2021 will certainly be remembered for the drought in Western Canada, but there were other factors, such as late frost, damaging winds, and new pests that also challenged the soybean crop on the eastern side of the Prairies. Despite all of those stresses, there was still a crop to harvest in most cases, with yields... Read More
Category: Crop Production
The federal government is providing up to $5.1 million in financing to help an oat plant near Altona, Man. set up a first-in-Canada oat kiln for processing oats into food ingredients. Winnipeg South MP Terry Duguid announced the repayable contribution for Buffalo Creek Mills in a virtual press conference on Monday. The funds, which come... Read More
Last winter, a draft of a code of practice for Canadian grain farmers created significant push-back from growers. Following a consultation period, the majority of feedback was "unsupportive" of the code, as written. The feedback provided pushed the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Crops (CRSC) to take a step back, and further dig in to the... Read More
The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is proposing to update producers’ access to grain grading dispute resolution, commonly known as “Subject to Inspector’s Grade and Dockage.” Comments will be accepted on the new rules until midnight on February 28, 2022. If a producer disagrees with a Canadian Grain Commission-licensed primary elevator’s assessment of their grain, they... Read More
A research scientist known for his cropping systems research and extension work with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) will have his first court appearance in Swift Current on December 13 following a major RCMP investigation that resulted in his arrest more than two years ago. Yantai Gan was arrested on November 19, 2019 following a... Read More
Raymond and Tracey Bredenhof, of R&T Poultry and Bredenhof Hops at Abbotsford, B.C. are one of the two winners chosen as Canada's Outstanding Young Farmers for 2021. The Bredenhofs operate a 40,000 broiler per cycle chicken operation in the Fraser Valley. Poultry farms are quite common for their area, but what's less common is growing... Read More
Using surveys and science to detect regional pathogens aren't new methods to detect diseases in pulse crops, but how are our U.S. pulse crop growing counterparts dealing with the diseases present in their areas? In this Pulse School episode, Lyndon Porter, research plant pathologist with the United States Department of Agriculture, joins Kara Oosterhuis to... Read More
What drives demand for sustainably grown soybeans? Is there a need for a sustainability program for Canadian grown soybeans and what would that look like? It's not just identity-preserved value chains that are seeing an increased demand for record keeping and assurances, says Brian Innes, executive director at Soy Canada. "What we're seeing is the... Read More
With high fertilizer prices heading into 2022, corn growers can't afford to over-apply nutrients. But they also can't risk losing money by shorting the crop of its fertility needs. On the season-ending episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School for 2021, University of Guelph associate professor Dr. David Hooker returns to comment on this conundrum and share... Read More
Both of CNH Industrial's agriculture brands — Case IH and New Holland — have announced new partnerships with MacDon Industries that will see the Manitoba-based harvesting equipment manufacturer build co-branded draper headers for their respective combines. Case IH says the new line of draper headers for its Axial-Flow combines will be available to order from... Read More