Move over, green-on-ground spray technology: green-on-green is here. And not just any green, John Deere green. Kaylene Ballesteros, product manager with John Deere, took RealAgriculture's Kara Oosterhuis for a tour of the tech at Commodity Classic at New Orleans, Louisiana, last week. "This here is our See & Spray Ultimate. That is our in-season solution... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
What can growers do to reduce crop injury in soybean fields where they rely on soil-applied herbicides for weed control? Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs weed management specialist Mike Cowbrough sees this type of injury every year in soybean fields, but he says there are always other factors at play including untimely... Read More
Planning for great corn yields begins the year before, by assessing how well the planned plant population translated to actual cobs per acre. That's key information that informs THIS year — how well did you do on the planting pass, setting up the corn crop for success? Is picket-fence the goal, or is it a... Read More
Supply chain disruptions from fertilizer, to fuel, to equipment and equipment parts have plagued the agriculture industry for several months, but there isn't an end in sight. Eric Raby, senior vice president of Americas for CLAAS was at Commodity Classic at New Orleans, Louisiana, providing customers with some answers to some of their questions. The... Read More
According to Farm Credit Canada's Farmland Values Report, Canadian farmland increased in value by 5.4 per cent in 2020 and 8.3 per cent in 2021, an entire year under pandemic conditions and during an extreme drought for Western Canada. The largest increases were in Ontario (22.2 per cent) and British Columbia (18.1 per cent), followed... Read More
For Albertans, selling carbon credits isn't a new thing — there's been a carbon credit exchange in place for years. But for most of the rest of Canadian farmers, selling carbon credits is a new thing, but is potentially about to become very common. Right now, there is a voluntary market for carbon credits, but... Read More
In the near term, at least, all bets are off as to just how high fertilizer prices might climb. "We already had situation where last fall, China had stepped out and said 'no more exports of fertilizer, phosphate and nitrogen.' That was bad. Now all of a sudden we are talking about removing Russia. That... Read More
When the government releases a report at 6 pm on a Friday, just ahead of the House of Commons rising for a few weeks, it's reasonable to assume it's bad news. So when Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its white paper on its upcoming fertilizer emission reduction target exactly then last week, many, including Dave... Read More
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is out with its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. Pre-report, many were questioning to what extent the war in Ukraine, which has driven markets higher over the last two weeks, would be accounted for. The USDA has made some adjustments — albeit minor —... Read More
It won't be long now until many Ontario farmers who put in winter wheat last fall will be anxiously watching crop green up and regrow to determine if the crop is worth leaving, or if it needs to be ripped out. Crop prices are good pretty much across the board — especially wheat — so... Read More