Looking to cut your hay close, clean, and quick while conditioning it for faster dry down and nutrient preservation? If that's the plan, it may be time to take a closer look at New Hollands's new Discbine 209 and 210 disc mower-conditioners. The side-pull mowers were rolled out at the recent Farm Progress Show at... Read More
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It's Monday, which means RealAg Radio is all about agronomy — or at least mostly. It also marks day one of an entire week of Lyndsey Smith hosting the show. Beware: there may be a whole lot of livestock and sheep talk all week. Today's show features: News with news lead Jessika Guse Two segments... Read More
Wheat midge is still a significant threat to wheat in Western Canada. While the threat has subsided a bit because of the discovery and use of the SM1 resistance gene, it's important to remember that there is only one bullet in the chamber, and if it gets spent wheat crops will be, once again, at... Read More
Anybody else feel like this week went by insanely fast? On Friday's edition of the RealAg Radio show you'll be hearing from a mixture of people. First off for the news, Lyndsey Smith and Jessika Guse will have all your top ag news stories of the day including some good tips for wintering your cattle.... Read More
Highly competitive crops that make it difficult for weeds to gain a foothold in fields play a key role in effective herbicide resistance management. One way to make your crop more competitive is to increase seeding rates to produce higher plant populations. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Resistance Management School, University of Manitoba weed scientist... Read More
On Thursday's RealAg Radio show host, Shaun Haney discusses the feedback —good, bad, and ugly — on engine chipping. For the top ag news stories of the day, news lead Jessika Guse informs us on a tentative new trial for Monsanto vs. Johnson, Mexico allegedly wants a new name for the trilateral trade agreement, there's... Read More
This week marks the official opening of theLivestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE), located southeast of Saskatoon. Leadership of the LFCE say that this isn't just a world-class facility, but it is designed to be world-leading in forage and beef production research. RealAgriculture's Dale Leftwich attended the grand opening of the LFCE and met... Read More
Can robots effectively milk cows on large U.S. dairy farms? That's a question Plymouth, Indiana farmer Brian Houin is determined to answer at his family-owned Homestead Dairy operation. Canadian farmers have had tremendous success using robot milkers in smaller dairy operations, but Houin is putting the milking machines to the test on a whole new... Read More
The concept of ‘flex’ corn hybrids has been talked about in seed circles for several years. The idea is quite simple: these corn hybrids have the ability to flex and create larger ears with more girth at lower populations. They produce higher yields when planted in the 28,000 seeds per acre range. The idea of... Read More
How's the crop where you are? On today's RealAg Radio show, Shaun Haney speaks to farmers from every neck of the woods to see where they're at with this fall's harvest. News with Guse covers all your top ag news stories of the day, which includes a bit of a slowdown for propane delivery in... Read More