The Canadian Barley Research Coalition and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are teaming up to develop new barley varieties to help ensure the long-term competitiveness and sustainability of the crop in Canada. The partners have entered into a new Core Barley Breeding Agreement, which will see the CBRC commit $1,148,900 over three years to support the... Read More
Category: Crop Production
As breeding programs continue to bring forward new pulse genetics, growers now have a wider range of varieties to choose from across peas, lentils, chickpeas, and faba beans. Farmers have plenty of combinations of yield potential, disease resistance, and agronomic traits to wade through. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Pulse School, Laurie Friesen, seed program... Read More
What do you get when you cross a robot with a hopper and openers with a penchant for killing weeds? Why, the FarmDroid FD20, of course! RealAgriculture’s Amber Bell caught up with Mark Weber of Frontlink Inc. to discuss the FarmDroid FD20 at Agri-Trade in early November. Weber says the FD20 is the world’s first... Read More
At a time when farm finances are under pressure, the pace of agricultural innovation continues to accelerate. That balance between the economic realities farmers face and the long-term need for new technologies is a focus for Neil Bentley, vice president of market management at BASF. Bentley oversees North American strategy across crop protection, seeds and... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Jonathan Zettler of Fieldwalker Agronomy and Laird Lampertz of Pitura Seeds to discuss choosing and varying seeding rates based on soil limits or possibility, ROI, yield maps and more. What can the software/equipment do? What are the limits? How do we decide how... Read More
Gerard Grubb is determined to find the most profitable nitrogen rates for growing corn on his Mildmay, Ont. farm. Grubb says the farm, which has been no-tilled since 2000, has the potential to yield 250 bushels per acre, but he's not chasing the highest yield; he wants to dial in his nitrogen rates to produce... Read More
Agrimatics has launched an input-tracking tool called Libra Plant, an app-based solution to help farmers keep a closer eye on what’s going into their fields in real time. Libra Plant is designed to work with seed tenders, drills, and spreaders by tying into the existing hardware on farm equipment, Mitch Dunn says. “Libra Plant is... Read More
Managing crop residue is a key early-season consideration for corn growers, especially in regions where cool soils can limit emergence. Residue plays a major role in early-season corn performance, and managing it well can be the difference between even emergence and a field that struggles from the start. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School,... Read More
Whether it's a corn planter, strip tiller, cultivator or high-speed disc, running any form of tillage over a field will move both soil and the fertilizer farmers apply. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Soil School, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Agri-Business crop innovation specialist Ian McDonald compares how different tillage implements move soil and... Read More
Winter has arrived with a vengeance in much of Ontario, but that’s not slowing Wheat Pete down! In this podcast episode, he covers everything from Ontario’s record corn yields to the agronomic nuances of manganese, crop sequence vs rotation, and how not to get fooled by big yield plots. There’s also a shoutout to good... Read More