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Year: 2025
Chinese automakers have become global powerhouses making competitively-priced cars with advanced technology and electric power. That same playbook is being rolled out in the agricultural machinery market. Chinese machinery manufacturer Zoomlion made its debut at Agritechnica in Germany this week, exhibiting nine new machines and implements, including a hybrid combine harvester and a series of... Read More
Horsch is expanding its Canadian lineup with the Leeb 12TD sprayer, showcased this fall at Agri-Trade in Red Deer, Alta. After a limited rollout last year, the company plans a full launch for 2026. Horsch product manager for sprayers, Mike Wasylyniuk, says the pull-type sprayer stands out for its large capacity and shared components with... Read More
If you’ve ever wondered what Disneyland would look like for farm tech lovers, Agritechnica 2025 in Hanover, Germany, might be it. RealAgriculture caught up with Rob Saik, CEO of AgvisorPRO, as he wandered the sprawling halls of innovation, coffee in one hand, his phone in the other. From his post in the bustling Canada Pavilion,... Read More
Food and farming is facing an unprecedented tsunami of anti-science movements, misinformation, and myth-making that makes it tougher than ever to maintain and build consumer trust in the food production system. “The quacks are taking over." That's how Dr. Joe Schwarcz, director of the Office of Science and Society at McGill University, summed things up... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Dr. Jason Deveau, application technology specialist with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness, and Austin Anderson, adjuvant brand manager with Helena Products Group. They discuss extra options for the spray tank and why: adjuvants and add-ins, mix order and cautions, how products... Read More
Biological products are becoming an increasingly important tool for enhancing crop performance. Erin Burton, technical sales manager with FMC, explains that combining multiple microbial organisms in a single product can benefit both plant health and, in turn, productivity. According to Burton, combination products support two main areas of crop performance: nutrient acquisition and stress resistance.... Read More
Soybean roasters are gaining traction on U.S. dairy farms as dairy producers look for ways to improve the value of soybeans in cow feed rations. In this report from the American Dairy XPO in Vermont, Jeff Hurst from A.N. Martin Systems gives RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin a tour of the company's on-farm SoyRoaster, which produces evenly... Read More
Welcome to today’s Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio with your host Lyndsey Smith, brought to you by FMC Ag Canada! Today on the show, Smith is joined by: Andrew Geerligs of FMC Ag Canada for a spotlight interview on inoculant choices; Peter Johnson of RealAg to discuss on-farm field trial data collection, phosphorus lines,... Read More
In a very dry year, Scott Keller of Keller Farms near New Norway, Alta., is seeing impressive canola growth, a result he attributes largely to adopting controlled traffic farming (CTF) a decade ago. In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Profitable Practices series, Keller says that with less than half of normal rainfall, his soil’s ability to... Read More