Severe, prolonged dry conditions in southwest Saskatchewan have many growers rethinking how they manage fertility to protect yield potential and reduce economic risk. Near Hazlet, Sask., Evan Dewar of Dewar Family Farms has spent the last eight years experimenting with soil health and more specifically deep banding — placing a multi-nutrient blend as deep as... Read More
Category: Crop Production
Dust entering an engine’s air intake can quickly build up in filters, requiring operators to stop frequently to blow them out or clean them. Depending on how dry conditions are, that can mean servicing filters every day, every other day, or once a week, adding time spent on maintenance during field operations. At Agri-Trade in... Read More
The rate at which grain farming costs have escalated over the last five years is more than double Canada’s overall inflation rate, according to analysis looking at Manitoba farmers' costs. Both the Bank of Canada's inflation calculator and Statistics Canada's Consumer Price Index gauge inflation from 2020 to 2025 at around 20 per cent. However,... Read More
It’s not often Chicago Bears fans and grain market bears get to celebrate the same week — but here we are. As Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge puts it, “Bears are on a roll in lots of different facets,” following Monday's USDA report packed with downside surprises for corn, soybeans, and wheat. Seifried joined... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Dr. Yvonne Lawley of the University of Manitoba, Callum Morrison of Manitoba Agriculture, and Marty Vermey of the Grain Farmers of Ontario, to discuss a large-scale cover crop survey currently underway, five years after the first. What have we learned? How have the... Read More
Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to China this week with a contingent of Canada's political leadership, including Minister of Agriculture Heath MacDonald, Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand, Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, Industry Minister Melanie Joly, and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu. It's the largest cabinet delegation that has accompanied Carney on an... Read More
Syngenta Canada has introduced Elatus Era fungicide to help growers fight anthracnose and white mould in lentils. The company says the fungicide delivers protection against anthracnose, white mould and ascochyta blight in lentils, and gives growers a wide application window from first flower to row closure. “Anthracnose and white mould can significantly reduce yields and... Read More
Keeping product flowing evenly through an air seeder is important during seeding, but traditional blockage systems often only tell operators when flow has completely stopped. At Agri-Trade in Red Deer, Alta., RealAgriculture spoke with Dustin Weinkauf of Precision Planting about Clarity, a flow and blockage monitoring system designed to give growers a more detailed look... Read More
Editor's note: Dr. Richard Cuthbert recently resigned as senior wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He had a hand in developing many wheat varieties grown across the Prairies, having served as wheat breeder at AAFC's Swift Current Research and Development Centre since 2011. By Darcy Pawlik, executive director of the Wheat Growers Association Canada’s... Read More
The Canadian Seed Growers’ Association (CSGA) board of directors has announced a planned leadership transition, with executive director Doug Miller stepping down from his role effective at the end of March 2026, as he prepares for an international relocation with his family. Miller’s decision follows thoughtful personal consideration, and the CSGA board of directors expresses... Read More