What’s New in Weed Control Research?
By Tom Wolf If you want to know more about the future of weed management, it’s sometimes instructive to look at scientific weed science society annual meetings. Most relevant to Canada are two societies: the Canadian Weed Science Society (CWSS), covering all of Canada, and the North Central Weed Science Society (NCWSS), covering the midwestern U.S. and Canada. These societies…
Proactive Management on the Farm
By Becky Zimmer The fact that farming comes with risk is an obvious understatement, especially as farms continue to grow in size. The total number of farms in Canada has gone from 246,923 in 2001 to 189,874 in 2021, a reduction of over 57,000 farms in 20 years, according to Statistics Canada. In the same data set, the only individual…
A Clear Road Map – and Beyond
By Nerissa McNaughton Over this series, you met Derryn Shrosbree, the man behind the mission to ensure farming families never have to endure the heartache he did when a lack of continuity planning tore him and his siblings apart. You learned manageable, actionable steps to secure your legacy now, and ways to ensure the family farm produced generational wealth, even…
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Spring Burn-Off and Pre-Emergent Herbicides
By Lisa Kopochinski With the goal of “cleaning the slate” by killing early…
Raising Breeding Standards for Heifers
By Angela LovellLance and Karyn Neilson had always thought there had to…
Intercropping Warrants More Research
This year, I experimented with a quarter section of chickpea/flax intercrop. Unfortunately,…
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Virtual Fencing Comes to Canadian Ranches
Jaclyn De Candio Not too long ago, virtual fencing was a pie-in-the-sky idea with few practical applications and little proven value. Today, this technology has found a home in Western…
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