AGvisorPRO, a global platform that connects farmers to experienced ag experts, launched this week in Ag in Motion. Currently offering access to roughly 50 advisors, the platform enables users to connect via audio, video, or text, with photo-sharing capabilities. It also saves the connection for future reference. "AGvisorPRO is basically the 'Uberization' of knowledge and... Read More
Category: Podcasts
Farmers across Canada will have five new fungicides in their disease management toolbox in 2020. This week, Syngenta Canada rolled out Miravis, a new fungicide umbrella brand that will offer five new products growers can use to fight disease in a range of crops. In this video, Eric Phillips, Syngenta Canada's fungicides and insecticides product... Read More
This year may not have been a wet one for much of western Canada, but those years sure happen. When they do, Degelman's Scorpion Hitch is designed to get seed and fertilizer done in one pass in less than ideal conditions, says Derek Molnar. RealAgriculture's Kara Oosterhuis caught up with Molnar at the Degelman booth... Read More
Today, on the show: Andria Karstens with Climate FieldView on the latest from the platform; Scott Meers, insect management specialist with the Government of Alberta, provides an update on insect pests in the province, and a discussion on the co-evolution of crop hybrids and economic thresholds; Wendy White of Viterra, joins to talk markets; and... Read More
This year's weather has had many farmers second guessing each and every spray pass, from pre-seed burndown, to in-crop control, and now fungicide treatments. Tom Wolf, with Sprayers 101 and AgriMetrix, says that the spray input decisions has been especially difficult with the funny rainfall patterns experienced by much of Saskatchewan and other parts of... Read More
Every year is different when it comes to insect populations and pest management. Weather, varietal selection, and natural enemy numbers all impact pest development. This year, dry conditions in parts of the Prairies have a particular insect thriving. "The big, big one right now is grasshoppers," says Scott Meers, Government of Alberta insect management specialist,... Read More
"It was about sustainability, and sustainability as a singular Ontario entity was not necessarily going to work in a global dairy environment." Growing up, Michael Barrett wanted to be a history teacher. Today, he's president and CEO of Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Ltd, a co-op owned by 1,400 milk producers. In this inaugural edition of... Read More
After a worryingly dry start to the year, Saskatchewan has finally seen some moisture, and it shows. "We've been very fortunate," says Sherrilyn Phelps of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. "Over the past month...we've gone from where crops are barely hanging on in some areas where it's been so dry, to getting that rain and all... Read More
It's another day at Ag in Motion, for host Shaun Haney. Today, on the show: Top ag news, with RealAgriculture's Jessika Guse; Derek Rude, CropPro Consulting, gives us an update on the latest at the company; Sherrilyn Phelps, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, provides an update on pulse crops in the province; and CropPro Consulting's Kerri de... Read More
The corn is growing like a bad weed, while the earliest of the fall-seeded crops are starting to get harvested. Just in time, Ontario is getting some heat and humidity, and that means all sorts of questions for the host of Wheat Pete's Word. In this week's Word, Peter Johnson covers fusarium/DON development in the... Read More