Early season weed control, tank mix tips, troublesome weeds, and a whole lot more are the focus on this episode of The Agronomists. Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Mike Cowbrough of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), and Tammy Jones of Corteva Agriscience. This episode of the Agronomists is brought... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
Employees at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Grain Commission are set to return to work today, May 1, ending a 12-day strike, after a tentative deal was reached overnight. The deal includes a wage increase and a lump-sum pensionable payment. Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, who work for the Canada... Read More
Stacking bales or loading a TMR are just two of the dairy farm tasks the new Weidemann T7042 telehandler is designed to tackle. The German-based manufacturer showed off the first T7042 on Canadian soil earlier this month at the Canadian Dairy XPO at Stratford, Ont. In this video interview, Weidemann business development manager Vincent Nicoletis... Read More
Ontario's winter wheat crop has come through the winter in good condition and is packed with yield potential. But there is concern: a crop with big stem- and head-counts carries a much higher risk of lodging. To reduce this risk, growers will be looking to apply a plant growth regulator (PGR) to help the crop... Read More
The average Canadian dairy cow milks for about 2.8 lactations. That's better than the global average of 2.5, but this country's cows could last longer and produce more if dairy farmers did a better job of listening to their cows, says CowSignals founder Joep Driessen. A veterinarian who co-founded the CowSignals business in The Netherlands... Read More
The list of crop protection products that farmers should ask their grain buyers about before spraying in 2023 was published by the Keep it Clean initiative on Thursday. Keep it Clean is a joint effort of the Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada, Pulse Canada and the Prairie Oat Growers Association, informing growers and agronomists... Read More
While the energy markets should be focused on supply and demand fundamentals, nagging economic factors and volatility in geopolitics are getting all the attention right now. That's according to Phil Flynn, author of the Energy Report, who says banking stress in the U.S. and overseas, inflationary costs, and continued unrest in Ukraine and Sudan is... Read More
Statistics Canada (StatsCan) says wheat acres across Canada will be the highest they've been in more than twenty years, while area planted to canola, corn, barley, and soybeans will also climb in 2023. However there's an asterisk beside those numbers, as the agency also announced a major change to the methodology behind its seeding intentions... Read More
With crop input purchases adding up in spring, some farmers that rely on the federal government's Advance Payments Program for cash flow have inquired whether the federal public service strike will affect the short-term loan program. The cash advance program is administered by 30, third-party producer organizations, so the strike is not having any direct... Read More
An open fall, warm winter temperatures, and a mild spring that has now turned cool and wet all add up to big weed control challenges as the calendar gets ready to turn to May. From cover crops that refused to die under snow cover, to hardy oats, tough annuals and an abundance of volunteer wheat,... Read More