Next August, Ontario Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs) will have an opportunity to write an exam that will grant them a new 4R Nutrient Management Certification. The new certification will be based on the 4R nutrient best management practice philosophy – Right Source, Right Rate, Right Time, Right Place – and is designed to enhance CCAs’... Read More
Category: Agronomy
Dow AgroSciences' new Enlist Duo herbicide remains available in Canada after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's move to withdraw its registration this week, according to Dow AgroSciences Canada. "Enlist Duo continues to be available in Canada for its registered uses," said a statement from the company on Wednesday. Dow also expects the EPA will issue... Read More
It’s no surprise that this week’s Word with Peter Johnson, resident agronomist for RealAgriculture and host of this weekly podcast, starts with wheat. Johnson also takes us through question submissions surrounding soybean research data, red clover pricing, volunteer soybeans, wireworm control and erosion. Have a question or feedback for Wheat Pete? Call 1-888-746-3311, send him... Read More
In recent years, the conversation around harvest management has heated up, with the inclusion of a debate that centres around straight cutting versus swathing. But, says RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney, "debate is the wrong word." "We get trapped into this all or nothing scenario — it's sort of like tillage versus no-till — right? You're either... Read More
Sugar beet harvest has traditionally required a high number of workers and machines, but that's changing with innovation in machinery, including the design of self-propelled sugar beet harvesters. Grimme's special edition Blackhawk Rexor beast was on display at Agritechnica — the world's largest ag trade show in Germany earlier this month. Don't Miss TechTour LIVE... Read More
The Great Lakes Agricultural Stewardship Initiative (GLASI) has new application rules, deadlines and funding levels to better help farmers take advantage of the program. GLASI is targeted to farmers in the Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair watersheds, and Lake Huron’s southeast shores watershed, to help implement Better Management Practices (BMPs) that reduce phosphorus loading... Read More
Wow, what a fall. The warm, dry weather has been great for Ontario’s wheat crop, as Peter Johnson (aka “Wheat Pete”) highlights in this week’s Word. From there, our resident agronomist at RealAg gets into high input corn yield results, late nitrogen application in corn, N credits from clover and pricing dairy silage on feed... Read More
Dry summer conditions and a fall with off-and-on-again moisture have seed samples showing less disease than the past few years, overall, but perhaps a few extra issues with germination. "What (late season moisture) is causing is pre-sprouting," says Holly Gelech with BioVision Seed Labs. "One of the critical factors that growers should be considering is... Read More
Did you till soybean stubble this fall? If you have, you’re driving Peter Johnson nuts! In this Soybean School episode, RealAgriculture’s resident agronomist confesses that the only problem with the tremendous Ontario fall weather is it gives farmers too much time to till. Wheat Pete says farmers should be inspecting their soybeans fields to see... Read More
Peter Johnson was practically giddy as he walked through wheat fields on a beautiful November day near Woodstock, Ontario. “We’ve got big acreage of wheat and big yield potential. How could Wheat Pete be any happier,” pronounced Real Agriculture’s resident agronomist as he digested the fact that Ontario farmers have planted almost 1 million acres... Read More