Articles by Laura Rance

No-Tillers Enter The Carbon Lottery

Storing carbon is becoming a value-added option for Canadian growers.

By Laura Rance posted on July 1, 2005 | Posted in Equipment

A small group of no-till farmers will become the first in Canada to be paid for storing carbon in their soils as part of a pilot project exploring ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Northern No-Tillers Fear Herbicide-Tolerant Crops May Encourage More Tillage

The hangover impact of controlling resistant volunteer plants in the future has these no-tillers worried.

By Laura Rance posted on June 1, 2002 | Posted in Crop Protection

Some zero-tillers in Manitoba are taking a sober second look at herbicide-tolerant crops and the impact they might have on the economics of their no-till systems.

Overcoming Major Food Issues

By Laura Rance posted on April 1, 2001 | Posted in Crop Protection

No-Tillers moving toward a pesticide-free production system are well positioned to tap into the rapidly growing environmental food market, a University of Manitoba agricultural economist says.

Can You No-Till And Still Work Toward Being Pesticide-Free?

A group of Manitoba no-tillers are planning to find out.

By Laura Rance posted on April 1, 2001 | Posted in Crop Protection

If there's one thing zero-till farmers aren’t afraid to do, it's trying something new. That might explain why a new pesticide-free production (PFP) system being explored by a team of Manitoba researchers is attracting so much interest from the province’s no-till farming community.

Rotating To “Cattle Feed” Pays Off With No-Till

New forage options, including “annual alfalfa,” are opening up new rotation options for cattlemen, including a reduction in weed resistance concerns.

By Laura Rance posted on April 1, 2000 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Stan Rampton once thought his Simmental cows were just a way of squeezing some productivity out of the marginal, uncroppable land that makes up about one-third of his western Manitoba land base.

Widening Rows For No-Till Small Grains

This western Canadian no-tiller shifted from 7- to 12-inch rows with no-tilled small grains, pulse crops and oilseeds.

By Laura Rance posted on September 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Bob Mcnabb's no-till wheat field just outside the western Manitoba community of Minnedosa was as lush and green as any in these parts. But there was still something noticeably different about the crop.

No-Till Helps Overcome Stressful Spring

Unusually wet conditions kept many western Canadian no-tillers from getting crops planted in a timely matter or getting them planted at all.

By Laura Rance posted on August 1, 1999 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Water Management

Scott Day seemed not to notice the pun in his words as his three-ton Chevy truck rumbled past field after unseeded field in which standing water mirrored the sky.

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