This mid-week show is another good one for the books! You'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day, with RealAgriculture's Jessika Guse; Dairy farmer Julaine Treur from British Columbia, and her experience with having some Starbucks executives out to her farm to see what they were doing on their organic dairy — as... Read More
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Welcome to March, which seems to be coming in like a lamb — we'll have to see if the "out like a lion" holds true! March also means maple syrup, frost seeding, red clover applications on the wheat fields, and starting to nail down crop rotations and fertilizer rates. With many feeling the cash flow... Read More
It's not often farms get a chance to host top executives from a huge company; so when the opportunity knocks, you open the door — or in this case, the barn door. For Creekside Dairy's Julaine Treur and her husband Johannes, a sixth generation dairy farmer, their moment came when they got the chance to... Read More
John Deere's new ExactRate liquid fertilizer application system is designed to help farmers deliver accurate nutrient placement at precise rates during planting. The company rolled out the new system last month at the National Farm Machinery Show (NFMS) at Louisville, Kentucky. In this interview, Deere product manager Brady Alley explains that ExactRate is another of... Read More
Looking for the latest information on a leaf disease invading your farm fields? Want to know how fungicides recommended for control or suppression stack up? Farmers and crop advisors will find all this and more when they visit cropprotectionnetwork.org, says University of Kentucky plant pathologist Carl Bradley. The Crop Protection Network (CPN) is a multi-state... Read More
Adopting new technology on the farm — from new hybrids to new pesticides, to full-on automation — comes with a price tag. This new or additional cost might be absolutely worth it if the technology makes more yield, decreases input costs, or saves you time and labour. While most technology comes to the farm with... Read More
The Gleaner S9 series includes three models: the S96, S97, and S98. The all-crop combine means operators don't have to change concaves for different crops, and is especially useful for plants that tend to wrap — such as hemp and milo. Gleaner specialist with AGCO, Todd Davis, was on hand at the National Farm Machinery... Read More
To start out the show, we want to extend our thoughts to all of those in Nashville, Tennessee, that have been impacted by the tornado that destroyed parts of the city overnight. On today's show, you'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day, with RealAgriculture's Jessika Guse; Bronwynne Wilton, of Wilton Consulting Group,... Read More
Working in a chicken barn with a tractor can be tricky, especially when dealing with low-clearance areas. To combat this, and other poultry-related equipment needs, New Holland launched the Workmaster "Poultry House Special" tractor. Todd DeBock, product marketing manager for New Holland North America, was at the 2020 National Farm Machinery Show to show off... Read More
If there's one thing farmers want less of, it's paperwork. However, in the current climate of "don't just say you're doing the right thing — prove it," verification programs and the corresponding administration are on the rise. Verification and best management practice programs are not new for Canadian farmers, from the Environmental Farm Plan, to... Read More