Bourgault introduced its L7550 last week at Canada's 2014 Farm Progress Show. The new seeder features an optional 20 bushel saddle tank; a staircase, railings and wide catwalk; a hydraulic metering drive that automatically adjusts with changes to ground speed; and a user-friendly hydraulic hitch jack. The cart comes standard with a monitoring system, with... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
One of the greatest threats to lost return and non-target plant damage in spraying is drift. Spray applicators have to be conscious of all kinds of factors that affect the risk of drift, including windspeed, boom height, potential inversions and, of course, spray quality. Related: Identifying Spray Quality with a Smartphone In this episode of... Read More
Grain markets continue to be depressed by favourable crop conditions, especially in the U.S. where the corn crop was most recently rated as 76 per cent in good-to-excellent condition while the U.S. soybean crop was rated as 73 per cent G/E. This is the fifth-best and best ratings for mid-June on record. University of Illinois... Read More
How long should openers last? Should you change them all at once, or in sections? How do you know when it’s time to change them? Shaun Haney, founder of Real Agriculture and new big fan of opener technology, stopped in at the Morris Industries booth at the 2014 Canada’s Farm Progress Show, to ask Garth... Read More
OK, you missed your window for that all important pre-seed burn. Things may have been a little soggy, you may have been a little busy...whatever the reason. The good news is you've still got a shot to get those beans poking up in a clean environment. It's crunch-time though, so in this episode of the... Read More
Many people have opinions about what developing countries need to prosper in food production. Some insist on more local autonomy for farmers, and less Western influence. After all, people in what are now considered developing countries survived for thousands of years before Western wisdom arrived, they say. Such thinkers believe we should turn back the... Read More
The Canadian hog market is definitely an example of an up and down cycle of financial losses, frustration, PED and financial wins. Some would say its comparable to a roller coaster full of pain and exuberance. I spoke with Kevin Grier, George Morris Center to discuss what is happening in the Canadian hog market and... Read More
When it comes to making a decision on your farm, you may be comfortable getting agronomic advice from your peers or the generation that's gone before, but how many of you have what you consider a mentor for your career as a farmer? The same question applies to those in industry as well — who... Read More
Talking about food and farm practices, there is never a shortage of ideas and opinions. I’m actually starting to wonder if we have surpassed the level of passion for food that politics once took up. After all, with voter turn-out continuously in a free fall, I wonder if instead we now focus on all the... Read More
It's hard to find a political pundit who called the outcome of Thursday's provincial election. Could anyone have predicted Kathleen Wynne's Liberals to win a strong majority government with 59 seats? All the pollsters were predicting a horse race, but it quickly turned into a romp as the Liberals broke to the lead and ran... Read More