Integrated pasture management can include practices such as grazing rotations, herbicide applications, fertility analysis, mechanical brush management, and regular pasture health assessments. Corteva Agriscience wants to use a systemic approach to highlight the soil health aspects of integrated pasture management. Isabelle Thibout, product manager for specialties at Corteva Agriscience, says that soil type, soil fertility,... Read More
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Welcome to this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio, which means a Farmer Rapid Fire! You'll hear from: Mark Torrey of Woodville, Ont., where the crops are coming along and the corn in sandy-loam is just about to come out; Mark Huston of Thamesville, Ont., where even the normally wet fields are rapidly drying and he's... Read More
What can growers do, right now, to help reduce the devastating effects pathogens, such as aphanomyces and fusarium, have on pulse crops? Michael Wunsch, plant pathologist with North Dakota State University, joins Kara Oosterhuis for this Pulse School episode to talk about what is and isn't in farmers' control. Wunsch's approach to disease management includes…Read More
Dry spring planting conditions have many growers wondering how their soil-applied residual herbicides will perform, as the weather continues to heat up with little meaningful rain in sight. Research by University of Guelph weed scientist Dr. Peter Sikkema indicates pre-emergence herbicides will still deliver significant value for growers in dry spring conditions. He notes that…Read More
Welcome to the mid-week edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show, featuring guest host Lyndsey Smith, you'll hear: Ashley Davenport, of Michigan Ag Today, talking about the disruption to energy by closing Line 5; Brett Israel, hog farmer and soil health advocate from Ontario; Lexie Hain, executive director of ASGA, about solar grazing; and, All... Read More
As we approach the first long weekend of the summer season, farmers are thinking about relaying winter wheat and barley for forage, protecting N on dry ground, and skipping a pre-emergent herbicide pass. As to whether all or some (or none) of those are good ideas, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson has the answers in this... Read More
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! We appreciate you taking time to join us. On today's show you'll hear: Conservative MP Larry Maguire on levelling the playing field for farm transitions via Bill C-208; Is farm management more important than where you farm? A new segment with MNP's Peter Manness and Kim Gerencser;... Read More
U.S. Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered Enbridge to cap Line 5 by Wednesday, May 12, which would starve Ontario, Quebec, and parts of the north central U.S. of about 50 per cent of their energy supply. Enbridge has refused the governor's directive and continues to operate. Ashley Davenport of Michigan Ag Today recently joined Shaun Haney... Read More
There are secret, mysterious agents lurking in crop stubble. But have no fear, they're on your side. Many are familiar with wheat midge and the damage the insect can cause, but you might be less familiar with the parasitoid that attacks this crop pest. Host Shaun Haney is joined by Jennifer Otani, pest management biologist…Read More
From fleabane, to wild oats, to kochia and Palmer amaranth, which weed is the toughest to kill on the farm? For this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Mike Cowbrough, weed specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and Tammy Jones, technical sales agronomist with Corteva AgriScience,... Read More