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New Forage U-Pick Selection Tool Now Available

Selecting the right forage for your farm or ranch operation can be a challenge.
 
Now producers across Western Canada have access to a new forage management tool to help in that decision.
 
Julie MacKenzie, the Forage U-Pick Project Manager,  says it's a new interactive tool for computers or mobile devices that looks at everything from forage selection to seeding rates, and weed management.
 
"We know the importance of matching forages to your field and your conditions and looking at what we've learned about forages over the last number of years.  A producer can increase production and profitability even by you know, 0.1 tons per acre, you're looking at like another 16 tons of forage produced a year."
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Iran War = “Trend is Your Friend” Short-Term BUT……

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Historically wars like the 2026 Iran war are bullish hard assets like grains, metals and energy! The funds are spooked and do not want to be short, but do they price in the news over time, similar to the Ukraine/Russian war that started on Feb. 24, 2022? A closure of the Strait of Hormuz is the key to the surge in crude oil, natural gas prices and fertilizer prices.  Grains are breaking out to new contract highs as a hedge against inflation.