It was a warm few days of visiting, walking around, and watching farm equipment in action, as thousands of people from the agriculture community met in a field along Highway 16 northwest of Saskatoon this week for the 2018 edition of Ag in Motion (AIM). The hot weather certainly put a premium on any space... Read More
Category: Crop Production
In any crop, it's just as important to know what is going on under the ground as it is to know what's going on above ground. In a pulse crop, it is particularly important because pulses fix their own nitrogen and you have to actually see the roots to know what is going on. In... Read More
We're nearly through the annual flight for bertha armyworm, and numbers are certainly concerning in some areas. If you've got canola headed in to podding, you need to scout — this nasty pest can cause a lot of damage in a short time. As canola moves past flowering and into podding, bertha armyworm will move... Read More
A week of spotty rain has some farmers singing and others moaning, as this challenging growing season marches into mid-summer. The questions for host Peter Johnson continue to roll in, and this week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word covers it all from plot results, to fungicide questions, to a correction, and on to grain storage... Read More
Optical sensors for selective weed control aren't new, but the technology has come a long way in recent years. A new offering, the WEEDIt system, caught farmers' attention at the recent CanolaPalooza field day event held at Lacombe, Alberta. To explain how the WEEDIt works, we caught up with Tom Wolf, with AgriMetrix. "It's an... Read More
Can you tell the difference between annual ryegrass and cereal rye? How about radish and kale? If you can't, it's time to bone up on your identification skills if you want to get serious about planting cover crops mixes on your farm, says Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs soil management specialist Anne... Read More
Every farmer doesn't need to own and operate a drone for UAV technology to have a positive impact on their farm. That's the message Scott Ditschun shares with farmers when he discusses how Bayer CropScience is employing drones in its agronomic and product research. He says UAV technology could effectively increase Bayer's field research efficiency... Read More
Some pests like it dry, some like it warm, and some need it windy to get where they want to go. And sometimes insect pests can surprise you and not nearly be as bad as anticipated. That's the story of the summer of 2018 — so far — according to Alberta Agriculture insect specialist, Scott... Read More
Clean Seed Capital Group — the Canadian company behind the CX-6 Smart Seeder — has announced a deal to acquire U.S. planter equipment manufacturer Harvest International. The company also debuted the first Clean Seed Smart Planter at Ag in Motion on Tuesday, built with Harvest International technology. "Following the granting of Clean Seed patents in... Read More
There are so many different roles in the farming and agriculture industry, it's rare to find someone who ended up in exactly the job they always thought they'd have. More often than not, a string of opportunities is presented to a person with talents and interests and the wherewithal to pursue them, and — boom... Read More