After a challenging spring that saw getting the crop planted take precedent over pre-seed weed control, soybean growers in Western Canada have had to be diligent in catching up with potentially yield-robbing kochia, lamb's quarters, volunteer canola, and other weeds in-crop. To keep yield losses down to less than five per cent, most soybean varieties... Read More
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A team of about 400 Corteva Agrisciences agronomists across North America are now well-equipped with a fleet of drones, developed with DJI, and proprietary Corteva Flight software. The technology is taking off in eastern Canada and will soon be available in the west. Bernard Tobin was recently joined by Chris Olbach, Ontario agronomist with Corteva... Read More
Today's the anniversary of Rural Radio 147 being on SiriusXM! This Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio has all the latest ag news with host Shaun Haney, plus: Jason Gleaves, with a food-waste reducing product spotlight from Bio-Cycle Solutions and GFL Environmental Inc.; Rene Van Acker, dean of the Ontario Agricultural College at University of Guelph... Read More
As mid-July hits, much of Ontario got a million dollar rain, but it also came with incredible wind and wild weather for some places. Western Canada also experienced some volatile weather and parts of Alberta that are typically dry are actually saturated (and not in a good way). This week's Wheat Pete's Word focuses on... Read More
We knew the numbers would be bad, but a recent trade report puts in to perspective just how bad COVID-19 has hit food service, grocery stores, and food supply chains. Kevin Grier of Kevin Grier Market Analysis and Consulting in Guelph, Ont., led the study, and says that food service sales throughout the beginning of... Read More
For most of Canada, producers are playing the waiting game. They're keeping an eye on their crops and are getting ready for harvest, but they might be wondering what the markets are doing and how they'll market their commodities. Canola is the go-to crop for profitability on the Prairies. Some areas definitely have enough moisture,... Read More
Recent restrictions placed on the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program in Canada have revealed the fragility of the Canadian food supply chain according to a new report from Robert Falconer, policy analyst with the University of Calgary's Simpson Centre School of Public Policy. Falconer recently joined Shaun Haney on RealAg Radio to discuss the report,... Read More
At Constant Canopy Farms in Gaston, Indiana, Jason Mauck does things a little differently. He joins Shaun Haney for this RealAg LIVE! Q&A to talk relay cropping, sunlight interception, and moving livestock on to crop land. Tune in to RealAg LIVE! at 3 pm Eastern Tuesdays to Thursdays on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Constant Canopy... Read More
On this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio, host Shaun Haney has all your latest ag news, including wild weather, Tesla farm equipment (?!), and pork numbers. Plus, hear from: Kevin Grier, of Kevin Grier Market Analysis and Consulting, on May grocery store and restaurant data both from the U.S and Canada; Errol Anderson with ProMarket... Read More
There are well over 100 species of grasshoppers across Canada, but there are four that like cereal crops in particular. Of those four, certain species can dominate a certain region. All of them can make short work of a crop in no time, left unchecked. John Gavloski, provincial entomologist for Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development,... Read More