All of us have attended a seminar in the past that provides us with the key criteria to make your farm successful. In many cases these are quite broad and not very personalized. For some fun, lets narrow it down and focus on one question that allows only one solution. I present you with a... Read More
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Competition to get you to a grocery store is higher than ever before. With a fierce marketplace and incredibly diverse set of consumer demands, grocers are working hard to get you to their store and make you a loyal customer. Retailers' most common weapon in the battle for loyalty seems to be providing murky information... Read More
Consumers can expect to see a new, "original" label on shelves soon. Though General Mills is a long-time supporter of biotechnology, it has started manufacturing its Original Cheerios without genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Tom Forsythe, vice president of Global Communications for General Mills, claims on the General Mills blog, that the change was not brought... Read More
If you have the money to afford a UAV, you have the time to understand the laws surrounding its use, and the responsibility to abide by them. Like it or not, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) appear to be gaining altitude in ag circles, as one of the newest technologies for precision agriculture. They are already... Read More
When people talk about farming in Russia, I imagine a very similar to set up to Western Canada, just bigger. If this episode of Rob Saik's Agri-Treks is any indication, I'm both right and very wrong. See more: Tour Kenya, see where tequila comes from and more! In this latest installment chronicling some of the... Read More
If you're like most, you spend a good chunk of the winter planning variety and hybrid selection for the next planting season (if you don't, maybe do?). But if you look at the stack of shiny brochures all claiming to have the top variety, which do you choose? How do you know which is truly... Read More
We're wrapping up a fantastic year of covering the world of agriculture here at RealAgriculture.com, and we couldn't wait to see how the numbers played out for our top posts. There were a few, as we watched the Twitter shares and blog comments roll, that we knew would make the list, but there are a... Read More
It seems the 2013 soybean crop defied the odds and managed to pleasantly surprise a number of farmers with decent yields. The final provincial average tally is yet to come in, but it will likely settle somewhere around the 45 or 46 bushel per acre mark. Not too shabby, considering a tough season of untimely... Read More
In the battle for agriculture song parody supremacy, Derek Klingenberg has released his newest track. This time it is a spoof on the Miley Cyrus's hit Party in the USA. This new parody transforms the song into one about feeding cattle. I betcha Miley did not have this version in mind when she wrote the... Read More
Herbicide resistant weeds are one of the struggles and items of adversity that farmers face around the world. Whether you plant in Australia, United States of Canada there is likely to be a weed in your area that carries resistance and is impacting your ability to achieve top yields. HAVE YOU REGISTERED YET FOR FARMTECH... Read More