Deere & Company is making another investment in precision planting technology. On the heels of announcing the acquisition of European planter manufacturer Monosem, Deere has signed a deal with Monsanto-subsidiary The Climate Corporation to buy its Precision Planting LLC equipment business and offer near real-time wireless connectivity with Climate Corp's proprietary Climate FieldView platform. “To... Read More
Category: Crop Production
Grain Farmers of Ontario has decided to appeal the Ontario Superior Court decision denying its request for a stay of the province's new seed treatment regulations, which limit the use of neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seed. GFO submitted a motion to the Ontario Divisional Court on November 3 to have the request reviewed. The organization... Read More
Harvest is in the homestretch and it’s time for farmers to start thinking about how the precision agriculture data they’ve accumulated can help build a winning strategy for 2016. In this Corn School episode, AGRIS Co-operative agronomist Dale Cowan looks at how farmers can combine performance data and field observations to diagnose issues that contribute... Read More
Deere & Company has announced a deal to acquire precision planter manufacturer Monosem, including the European company's four facilities in France and two in the U.S. "Through this action, we continue to build on our leadership position in precision agriculture," said John May, Deere's president of Agricultural Solutions and Chief Information Officer, in a statement... Read More
This year's corn crop is barely in the hopper, and it's already time to make decisions about what to plant next spring as seed companies offer early booking discounts for next year's acres. Do you decide to go with tried-and-true, or the newest star variety that looked really good in your neighbour's plots this year?... Read More
15 degrees Celsius or cooler. That's where temperatures should be at in stored grain to prevent an insect infestation. "The key is if you can get your grain temperature down to plus-15 as quickly as possible, any bugs that are in there will not be feeding and will not be reproducing," explains Blaine Timlick, stored... Read More
Crop Production Services is releasing a canola variety it says offers the "first true" multigenic resistance to clubroot disease, including the new 5X pathotype found in Alberta. The Proven Seed-brand variety PV 580 GC was formally registered on October 23. “The CPS Canadian Research and Development team has invested heavily in discovering and breeding new... Read More
When AGCO set out to build a rear steer option for the Hesston WR9800 windrower, it had western Canadian farmers in mind. At the recent Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, AGCO Hay and Forage Marketing Manager Kyle Kitt told Real Agriculture that its RearSteer design option was really driven by canola growers and grain... Read More
Hang on? Twice in a week? Didn’t we hear from Wheat Pete already this week? Yes, in the Special Edition of the Word published on Wednesday, Peter focused on Ontario’s new neonicotinoid seed treatment rules. In this more-regular update, he digs into some of the issues and questions coming up in the last week. Enjoy!... Read More
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are studying whether single kernel sorting technology is effective for salvaging fusarium-infected wheat, and ultimately, reducing the amount of waste in food production. Since acquiring a Swedish-made near-infrared seed sorter known as the BoMill TriQ in 2012, U of S researchers working together with the Canadian International Grains Institute... Read More