While pulse market challenges haven't been grabbing headlines as much lately, there are longer standing issues with chickpea, pea, and lentil movement than say, canola's recent run-in with China. Murad Al-Katib, CEO of AGT Foods, says that there are reasons to be optimistic on pulse markets heading in to 2020, even in the face of... Read More
Category: Crop Production
Something weird is happening to our Exploding Spray Myths team. Every time Jason Deveau and Tom Wolf get close to a sensitive downwind area, or drive fast to make up for lost time, their sprayer shuts down. It's almost as if the sprayer is enforcing best management practices! Little do they know... On this all-new... Read More
The good news is tar spot — a new corn leaf disease — has yet to be found in Ontario cornfields. The bad news is it's only a matter of time before the yield robber is confirmed in the province, says Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs plant pathologist Albert Tenuta. On this... Read More
If this harvest season keeps up, Wheat Pete's Word host Peter Johnson is going to have to change his name to Corn Bjorn. Because, yes, that's nearly all he talks about in this week's edition, but we promise it's still interesting stuff, even if wheat hardly gets a mention. From what to do with high-fine... Read More
Citing the need to review new research, Health Canada is delaying the final decision on outdoor uses of all three neonicotinoid insecticides, thiamethoxam, clothianidin, and imidacloprid. While neonics originally came under scrutiny for their apparent risk to honeybees and other pollinator species, Health Canada's review findings, announced in early 2019, found only certain instances where... Read More
Less than a week after being re-appointed to lead Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Marie-Claude Bibeau headed to Regina, Sask., to meet with grain, oilseed, and beef producer groups at the 49th annual Canadian Western Agribition. "Farmers in western Canada have acquired a reputation for excellence around the world. In this year which is ending with... Read More
When you send soil samples for testing, what do you ask for? If you're following Ross McKenzie's advice, there's likely some real value in testing more than just nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and sulphur (N, P, K, and S). The former Alberta Agriculture soil scientist says it's not too late to test soil this year, as... Read More
The introduction of dicamba-resistant crops created a need for increased drift management at spraying. Enter the ultra-coarse droplet and the nozzles to create them. Pentair Hypro is one company that's designed an ultra low-drift nozzle to create ultra-coarse droplets, and it was on display at this year's Agri-Trade event at Red Deer, Alta. Brian Henderson,... Read More
One extra soybean per plant based on a population of 165 plants per acre equals one bushel. Based on that math, it only takes two or three pods per plant for growers to add six to nine bushels per acre to their harvested yield, says Veritas Farm Management manager Aaron Breimer. Throughout Ontario cash crop... Read More
In just a few days, Ontario's corn harvest ground to a halt. Not because of Mother Nature's wrath this time, but because of an abrupt end of the supply of propane that fuels dryers to dry the corn to a safe level. Barry Senft, CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario, says that the rail strike... Read More