Looking back 30, 60, and even 90 days on the Ontario and Quebec moisture figures and the trend is there: it's been dry and quite warm. The moisture situation is certainly not dire, unlike many areas of Western Canada, as there have been a few, just-in-time rain events that have kept the crop moving. Drew... Read More
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With the start of summer, and hot-hot-hot temperatures across the Prairies, it's got many asking: will we see any rain? To help us address that question is Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. Lerner says the last time we saw this dry weather bias pattern — pretty similar to the one we are seeing right... Read More
The weather continues to deliver some real disappointment but also hope for farmers across Canada. In Ontario, a late May frost was bad enough, but mid-week saw night time temps dip low enough again to hurt crop on muck soils. Other areas hard up for moisture got perhaps too much rain all at once. For... Read More
A private member's bill designed to level the tax burden when selling an incorporated small business to a family member versus selling to a non-family member received final approval from the Senate on Tuesday, clearing the path for Bill C-208 to become law. The bill, brought forward by Manitoba MP Larry Maguire, addresses the issue... Read More
If your farm is not one that holds regular meetings, this is your encouragement to start small... but start. That's because research shows that business that hold regular meetings are more profitable than those that do not. We're not talking about a morning tailgate chat on what's ahead — that's an operational meeting to start... Read More
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published its annual report on estimates of support to agriculture, titled the "Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2021." The report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies in 54 countries, including the 38 OECD countries, five non-OECD EU Member States, and 11 emerging economies. Between 2018 to 2020,... Read More
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio, and thanks for taking time to listen in. On today's show you'll hear: Martin von Lampe, senior agricultural analyst at OECD, on global ag support, subsidy, and assistance programs, and how Canada stacks up; Kim Gerencser and Peter Manness of MNP, on what makes a good plan;... Read More
Welcome to another week of RealAg Radio. On today's show we've got an Agronomic Monday! You'll hear from: Carrie MacLean, agronomist at PRIDE Seeds, with an update on what's going on in Ontario; Brunel Sabourin of Antara Agronomy, on ultra-early seeded wheat and grasshopper populations in soybeans; Tyler Wist, field crop entomologist at Agriculture and... Read More
Should growers sell their wheat straw after 2021 harvest? That's a question RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson has been asked often in recent weeks. With fertilizer prices up 125 per cent and straw prices hovering around three cents per pound, many growers say they would rather blow the straw back on the field, take the nutrient... Read More
Grasshoppers are a concern this year for many soybean growing areas. The decision process to spray, not to spray, when to do it, and how much of the field should get covered, requires scouting to get an average number. Brunel Sabourin of Antara Agronomy joins Kelvin Heppner in this episode of Soybean School to discuss... Read More