Canadian farmers have pushed canola acreage to an all-time high while pulling back on wheat, according to Statistics Canada's seeded acreage report released June 30. While there are big questions about crop yield potential due to wet weather, the agency pegged canola area at a record 23.4 million acres, surpassing the previous record of 23.0... Read More
Year: 2026
On this episode of The Agronomists, your host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Reuben Stone of Valley Bio and Jim McComb of The Farmer's Edge Agri-Coaching to talk about establishing cover crops — largely by drone, but also other options, the role of covers and the opportunity of double cropping applying by drone provides. The... Read More
Alberta’s government has committed $7 million in 2026-27 to expand and modernize training at Lakeland College, a move it says will help post-secondary infrastructure keeps pace with growing regional workforce demand. “We are grateful to the Government of Alberta for its continued investment in Lakeland College and its commitment to strengthening the future of agriculture... Read More
Welcome to Agronomic Monday with Lyndsey Smith on RealAg Radio! Today on the show, Lyndsey is joined by Peter Johnson of RealAgriculture to talk about hail damage, too much rain and cereal leaf beetle. Also on today’s show, Horst Bohner of OMAFA joins to talk about wrestling with residue in no-till soybeans 00:00 - Coming... Read More
Bayer Crop Science has named Kacy Perry country division head for Crop Science Canada, effective July 1. In this role, she will lead more than 550 employees working at multiple sites across Canada and serves as a member of Bayer’s North American Leadership Team for Crop Science. Perry currently serves as the North America soybean... Read More
Adam Dyck, industry representative from Warburtons, has been elected as the new chair of the Cereals Canada board of directors at the Annual General Meeting held last week. Rounding out the executive committee is Josh Boersen, producer representative from Grain Farmers of Ontario, as vice-chair; Rob Stone, producer representative from Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, as... Read More
Wading through water has been the reality for much of Alberta this growing season and this is especially true for the Edmonton area, parts of which have received upwards of 17 inches of rain in June according to some farmer's rain gauges. Environment Canada has reported 10 inches of precipitation for the month of June... Read More
Canada’s Farms and Fuels Alliance (FFA) is urging the Carney government to deliver on its clean fuel commitment this summer by introducing a credit multiplier for domestic ethanol under the Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR). The coalition—representing Canadian corn farmers and ethanol producers—continues to warn the Carney government that subsidized U.S. imports are crushing the domestic... Read More
The Canadian crop protection sector is seeing a shift in product availability as European companies expand their footprint into North America. Navigating the balance between brand-name consistency and cost-effective management remains a priority for progressive producers looking to optimize their input strategies. Lyndsey Smith spoke with Tom Staples, Chief Commercial Officer with Life Scientific, to... Read More
Welcome to RealAg on the Weekend with your host Shaun Haney! On this week’s edition of the show, Haney is joined by Kristjan Hebert of Fairlight, Sask., and Kresten Jorgenson of New Brigden, Alta., to take a look at this year’s growing season, plus Justine Hendricks of Farm Credit Canada is on to discuss the... Read More