Crop scouts and farmers are using imagery drones for early season weed and crop scouting, and drones are becoming a reliable tool for quickly and efficiently identifying problems in the field.

The proper management of nutrients is fundamental to effectively use manure and reach the highest cost-benefit.

Discover how selecting weed-competitive varieties, testing soil and irrigation water, adjusting soil pH, monitoring plants, controlling weeds and timing your harvest can have a significant impact on forage quality.

Following the historical high prices of 2021 and 2022, fertilizer prices significantly declined in 2023 as supply chain disruptions eased. This trend largely continued into 2024. While prices have stabilized, they remain elevated compared to pre-pandemic levels.

As winter approaches, the challenges associated with cattle manure application become more pronounced. Adopting best practices that maximize nutrient utilization and safeguard water resources is crucial. What follows are critical considerations for cattle manure application in the winter.

Manure is a gift and a curse for dairy farmers. It becomes the dark cloud for dairy operations, being the source of time constraints, nutrient runoff and financial strains. Finding methods and approaches that bring consistency and flexibility to applications is often hard to find. That was, until conservation agriculture.

It may seem simplistic to analogize soil with a checkbook, but it works and is more apt than perceived. Matter can be neither created nor destroyed. It’s a simple truth that drives everything in the universe and holds true in the soil as it does in the cosmos – giving rise to the soil nutrient balance.

Three anaerobic digester operators discuss how their systems complement dairies operations and how they up the value of their farms. 

Integrating biogas plants into Canadian dairy production has emerged as a transformative solution that not only addresses environmental challenges, but also establishes a circular economy within the dairy farming system.