There are a lot of concerns in the pulse market at the moment. Things such as competition from the Black Sea region, and what's happening with the election in India, can keep farmers up at night. While you have one eye on the markets, it's also important to keep the other on agronomy. This is... Read More
Category: Crop Production
Canadians are set to celebrate Canada's Agriculture Day February 12, with gatherings, conferences, celebrations, and sharing what's happening on the farm. The day is all part of the "share our story" philosophy — that agriculture's customers have simply lost touch with how food is grown and produced, and that if farmers share more, they'll earn... Read More
AAC Elie lets you rest easy, no matter what Mother Nature sends your way. AAC Elie is a high-yielding, strong strawed semi-dwarf CWRS variety with good resistance to fusarium headblight. Since its launch in 2014, AAC Elie has provided western Canadian wheat growers with consistent yield performance across all production zones, weather conditions, and management... Read More
The U.S. government shutdown meant grain markets missed out on a few months of WASDE reports. With a return to at least some capacity, the USDA released a much-anticipated WASDE on Friday. To run through what few surprises were included in the latest report, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney calls on Ted Seifried, vice president... Read More
Winter grower meetings are a good place to get in out of the cold, see some neighbours, and find out what's new in agronomic research. It's also a good time to get a bead on the markets – what should you be doing with the crop you just harvested and when should some of next... Read More
For people who play the stock market, an opportunity to cash in on an 826 per cent return on investment doesn't come along too often. But Ontario farmers can realize this type of return every time they apply herbicide in corn fields that experience intense weed pressure, says University of Guelph weed scientist Dr. Peter... Read More
John Guelly, farmer from Westlock, Alta., was recently elected chair of the Alberta Canola Producers Commission (ACPC). He has become known in some areas as "Mr. Clubroot," largely as a result his work to remove the stigma from having clubroot, and being the founding member of Clubroot Anonymous. He recently sat down to talk with... Read More
As we march in to February, Peter 'Wheat Pete' Johnson is busy making the rounds at the winter conferences: from FarmTech last week in Edmonton, to Ontario Soil and Crop's AGM at Kingston this week. In this episode of Wheat Pete's Word, Johnson shares some of what he's heard on the show circuit, as well... Read More
A decline in total crop stocks occurred for the 2018 crop year for all commodities, except for canola, according to a recent report from Statistics Canada. The report, released Tuesday, covers ending stocks to December 31, 2018. Canola ending stocks sat at a record-high 14.6 million tonnes, an increase of 4.9 per cent from 2017.... Read More
The Ontario Soil Network (OSN), a farmer-led extension effort, now has a second group of 40 farmers from across the province who will work to adopt and promote soil-building best management practices. The group kicked off the two-year peer-to-peer knowledge exchange in Kingston last month. Framed as a leadership challenge, the participants seek to increase... Read More