The market doesn't care about your feelings. It's a hard truth but a good one to remember when hesitating on pricing some crop or booking inputs. Why? Well, as Brian Voth of IntelliFarm explains, farmers can be comfortable paying higher prices for fertilizer to ensure they have it on-farm, but hesitate to lock in a... Read More
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Happy New Year! What an incredible start to the year with the launch of the Professional Women's Hockey League. Toronto lost, but so did Ottawa (in OT) on January 2. Not the greatest start for Ontario teams, but host Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson will take it. On to agronomy, this week's challenge is to think... Read More
Bobcat skid-steer loaders have found a home on North American farms and the manufacturer is hoping its compact wheel loaders can follow the same path to sales success. In this report from Agritechnica, Bobcat loaders product manager Jiri Karmazin says the company's new L95 compact wheel loader will be available to U.S. and Canadian farmers... Read More
Hello January! Thanks for tuning into this Agronomic Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist Peter Johnson to discuss: The Ontario Ag conference; The power of goal setting; Organic matter; and, The joy of wheat after peas. Thoughts on something we talked about on the... Read More
Keeping it simple has been a key to 35 years of market leadership for MacDon's FlexDraper headers. In this report from Agritechnica, MacDon product support specialist Myles Shastko tells RealAg's Shaun Haney that while some competitors have tried to "reinvent the wheel", the Manitoba-based company has opted to focus on the consistent, dependable performance delivered... Read More
Jason Deveau, application technology specialist with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and Tom Wolf, co-founder of Agrimetrix — and both of Sprayers 101 — are BACK for this episode of Exploding Sprayer Myths! If you're cleared to fly a drone, spraying product with a drone is easy peasy, right? Actually, that's a... Read More
The Case IH 715 Quadtrac, the most powerful commercially-produced tractor in the world, attracted plenty of attention during its debut at Agritechnica 23 in Hanover, Germany. With a 715 horsepower-rated, 778 peak horsepower engine, the tractor delivers built-in power and speed to cover more ground in less time, but it’s also nimble, says CNH Industrial's... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this episode of RealAg on the Weekend! On this weekend’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Saskatchewan farmers including: Keith Fournier of Lone Rock, Sask; Kris Mayerle of Tisdale, Sask; Scott Hepworth of Assiniboia, Sask; and, Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel of Mossbank, Sask. Wishing everyone happy holidays and merry Christmas from... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this last regular RealAg Radio of 2023. For this Friday edition of the RealAg Issues Panel, host Shaun Haney is be joined by Kelvin Heppner, Lyndsey Smith of RealAgriculture, and Andrew Campbell of Fresh Air Media. They discuss a number of topics including: Looming global logistics problems; Population growth challenges,... Read More
Bednar will be bringing its new Directo No seed drill to North America for 2024. Manufactured by family-owned Czech company, the seed drill is designed for direct seeding of various crops into uncultivated soil, stubble fields, catch crops or heavy and rocky soils. Jan Bednar, the company's business director, says the Directo No 6000 seeder... Read More