It's been a week of wild weather: extreme cold in the west, and warm and very wet weather in the east. Understandably, overland flooding in Ontario has many farmers asking about the impact on the wheat crop. Peter Johnson has the answer you need in this week's Wheat Pete's Word. Johnson shares some of the... Read More
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Corteva Agriscience, Bunge, Botaneco, and Protein Industries Canada have announced a canola breeding project worth more than $27 million. The canola hybrid program will be the first of its kind, as it is the first commercial breeding project explicitly focused on protein quality improvement of the oilseed. Higher protein canola meal will result in new,... Read More
Moving farm equipment down the road can be a scary situation. To make it safe, everyone — farmers and drivers — need to understand the rules of the road and follow them, says Matt Mitchell, an enforcement officer for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. Speaking with farmers at the SouthWest Agricultural Conference (SWAC) last week... Read More
Today's show is coming at you from Syngenta Canada's booth at Crop Production Show in Saskatoon, Sask. Hear: The top ag news stories of the day; Power, stamina, and spectrum — an introduction to Miravis with Eric Phillips, Syngenta; A product spotlight on metering products from SeedMaster, with Anthony Biglieni; About the potential merger between... Read More
You might think that how your parents treated you growing up has little to do with what kind of employee or manager you are (yes, even on the farm), but in fact, parenting has a profound impact on how we interact in the workplace. Everything from how we dress and present ourselves, to our priorities,... Read More
The bulls and bears are fighting for dominance in this fresh calendar year — and there are some major factors at play weighing down some markets, but fuelling others. Wendy White, grain marketing manager with Viterra, says there's no shortage of news and reports feeding in to the grain markets. From last week's WASDE report,... Read More
You likely won't see a Mercedes-Benz booth at just any ag tradeshow, but the company was on hand at Agritechnica in Hanover, Germany, to showcase their Unimog as a "flexible all-rounder and a real alternative to the tractor in agriculture." In this interview, Mercedes' Klaus Gauly walks us through the Unimog U lineup, which includes... Read More
A new sprayer prototype built through the collaboration of three companies, is looking to lower the cost of production and protect the environment by providing real time detection and spray application of weeds in row crops. Developed through the joint efforts of Amazone, Bosch and xarvio, SmartSprayer uses software based on economic thresholds to make... Read More
In 2015, Willard Jack was gearing up to tackle herbicide resistant Canada fleabane on his Belzoni, Mississippi farm. Five years later, that weed is just an afterthought as Jack is fully engaged in a fight with a much tougher resistant weed "monster" — Palmer amaranth. At the SouthWest Agricultural Conference (SWAC) last week at Ridgetown,... Read More
Today's episode of the show is coming at you from "bitterly cold" Saskatoon, Sask., where host Shaun Haney is covering the Western Canadian Crop Production Show. After a brief discussion on the winter weather, hear: BIG announcements on TechTourLIVE 2020; A product spotlight with Derek Johnson, with AGI; Resident agronomist Peter Johnson talks about rain... Read More