Lee Hart is dusting off the keyboard and coming out of retirement to revive the Hart Attacks column that many Grainews readers might remember. The post Lee Hart: Out of the ashes of retirement appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsGrainews
I remain concerned about both the TSX and S&P 500 from valuation, political and economic standpoints, making it worthwhile to look also toward other countries. The post Where in the world are the best investment opportunities? appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsGrainews
Whether to buy or lease farm equipment is a crucial question, though one with no definitive answer. Let’s analyze the numbers using an example from management and accounting firm BDO. The post Is farm equipment best bought or leased? appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEquipment & Production Tips - Grainews
Earth’s air is getting thirstier — a desiccating phenomenon researchers say has increased the intensity of global droughts by 40 per cent over the past four decades. The post Western Canadian agriculture’s growing thirst appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsWeather & Production Tips - Grainews
Why would we have lodging of seemingly well-growing crops during grain formation in good moist growing seasons, in the absence of significant winds, but little or no lodging in dry or drought conditions?| Grainews
First of all: readers who have Henry’s Handbook of Soil and Water can check out pages 124-125 for a detailed discussion of water chemistry, complete with| Grainews
A rational family sitting down for a budget discussion should raise savings, reduce the risk those savings face when invested, and make a point to keep up with every twist and turn of emerging U.S. tariff and tax policy.| Grainews
If, seven years ago, you had told me all the extenuating circumstances to come, I might have been hesitant predicting what I did at the time about this model stock portfolio.| Grainews
Bill C-202 wound up pitting farmer against farmer for political reasons at a time when an unwritten law of Canadian politics remains very much in effect anyway.| Grainews
Current market turmoil is rooted in U.S. tariffs and that uncertainty cascades down to combines, harrows, tractors, trucks — you name it — leaving farmers, at the tail end of the process, cautious.| Grainews
It’s important to understand the Canadian market is largely financials, energy and mining, with a smattering of smaller tech companies and industrials. It’s impossible to build a diversified portfolio exclusively on Canadian stocks.| Grainews
Soil acidity is determined by measuring soil pH. The “H” refers to hydrogen and the “p” refers to hydrogen concentration on a negative logarithm scale| Grainews
In hindsight it may have been a bad idea for the opposition leader to borrow heavily from the playbook of a volatile, unpredictable public figure and hope that figure remained a stable and consistent friend to Canada through a Canadian election cycle. The post Editor’s Rant: A flipped script appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsGrainews
If you see Trump’s tariff war as a man-bites-dog story, you’re right. The history of U.S. tariffs is a tale of tragedy and “we shouldn’t have done that” economics.| Grainews
In my previous Grainews article, I discussed soil phosphorus (P) cycling in soil, effects of crop rotations and fertilizing on soil P, and how crops take| Grainews
To be sure, many cancers are no hot coffee burn; it’s difficult at best to assign an indisputable exact cause to cancer. Going by the jury awards against Bayer so far, though, the company may well wish it had been in the coffee business instead. The post Editor’s Rant: The coffee conundrum appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEditor's column & Production Tips - Grainews
In the context of current events, matters such as the well-being of the ag sector are discussed in this election cycle mainly in terms of collateral damage. The post Editor’s Rant: Contents under pressure appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEditor's column & Production Tips - Grainews
The case of Canada’s tariffs on Chinese EVs versus China’s retaliatory tariffs on Canadian peas and canola products will boil down to how comfortable we are as Canadians in allowing other countries to pick our losers. The post Editor’s Rant: Hew that wood, draw that water appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEditor's column & Production Tips - Grainews
Thanks to our friend and longtime contributor Elaine Froese, whose final Seeds of Encouragement column appears in this issue. It takes a special kind of person to want to help people navigate their way through conflict. The post Editor’s Rant: Thanks, Elaine appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEditor's column & Production Tips - Grainews
Surely a made-in-Canada nematicide would be a boon for Prairie soy growers before soybean cyst nematode gets any further foothold up here on the Prairies, right? Well, no. The post Editor’s Rant: No soy registrado appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEditor's column & Production Tips - Grainews
It’s not like I marked the exact date or time on the calendar, but otherwise I still clearly recall the day I officially got old. It wasn’t while having to catch my breath after taking the stairs. It wasn’t from the first time my feet got sore standing in line, being asked if I wanted The post Editor’s Rant: Get lost, grandkid appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsEditor's column & Production Tips - Grainews
It’s been a long time since I’ve watched the movie Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray plays a weatherman doomed to live out the same day over and over| Grainews
A limed acre of Prairie soil will maintain a pH increase lasting 10-15 years — maybe more.| Grainews
Up on the shelf where we keep light bulbs of assorted sizes and wattages, I just happened across an old compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) — remember, those| Grainews
“Ergot risk threatens Man., less severe elsewhere.” This title appeared in The Western Producer, Aug. 22, 2024. Let’s put that headline in proper| Grainews
There are increasing concerns about the potential effects of a proposed coal mine development in southern Alberta and the impacts selenium could have on| Grainews
Farmers are caught in a developing cost squeeze. Global oil costs are threatening to balloon from about US$80 today to over US$100 per barrel, which would| Grainews
After reading through all the stories Lee Hart has compiled for you about Canada’s latest crop of Outstanding Young Farmers, I’m more convinced than ever| Grainews
In March 1993 in Grainews there appeared a piece by a certain soils columnist titled “A Quiet Revolution in Crop Production.” It concluded that within the| Grainews
Every so often I hear about how farmers in the southern states of the U.S. will soon be growing millions of acres of canola. Of course, what would be| Grainews
They were good calls at the time. Just a few weeks ago a clutch of farm writers from across Canada converged on Glacier FarmMedia's Ag in Motion show west| Grainews
Vietnam is a fascinating country, rich with culture and history. We also visited Cambodia and its renowned ancient temples, the most famous being Ankor| Grainews
