The Beef InfoXchange System or "BIXS" aims to add value to the Canadian cattle industry by improving communication and feedback between each link in the beef value chain. It was originally launched by the Canadian Cattlemen's Association in 2009, and in 2014 CCA partnered with ViewTrak Technologies to privatize the system. Now, another milestone announcement... Read More
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In this week’s Word, Peter Johnson, resident agronomist for RealAgriculture, covers everything from wheat evolution to fertility, alfalfa agronomy to a rather upsetting article... Have a question for Wheat Pete? Call 1-888-746-3311, send him a tweet (@wheatpete), or email him at peter.johnson@bell.net. Highlights: Weather Dave Phillips predicting one of the ten warmest springs on record... Read More
What do millers want? It’s a question seed companies that develop and market wheat varieties are constantly asking. How large end users such as Mondelez International, the makers of products like Ritz crackers and Oreo cookies, answer that question has huge implications for seed companies such as C&M Seeds and wheat growers across Ontario says... Read More
The BIXS beef information platform has signed a deal with one of the biggest data-holders in Canada's beef industry. Cargill — one of the country's two largest beef packers — has agreed to provide beef carcass information to the rest of the supply chain through the online data exchange. "Carcass data has been a major... Read More
SeedMaster has rolled out a new tablet-based platform to help growers with seeding operations this spring. The Axis mobile monitoring system features up to eight wireless, magnetic-mount cameras for monitoring what's happening during planting or on the road between fields. "The quality of our cameras is very sharp. It's a 720P camera," explains Tim Ottenbreit,... Read More
There's something unique about an event with live plants and insects, that allows producers the opportunity to have their hands in warm soil in February. And, that's exactly what CanoLAB offered attendees, for its fifth year running. "CanoLAB is a really fantastic, hands-on, interactive canola agronomy experience," Autumn Barnes explained to RealAgriculture, after the Lethbridge... Read More
Deutz-Fahr won a silver medal last fall in the Agritechnica Innovation Awards for its "Driver Extended Eye" technology. The system consists of three cameras located behind the radiator grill on the tractor, showing blindspots in the tractor's monitor. But it doesn't stop there. The cameras can actually detect humans, and can intervene in the transmission... Read More
If you are looking to upgrade your farm’s drying capabilities for 2016 you can always buy the latest model dryer – or just go retro. Real Agriculture caught up with GSI’s Conditioning Applications Manager Gary Woodruff at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky to discuss what’s new in the company’s grain storage and... Read More
Canada's Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna and United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy have announced a joint commitment to reduce the amount of phosphorus entering Lake Erie. The 40 percent targets announced on Monday in Washington are meant to "minimize the extent of low oxygen dead zones in the central basin... Read More
Canadian farm income hit a record high in 2015, and is expected to drop slightly in 2016, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The impact of a weaker Canadian dollar supporting domestic prices is evident throughout the department's 2016 Canadian Agricultural Outlook, which was published on Friday. Here are some highlights: Net cash income on... Read More