Cereals Canada and the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) have assessed the quality of the Canadian wheat crop and prepared the findings for global customers through a jointly released New Crop Report. According to the report, a high proportion of the 2022 wheat crop has graded in the top two grades, with high protein content across... Read More
Category: Crop Production
Several American railroad worker unions are holding firm on contract demands, increasing the likelihood of a strike some time in early December. While an official strike date of December 9 has been reported, the American Association of Railroads says that logistic adjustments and slow downs would begin as much as a week prior, as some... Read More
The annual recommended list of malting barley varieties is out, and one prominent name is off the list: AC Metcalfe. Topping the list this year is AAC Connect, distributed by CANTERRA Seeds, and CDC Fraser, from SeCan. List veteran CDC Copeland and AAC Synergy round out the list of recommended varieties. The Canadian Malting Barley... Read More
Variable rate technology has been slow to establish on a broad-scale in agriculture, but there is always more to learn about the technology and its applications. Arnold Schumann is a researcher and professor with the University of Florida and adjunct professor at Dalhousie University working on agricultural applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in berry and... Read More
How cold does it need to be to try and harvest snowed-in corn? That answer depends on the combine you're running, says Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson on this episode of Wheat Pete's Word. This week's episode also features a discussion on nitrogen management, losses, cover crop tie-up of nutrients, and an increase in fines on... Read More
Farmers looking to upgrade to a header designed to cut through tough conditions and allow for higher cutting speeds can check out the MacDon FD2 header. Wayne Krowelski, with MacDon, says the FD2 header is in full production this year after its release in 2021. He says they've reengineered several aspects of their past header... Read More
Managing nitrogen fertilizer is a balancing of economic considerations, yield goals, and environmental implications. With both increased fertilizer prices and scrutiny on N fertilizer emissions, this episode of The Agronomists tackles the loss pathways and management tools required to minimize them. Our experts for this conversation are John Heard of Manitoba Agriculture, Peter Johnson of... Read More
The Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) winner for the 2022 wheat competition topped 162 bushels per acre and achieved 87.97 per cent of potential yield potential. Coordinated by the Grain Farmers of Ontario, Michigan State University, Michigan Wheat Program, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and the University of Guelph the... Read More