From the dreaded aphanomyces (hard to say, harder to control), to the potential of soybeans, fall weed control options, and on to delicious sounding diseases of fabas, Sherrilyn Phelps, agronomy lead for Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, has so much to cover in this week's RealAg LIVE! segment. Host Shaun Haney and Phelps also discuss some of... Read More
Category: Cover crops
They don't call him Wheat Pete for nothing. It's September and that means it's time to talk about wheat, wheat, wheat. In this week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson is answering the most timely questions regarding the winter wheat crop, choosing seeding rates, the importance of seed treatments, and so much more.... Read More
Does southern Alberta ever get wind? Hmm, is rain wet? Leaving bare ground exposed to wind erosion in southern Alberta just doesn't seem like a good idea, says Peter Johnson, host of "Wheat Pete's Word." Johnson and RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney talked through an agronomy problem sent in by a listener earlier this week.... Read More
It’s time for Day 4 of the virtual Ontario Diagnostic Days! This week we focus on soil snippets — a series of soil management insights delivered by a host of Ontario soil researchers, agronomists, and extension specialists. The lineup includes Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs soil management specialists Anne Verhallen and Sebastian... Read More
Who wants to learn a new weather term? Get on in here for this week's Wheat Pete's Word where — unfortunately — we learn there is a specific term for an inland hurricane. Also in this week's episode, host Peter Johnson is talking cover crop adoption and cover crop options well into the fall, where... Read More
The wheat is coming off, and the number of drills out in Ontario fields planting cover crops is astonishing. There are clouds of dust everywhere — from a twenty-foot drill seeding oats, to a floater broadcasting cover crop seed with the fertilizer, Ontario farmers are adopting cover crops in a big way. Many think every... Read More
Every corn plant doesn't make a cob, every cob can add extra rows, and nearly every kernel can be pollinated...or not. Each of these yield estimate factors are impacted by different management, explains Greg Stewart, agronomy lead for Maizex Seeds, in this Thursday edition of RealAg LIVE! Of course, Mother Nature has the final say,... Read More
There comes a time when the questions, comments, and follow ups become so numerous, you've simply got to dive in and start handing out answers. For this week's Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson is taking the "Farmer Rapid Fire" approach and answering as many listener questions as possible in 16 short minutes. In this... Read More
Sometimes, when you're doing things a little differently, you just have to build what you need instead of buying it. Greg Vermeersch and his team at VanMeer Farms at Courtland, Ont., modified a planter frame to custom build a 32-row strip-till unit. It's a fair bit of engineering, and on this episode of The Sharp... Read More
Are Ontario farmers doing a better job of getting phosphorus to stay put on their farms? Over the past decade, farmers, agronomists, researchers and governments have ramped up efforts to reduce the amount of phosphorus leaving farm fields and creating environmental challenges in areas such as the Lake Erie and Sainte-Claire watersheds. University of Waterloo... Read More