It’s that time of year when the ice on the lakes is freezing and some farmers (of all ages) choose to bundle up, head out into the cold wind and sit staring at a hole in the ice. Okay, so maybe that description is missing some of the fun aspects of ice fishing, but while... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
It looks like the New Year is going to bring even more focus on animal welfare. In a year-end interview, University of Guelph researcher Michael von Massow said he was “stunned” when his research this fall revealed there’s been a 300 per cent increase in just two years in the group of Canadians he describes... Read More
A large silver tub hangs in place of a front-end loader, accentuated by its own strikingly red grapple. "It's an all-in-one machine," Fliegl's Christoph Hierl explains in the video below. "So with one tractor, you have the possibility to load...the bale, to cut the bale, to mix it, and to feed." Don’t Miss Our Next... Read More
Movable field bins or "mother bins" are used in Australia to alleviate bottlenecks in grain movement off the field at harvest. Rather than waiting for a truck to arrive, a grain cart or combine can dump into the mother bin at the end of the field, and vice versa — a truck doesn't have to... Read More
We hope you're simply having a wonderful Christmas time (as the song goes) and that all is well during this special time of year. 2015 has been another great year here at RealAg and we're grateful for your support and encouragement. We hope you get to spend some time with family, as we're planning to... Read More
This week’s Word starts off with comments and feedback from last week’s rant on tillage. Peter Johnson, resident agronomist for RealAgriculture and host of this weekly podcast, discusses tillage, late nitrogen on corn, and so much more. Have a question for Wheat Pete? Call 1-888-746-3311, send him a tweet (@wheatpete), or email him at peter.johnson@bell.net.... Read More
At 2:03am, January 1st, 2015, Andrew Campbell tweeted a photo of a newborn calf on his family’s dairy farm in southwestern Ontario, kicking off a year of highs and lows posting farm photos on social media every day with the #farm365 hashtag. The project’s goal was to shed more light on the daily happenings on... Read More
For most of us, seed testing is something to be done during or immediately after harvest, and right before seeding. But, there might be a reason or two to put the egg nog back in the fridge and hit the bins for a sample. For those relatively new to seed testing, Sydney Vos with BioVision... Read More
The Hon. Gerry Ritz served as Canada’s agriculture minister for eight years — from the summer of 2007 to the fall of 2015. Not everybody agreed with his politics or his personality, but there’s no question Ritz had a big impact on the direction of Canadian agriculture. From ending the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly to... Read More
As part of the company's 50th anniversary in 2016, Versatile has announced it will be bringing back its historic red and yellow paint scheme for a limited number of tractors. Founded in Winnipeg by Peter Pakosh and Roy Robinson, Versatile was the first manufacturer to mass-produce articulated four-wheel drive tractors, starting in 1966 with the... Read More