Double nozzles are necessary to get the best possible coverage of a vertical target, true or false? Turns out, the answer is more likely that third option — the dreaded "it depends." In this Soybean School episode, Real Agriculture's Bernard Tobin is joined by Jason Deveau, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food spray specialist to... Read More
Category: Crops
It looks like Ontario's corn crop will not see the shrinking acreage that many predicted as planting drags into June. That's the word from Brian Hall, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food's canola and edible bean specialist. Hall reports that the consensus coming out of a meeting of agronomists from across central Ontario this week... Read More
How close did you get to achieving the soybean plant density you were aiming for? What's the yield potential of the stand you have? The only way to get a bead on those answers is to get out and scout the soybean stand early in the season — at about the first trifoliate stage. How... Read More
A drawn out start to the growing season doesn't necessarily mean a drawn out growing season. Warm days with plenty of sun and mean growing degree days accumulate quickly, sending crops through their growth stages quickly, if the moisture is there. Wheat, and in this case winter wheat, can at times throw a curve ball... Read More
The first few weeks' of crop growth are critical for two things — one, evaluating your seeding or planting pass; and, two, providing timely protection for the crop at its most vulnerable stage. In this special version of the Agronomy Geeks podcast, I'm joined by Brunel Sabourin, agronomic advisor with Cargill based at Morris, Man.... Read More
Few crops are hyper-competitive right off the start. A cool spring can also mean that the crop you want to take off doesn't, and the weeds get a head start. This is especially true of winter annuals which begin growing as soon as the snow recedes, but also applies to spring germinating weeds as well.... Read More
There's a right way and a wrong way to get rid of treated seed. Using up most of what you have is a logical first step, but even the few kernels left in bins, trucks or augers could cause you major headaches down the line. Canada's grain handling system has a zero tolerance level for... Read More
We've finally got a crop up in Western Canada, but as soon as those tiny canola plants emerge the attacks begin. Seedling blights are one concern at the establishment phase, but flea beetles can be a huge threat to the canola crop. In this episode of the Canola School, Lyndsey Smith is joined by Canola... Read More
Just when you thought Canola School and Canola Watch couldn't get any better, we go and combine the best of both worlds in this audio version of the Canola School! That's right, in this episode of Canola School, Real Agriculture editor Lyndsey Smith is joined by Canola Watch editor, Jay Whetter, to talk about at... Read More
In 1996, Jacob van der Schaaf, a Dutch immigrant to Canada, and his daughter Angela Santiago planted a small, one-acre plot of potatoes just outside Edmonton, Alberta. It was an experiment meant to test the waters of the potential potato market in Alberta, and was obviously an overwhelming success. Today, Jacob runs Tuberosum Technologies and... Read More