Editor's note: Kelvin is wearing his farmer hat in sharing these Thanksgiving thoughts. Living at the mercy of many forces out of our control (both in nature and markets), it's easy for us as farmers and people involved in agriculture to get caught up in sharing about our misery and misfortune. Whether it's too much... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
The Canadian Wheat Alliance is partnering with two international plant breeding companies — Syngenta and KWS — to cut the cost and time it takes to develop new wheat varieties. "A partnership to shorten the breeding cycle and bring novel varieties quicker to market with international wheat plant and breeding experts from KWS and Syngenta... Read More
For the third year in a row, RealAgriculture.com was honoured with an award in the World Wide Web category — The Henry Heald award — at the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation annual conference, this year held in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Real Agriculture was awarded the Gold in the category. Last year, the website won the bronze.... Read More
On the heels of Canada's National Biotechnology Week, the Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC) is taking place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan this week. ABIC, hosted this year by Ag-West Bio, was initiated in 1996 in Saskatoon, and has grown to include delegates from over 60 countries, promoting and discussing the benefits of agricultural biotechnology. The conference... Read More
I suspect there are more people who'd elect for a non-necessary root canal than would like to strike up a conversation with dad about when he'll finally hand over the reins to the farm. And that's too bad, really, because the sooner the conversations about long-term farm business planning begin, the better chance there is... Read More
RealAg’s Bernard Tobin and Shaun Haney were among the many Canadians who attended the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin last week. The WDE attracts around 70 thousand visitors each year. The 2,600 head of cattle on display had a new home for the 2014 expo, as the show included the opening of the new... Read More
If bragging rights and cool prizes weren't enough of an incentive to join the inaugural RealAg Hockey Pool, how about this? Hockey fan (and federal Agriculture Minister) Gerry Ritz has made his picks for "The Farm Team" and RealAg is pledging to donate $5 to the Canadian Cancer Society for every person that finishes ahead... Read More
Soy Canada has named Jim Everson as its first-ever executive director, effective November 5, 2014. "Jim's experience with the grains and oilseeds sector, and with agriculture trade and market access issues, will be a huge asset to Canada's soybean sector," says Mark Huston, Soy Canada's Chair. "Soy Canada, with Jim's leadership, will serve all participants... Read More
We're staring down the Thanksgiving weekend and harvested soybean fields are few and far between. All these late soybeans are holding up wheat acres — if you want to get wheat in, does it pay to get creative? In this episode of the Wheat School, Peter Johnson, cereal specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,... Read More
Switching between corn varieties on-the-go while planting is showing a yield benefit, according to Kinze, as the Iowa-based equipment manufacturer ramps up production of its multi-hybrid planters. The last time we heard from Kinze’s Luc Van Herle on Real Ag, the company was rolling out its new electronic metering system for its 4,900 series multi-hybrid... Read More