What happens when you don't follow the WALES method for adding pesticide formulations to a tank partially filled with water? You really can plug up a sprayer, fail to take advantage of good spraying conditions, and waste time cleaning up the mess. At the recent Crop Masters tour at Syngenta Canada's Honeywood research facility in... Read More
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All farmers are concerned about how markets have been adversely affected by tariff and fumigation restrictions placed on imports in to India. Peas are of special concern. Markets are certainly roiled, but some new buyers have stepped in to take up some of the slack. Marlene Boesch of Mercantile Consulting Ventures was at the recent... Read More
Ernie Hardeman has been on the job less than a month and farmers have plenty of questions for Ontario’s new minister of agriculture. One question many are asking is what’s happening with Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) funding? RealAgriculture’s own Lyndsey Smith submitted a funding application back in May and waited patiently through the 45-day business... Read More
Quite literally, when it rains it pours, it seems, as much of Ontario got some to too much rain over the weekend and into this week. Is it too late for this year's thirsty crop? Peter Johnson, host of Wheat Pete's Word, says possibly not, as this rain comes at a critical stage for the... Read More
Today's RealAg Radio episode is right full of some pretty interesting chats — host Shaun Haney asks Lyndsey Smith to fill in for the top news segment while Kelvin Heppner is on holidays. Of note today, Haney and Smith talk wheat exports, carbon tax tag-teaming, billion dollar payouts and more. Also on today's show, you'll... Read More
Stand-in host Lyndsey Smith somehow manages to slide in not one, but two (!) sheep stories into this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio. Top news stories include: the major lamb supply merger in the west, a freeze on CAP funding in Ontario, and a self-serve, farm-fresh dairy option in Saskatchewan. Also in this edition: We... Read More
Syngenta Canada has applied for registration of Fortenza insecticide in soybeans. The diamide insecticide is currently used in corn, and the company has submitted trial data to demonstrate its effectiveness for wireworm, seed corn maggot, and European chaffer control in soybeans. Last week, Syngenta agronomic services manager Chris Denys told those attending the Crop Masters... Read More
One of the fun things about farm shows is you'll never know who you'll run into. Such is the case with Shaun Haney and Dan Foster at the Ag In Motion show held outside of Saskatoon last week. Foster, national marketing manager with PRIDE Seeds, based at Chatham, Ont., sat down with Haney to talk... Read More
Agriculture requires the transportation of goods via highway, water, and rail across North America. When it comes to challenges, the rivers in the U.S. and railways in Canada tend to get much of the media coverage, but what about the trucking industry? At first thought about the issue you might suspect that quality of the... Read More
Why is ethanol important to agriculture, the environment, and consumers? On this episode of the Corn School, RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin travels to the Honda Indy in Toronto for a firsthand look at how Ontario grain farmers are reaching out to consumers to increase understanding of biofuels and the role farmers play in powering cars in... Read More