, the results of which ...

Jun 10, 2024 · Kelly Dobson. photo: Supplied “Most people have an unspoken, unconscious belief that we can’t change and grow,” Dobson continues. “That is scientifically incorrect…

Dec 30, 2024 · CG spoke with two farmers expanding their operations across provincial borders and hundreds of kilometres away.. 6. The uneasy middle. Canada’s mid-size farms are under pressure. But don’t write them off quite so fast — at least not all of them. 7. Seven trends in agriculture for 2024.

Dec 24, 2024 · For this forecast period, the weather models have been bouncing back and forth between a return to cold weather after a brief mid-week warmup or a return to the mild weather pattern we saw during much of December. The models have been slowly converging towards the milder solutions, but at this point confidence in the second half of this forecast period is low.

Sep 14, 2016 · Each provincial agriculture department lists all it calculators on a single page — to find these visit the home page for each and search for “calculator” or the name of the specific one listed (you can also use the links to each provincial agriculture website provided below).We’ve grouped them in four categories — crops, livestock, nutrient management and financial management ...

Nov 26, 2014 · American farmers have also increased borrowing, although not nearly to the same extent as Canadian farmers. Total U.S. farm debt grew by roughly five per cent a year from 2003 to 2009, a pace that is very similar to the rate at which debt increased during the boom years of …