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Robert Campbell's Blog – June 2012 Archive (1)

New Holland 658, Baling Hay in Ontario Canada

Talk about 'making hay while the sun shines'. Here's a short video I shot on Saturday June 16th 2012 of my nephew Ryan baling hay with his New Holland 658 hay baler. The grass feed is a mixture of alfalfa, red clover and timothy and as such will make excellent feed for the growing numbers of cows on their feedlots.

I can remember harvesting the hay in this field in the 1970s and 80s - we used to walk behind the tractor and wagon and pitch 80 lbs bales onto the wagon…

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Added by Robert Campbell on June 17, 2012 at 9:36am — No Comments

Agriculture Headlines from Farms.com Canada East News - click on title for full story

Grain Futures Prices Move Higher.

Thursday's Closing Grain and Livestock News.

Canada Threatens Retaliation As Meat Labelling Deadline Passes

Canada is threatening possible retaliatory trade action against the United States, claiming that country has failed to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling on its contentious livestock labelling rules.

May 22, 2013 OMAFRA Field Crop Report

Most canola has been planted into warm, moist soil conditions resulting in good emergence in 5-7 days.

Ag Canada Raises Canadian Grain, Oilseed Production Estimates

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada raised its projections for production of the major grain and oilseed crops in Canada during the upcoming 2013/14 (August/July) crop year from estimates made in April.

Forage Report – May 23, 2013

First-cut forage yield expectations are quite variable, with some drier areas and winter damaged, older, and fall harvested stands showing reduced yield potential.

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