It's time for the second Ontario Diagnostic Day episode of The Agronomists! For this episode, guest host Bernard Tobin (with a great hat) guides guests Horst Bohner and Albert Tenuta, both with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) on an exploration of soybean seed quality and corn leaf diseases. This episode... Read More
Category: Crop Production
Depending on the crop type, new varieties or hybrids might show up on a farm's acres nearly annually or once a decade. There's just so much riding on genetics, that it takes quite a bit for a new name or number to earn acres. Whether it's the quick turnover of corn and canola offerings, or... Read More
The Ontario Agriculture Sustainability Coalition (OASC) has released a new study that looked at the impact of the province's risk management program (RMP and self-directed risk management program (SDRM) have on Ontario farms, farm production, and the Ontario economy. OASC is comprised of the Beef Farmers of Ontario, Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association, Grain... Read More
A new certificate program offered by the University of Saskatchewan (USask) will set out to provide students the opportunity to "gain knowledge and develop experiential skills in precision agriculture by leveraging competencies from their academic discipline." Housed in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, the certificate will bring together USask students from AgBio, the College... Read More
There's a lot of moving pieces going on in agriculture right now, and one of those pieces is the international crop. Just because we are talking international, doesn't mean the crop doesn't face one of the number one issues ours does domestically — the weather. As a function of La Niña conditions lingering, Australia has... Read More
When it comes to new herbicides the product pipeline is not exactly bursting with new chemistry. This trend toward fewer new crop protection chemistries has created opportunities for a company like ADAMA Canada, which focuses its research on innovating and reformulating existing products to enhance performance and make them better. In this interview, from Canada's... Read More
If the farm is waiting for the tax filing to sort out profit and loss, decisions are being made for close to a year, and maybe more, without a full financial picture. Budgeting may be up there on the favourites list with a root canal or unclogging toilets; it's rare that someone really loves developing... Read More
On October 26th, the Bank of Canada announced a 50 basis point interest rate hike — marking the sixth raise of the calendar year. Brennan Turner, grain market analyst and founder of Combyne Ag, says because we're in an environment of high inflation, we're going to see a few more of these increases over the... Read More
How visible is grain in a grower's bin? How can they better assess grain quality and manage the investment? AGI Farmobile's Harley Janssen feels the company's BinManager automaton program provides a digital solution that allows growers to effectively tackle these questions. In this interview from the Farm Progress Show at Boone, Iowa, Janssen, vice president... Read More
Halloween may be just days away, but we're trying to make things as scary as possible around here. Want to be horrified by thistles in IP beans? What about the spectre of DON-heavy corn? Shriek at the thought of disappearing yield! That's right, this episode of Wheat Pete's Word is full of super scary agronomic... Read More