On Twitter yesterday Rick Taillieu, Alberta Canola, was having some fun at my expense (which at times is not really difficult). When you post a YouTube video, it grabs a screen shot to display at the front of the video before you press play. Some of the screen grabs are less than ideal in terms... Read More
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Agri-Trend's latest business offering is the Agri-Data Solution, a web-based application that stores all the farm data you may need. Once inputted, the Agri-Data interface can be accessed by several members of the farm team from any computer, tablet or smartphone by a user name and password. Shaun Haney caught up with Kevin Pattison of... Read More
Statistics Canada released its estimates for 2012 year-end crop stocks today. As of December 31, total stocks of most principal field crops were down compared with the same date in 2011. Corn is the big exception — record yields in 2012 have boosted on-farm stocks. Canola stocks are estimated at 7.4 million tonnes, a 23.6%... Read More
RealAgriculture.com is pleased to announce journalist and journalism instructor Owen Roberts of the University of Guelph begins a new weekly column this week, entitled "Real Talk, Real Action." Each Thursday, Owen's column will feature a new call to action for the agriculture community, related to a current agriculture event or news story. This new feature... Read More
CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) today announced it will transition open outcry trading of Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) hard red winter (HRW) wheat futures and options to its Chicago trading floor beginning Monday, July 1, 2013, pending CFTC review. The company's release says this transition will accelerate efficiencies and trading opportunities for customers trading both... Read More
What are the key steps that farm families need to consider when developing a farm succession plan? It's a looming question for many farm families right now. To help in the process, the Agricultural Management Institute (AMI) has produced a new farm succession video series, viewed from the kitchen tables of Ontario farm families as... Read More
Peter Johnson, wheat specialist with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, made quite the splash at Farm Tech last week. A regular in RealAgricutlure.com's Wheat School, @WheatPete (as he's known on Twitter) has very set views on maximizing wheat production, and he's not afraid to tell a farmer, point blank, what that farmer... Read More
It's quite rare for farmers to be front and centre in mainstream media. Still more rare is to see a speech made in the late 70s start trending on Twitter during the Super Bowl, but that's exactly what happened. While the game wound down and the 49'ers very nearly made a comeback, you'd think Twitter... Read More
Well, FarmTech wrapped up yesterday, and as all the farmers and industry folk get home and tackle the mound of work that's been piling up the last three days, RealAgriculture.com has been hard at work putting together interviews from the conference, including this very special wrap up video. Rick Taillieu, Ron McLean's number one fan... Read More
Bigger isn't always better. What's better is matching the size of tractor you need on your farm that has all the capabilities you're looking for with some added features that make an upgrade worth it. Case IH's new Steiger RowTrac isn't small by any means, but it is designed to be narrower and is available... Read More