It’s a rollercoaster of weather and agronomy challenges this week on Wheat Pete's Word! From northern Saskatchewan’s wildfires to Kentucky’s record rainfall, Peter Johnson shares insights and tips to keep you informed and proactive in these unpredictable times. Have a question you’d like Wheat Pete to address or some field results to send in? Agree/disagree... Read More
Category: Crop Production
It may be early in the season, but don’t let that fool you; what’s happening (or not happening) in your canola fields right now could shape the entire crop. From crusted soil to cutworms and everything in between, early scouting offers the first clues to what’s really going on below the surface. In this episode... Read More
Increased horsepower, improved automation and more technology are three of the key features John Deere is touting with the launch of its new F8 and F9 Series self-propelled forage harvesters. “A higher-quality forage output with more power, more precision and more uptime, that’s the focus of the new forage harvesters for our customers,” says Bergen... Read More
There's a reason it's called the yellow death: stripe rust can spread quickly and kill off huge sections of a wheat field. Even after an effective fungicide application, the yellowing will continue to expand for a few days while the product takes effect. It's this aggressive spread pattern that has Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson warning... Read More
The easiest and most effective way that plants take up nutrients is through roots; however, nutrients in the soil can be positionally unavailable, deficient, or tied up. When that happens, foliar applications of some nutrients can be beneficial, but not all nutrients and not all the time. To delve further into foliar feeding, this episode... Read More
Tissue testing and foliar feeding can combine to help growers fine-tune in-season fertilizer applications to meet the needs of a growing corn crop. But how do the characteristics of individual hybrids influence the fertility rates growers need to apply? On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, host Bernard Tobin catches up with PRIDE Seeds... Read More
The wildfire season has started early and aggressively in Canada's west and north. The immediate danger is to those under evacuation order, of course, but the wide-spread smokey conditions also impact air quality and crop yield, too. Overcast conditions, including smoke-filled skies, do lower the amount of sunlight that crop leaves intercept, and that can... Read More
The calendar is turning to June after a stretch of cool and wet weather has many Ontario soybean growers waiting for seeds to emerge, while others are still looking for an opportunity to plant the crop. What are the prospects for those struggling beans? How much yield potential remains for beans yet to be planted?... Read More
Cleanfarms, in collaboration with the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD), is launching a five-year pilot program to support farmers in the Fraser Valley in recycling bale wrap and silage plastics. The project will start this year and run until 2029. Leveraging experience in preparation and collection of agricultural plastics for recycling, Cleanfarms is launching this... Read More
Think verticillium stripe is just a Manitoba problem? Think again. This increasingly common disease is spreading west, and by the time you spot symptoms, the damage is often done. In this episode of the RealAgriculture's Canola School, Jeanette Gaultier, technical service specialist with BASF, discusses where verticillium is showing up and what can be done... Read More