“Curling is a huge community sport in many of the towns we do business in, bringing people together to both play and watch." - John Heimbecker, CEO
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Not all bugs are bad! Keep on the lookout for beneficials while scouting for pests. Check out this beauty Green Lacewing! Lacewing larvae will prey on aphids, spider mites, eggs, thrips, small caterpillars like diamondback larvae @FieldHeroes@ParrishHeimbeck#WestCdnAg#scout21
NOLA #potash price has jumped $20 this morning on physical which means ferts have at least doubled from last summer:
#urea - 140% higher
#uan - 125% higher
#DAP - 142% higher
#potash - 110% higher
When you go buy your inputs, don't get mad at your supplier. Not their fault.
Great update from Water Stewardship. Based on current conditions, forecasts, a variance to the restriction on winter application of nutrients has been made. Restrictions ends at midnight tonight. Nutrients can be applied beginning on March 23, 2021. https://t.co/cMsa5or3Jt
Congratulations to @ParrishHeimbeck Moosamin location, the recipient of the 2020 Retailer of the Year Award, sponsored by @Bayer4CropsCA.
Hosted at #CAARcon, this award recognizes a CAAR member location that went above and beyond to serve its customers. #CdnAg
If you wonder why your local retailer/coop changes their #fertilizer prices so often, #urea values have changed (down & up) $50 in less than 48 hours.
Trust me when I say, it is worth having conversations with them for your rough in season needs. Tough to plan in these markets.
Rise and shine! Today is #BellLetsTalk Day! Skip the snooze button this morning and join the conversation to help drive Bell donations for mental health initiatives in Canada!
Standing ovation to Dr. Don Flaten, our one & only soil fertility professor! RT if you’ve been inspired by Don as a student or farmer with his nutrient diagrams (on overhead!), practical fert. rec’s, humour, reference to MB’s “feedlot” & so much more! Happy retirement @donflaten1
A stem disease known as verticillium stripe is showing up in more canola fields across the Prairies, and harvest is an ideal time to scout for it. Learn more in this @CanolaWatch article: https://t.co/3eRMdQQGNb
#harvest2020#canola#WestCdnAg#agronomy
Image by @canolacouncil
Threshing the Brandon, Torach, Redbery wheat trial with @cgwils3 this afternoon. Looking forward to measuring results of PGR trial, Protein, yield, & VRT @farmers_edge @COREAgVirden@ParrishHeimbeck
Why seeding at “2 bu or 120 lbs” doesn’t cut it! Seeding rate for @AllianceSeed varieties SY Torach & AAC Redberry have 20lb difference based on TKW. AB Ag has a handy online calculator: https://t.co/7dr0cbDqKf @ParrishHeimbeck
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