As breeding programs continue to bring forward new pulse genetics, growers now have a wider range of varieties to choose from across peas, lentils, chickpeas, and faba beans. Farmers have plenty of combinations of yield potential, disease resistance, and agronomic traits to wade through. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Pulse School, Laurie Friesen, seed program... Read More
Category: Crop Schools
Managing crop residue is a key early-season consideration for corn growers, especially in regions where cool soils can limit emergence. Residue plays a major role in early-season corn performance, and managing it well can be the difference between even emergence and a field that struggles from the start. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School,... Read More
Whether it's a corn planter, strip tiller, cultivator or high-speed disc, running any form of tillage over a field will move both soil and the fertilizer farmers apply. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Soil School, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Agri-Business crop innovation specialist Ian McDonald compares how different tillage implements move soil and... Read More
Honey bees may not be top of mind when it comes to canola production, but they can play a subtle yet valuable role in crop development and harvest timing. While canola is generally self-pollinating, the addition of bees can help the crop pollinate more uniformly and potentially wrap up earlier, advantages that matter at harvest.... 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
When a bag of canola seed arrives on the farm, most growers glance at the tag, but few stop to consider just how much information it holds. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Canola School, BASF technical service specialist Dana Riley explains that the humble seed tag is a bit like a luggage tag at the... Read More
When drought or flood threatens forage supplies, flexibility becomes the foundation of profitability. That’s a principle Bluesette Campbell and her family have put into practice at B-C Ranch (pronounced B bar C) in northwest Saskatchewan, where rotational grazing is key to both profit and sustainability. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Profitable Practices, Campbell explains that... Read More
Butters Farms near St. Thomas, Ont., isn't your typical cash crop operation. They do grow corn, soybeans and wheat, but the diversified business also produces pumpkins, gourds and ornamental corn for the Thanksgiving and Halloween markets in Canada and the U.S. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, Patrick Butters shares how the farm's... Read More
Even the best growing season, with the best harvest, doesn’t always equate to the best profit in pulses. With China and India being major players in pulse marketing, global market forces often dictate the final price. According to Greg Bartley, director of crop protection and crop quality with Pulse Canada, much of what those markets... Read More
Corn harvest across much of Ontario is stuck in neutral as wet weather and high grain moisture levels keep combines from shifting to high gear. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, BASF Canada agronomist Ken Currah and host Bernard Tobin discuss a difficult growing season for many areas and how those conditions are... Read More