Several agriculture groups are calling for an immediate conclusion of the blockades of Canada's transport and trade corridors, and for all levels of government to work collaboratively towards action on the issue. Protests have hampered or stopped the transport of fruits and vegetables, meat, food packaging, feed supplies, livestock shipments, transport equipment, and inputs for... Read More
Category: Crop Production
We often take inspiration from the social media feeds of those in our RealAgriculture community. This week, Ron Krahn, farmer in Manitoba and regular guest on the Farmer Rapid Fire, asked a great question on Twitter: Thinking about farm fuel use/storage (not because of the Ottawa truck protest/jerry can issue). ?? What % of... Read More
The Weston Family Foundation has launched a $33 million challenge for Canadian producers in an effort to spur development of long-term fruit and vegetable production. The Homegrown Innovation Challenge will run until 2028, supporting new ideas, technology, and business models that will help offset the 80 per cent of fresh fruit and vegetables currently supplied... Read More
Each week, we here at RealAgriculture choose a new question to ask in our poll. A few weeks ago, we asked which professional farmers plan to add to the farm in the year ahead. The final tally favoured a business/succession expert, but adding a marketing advisor ranked second. Brain Voth, founder of IntelliFarm Inc., isn't... Read More
Proponents of a new private member's bill that would remove natural gas and propane used on farms for grain drying and barn heating from the federal carbon pricing system are hoping it will proceed on an accelerated timeline, given the fact the bill is very similar in wording and intent to a previous bill that... Read More
The Canadian government announced Tuesday, February 8, 2022, that table potatoes from Prince Edward Island would begin moving into Puerto Rico beginning today, February 9. Potato movement from the island province to the U.S. and even other provinces has been on hold since late November, 2021, after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) stopped exports... Read More
If you've been waiting for your question to be answered by Peter Johnson, today is your day. Yes, there are some talking points in this Wheat Pete's Word, but Johnson has devoted most of this episode to Q and A! Have a question you’d like Johnson to address or some yield results to send in?... Read More
The impact of 2021's drought and heat across many parts of the Prairies continues to be a key point in conversation as we look towards the 2022 growing season. Meghan Vankosky, field crop entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) based at Saskatoon, Sask., recently spoke at Alberta's Agronomy Update to discuss the impact the... Read More
Fine-tuning nitrogen and managing lodging are two key strategies that helped earn London, Ont., wheat grower Jeff Cook a third place finish in the 2021 Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) overall yield category. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Wheat School, Cook speaks with agronomist Peter Johnson and shares how he grew 148.6 bu/ac to... Read More
The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Crops (CRSC) has published the promised white paper exploring a code of practice for the Canadian grain industry. At this time, the CRSC is not committing to moving forward with a revised code, but has compiled five key findings based on the significant feedback from the consultation that ended in... Read More