By now you've most likely seen the new seed green and white CLAAS Lexion combines that were launched in North America last year. The traditional colours offer CLAAS users a sense of nostalgia, the company says, while unifying branding. But as Eric Raby of Claas explains to RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney at Agritechnica 2019, there are... Read More
Category: Agronomy
Did you know that around 70 per cent of Canada's beef exports go to the United States? Depending that much on one market means that if there is ever an issue with the United States border crossing (hello, BSE crisis), Canadian export options become slimmer than we'd like them to be. This is why Ellen... Read More
The Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA) wasted no time in filling the recently vacated role of executive director. Tyler McCann has been chosen by the board of directors to fill the position on an interim basis, replacing Dave Carey. “CSTA is pleased to welcome Tyler McCann as interim executive director," says Georges Chaussé, president of... Read More
With no restrictions, spending $153 million seems easy. But when the task at hand is to leverage that $153 million into leap-frogging an entire industry forward, knowing where to commit that cash becomes much more complicated. Bill Greuel, CEO of Protein Industries Canada, is tasked with ensuring the federal Protein Supercluster funding is invested prudently... Read More
The Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) of the United Nations has declared 2020 the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), and it's looking for relevant human-interest stories. Calling it a once in a lifetime opportunity to "raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect biodiversity and the environment,... Read More
Doing the best job possible at seeding pays dividends throughout the year, but is planter-precision necessary for top canola yield? That's just one question research is trying to answer, not only on a trial basis but at a field level as well. Ken Coles, general manager of Farming Smarter, says it's not always possible to... Read More
The battle against weeds puts farmer against nature's innate ability to adapt and overcome. The advent of herbicides tipped the odds in farmers' favour for a time, but only until several weed species developed — and continue to develop — resistance. Dr. Hugh Beckie, a former weed scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, is now... Read More
Is there a marriage to be made between precision agriculture and strip tillage in corn? That's a question Maizex Seeds' agronomist Greg Stewart and Real Agriculture's Bernard Tobin tackle on the first episode of The Sharp Edge, a new video series debuting on RealAg, brought to you by Maizex Seeds. In the months ahead our... Read More
Weed control is often focused first on out-competing the pest. Some escape, of course, so "control" shifts to decreasing the weed seed bank. There are limited ways to eliminate those weeds with mature seeds at harvest, but recent work in Australia and here in Canada is focused on destroying weeds at the combine. According to... Read More