Unwanted snow that blanketed parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan in the month of September has left many farmers at a standstill near the more-than-halfway point of harvest for the year. According to Karin Lindquist, forage and beef specialist with Alberta Agriculture, the frost could be also be a concern for nitrate accumulation. "What happens is,... Read More
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Farmers in Ontario can anticipate active weather to continue well into October, says Drew Lerner, of World Weather Inc. While eastern Ontario is still cleaning up from last week's F3 and F2 tornadoes, parts of southern Ontario are experiencing nearly nightly weather alerts. Is this what we're in for for harvest? Lerner says that cool... Read More
It's a jam packed Tuesday on RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney opens the show with a listener comment about soybeans staying green. What's going on? Jessika Guse, news lead, is back for News with Guse and breaks down the top ag news stories of the day. They include: FCC's latest analysis of farm assets and... Read More
A professor from the University of Saskatchewan and his Master's student are causing quite a stir 'Down Under' due to some startling revelations contained in a paper published by the two earlier this year. The paper explores the economic and environmental consequences of a moratorium that effectively banned all use of genetically modified (GM) canola... Read More
Maintaining proper combine setup as field conditions change throughout a day of harvesting is always a challenge. But that job is about to get a lot easier for operators of CR Revelation combines with new IntelliSense automation system, says New Holland. The goal of IntelliSense is to help combine operators manage and adjust quickly to... Read More
Today on the show we focus on harvest progress across the country with a number of guests and a variety of view points. On today's show, we get crop updates from Roberta Galbraith, Megz Reynolds, and our own Dale Leftwich. If you want to update us on your harvest progress, you can email Shaun at... Read More
When I first became involved with the Saskatchewan Canola Growers Association (SCGA), I did so because wanted to know what the hell was going on. I, like most of you I'm sure, was pretty tired of the state of things and wondered who was running the show. The first thing I found out was that,... Read More
RealAgriculture's Kelvin Heppner was in Boone, Iowa attending the Farm Progress Show where he had the opportunity to talk to Andreas Saile, CLAAS product manager, about the new 5300 Quadrant. Saile says, "This is the new machine replacing the 3300 it’s the three by four big square baler called the 5300 now. We offer that... Read More
There are a lot of high clearance sprayers to choose from. What features set the Miller Nitro apart? RealAgriculture's Kelvin Heppner had a chance to ask Mark Burns, application equipment manager with Case IH, what was new with the Miller Nitro sprayer when they were together at the Farm Progress Show at Boone, Iowa. Mark... Read More
The U.S. report for cattle on feed for September first was six per cent higher than a year ago according to Anne Wasko, of Gateway Livestock. And that's something, as it was a bit bigger of a number than what the industry was expecting. “It’s because the August placement number was up seven per cent... Read More