A hot, dry early summer encouraged some rarely seen insects to set up shop in corn fields in 2018. Steph Kowalski, agronomy lead for the Agromart Group in eastern Canada, admits she was surprised by the number of reports of thrips in corn crops in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces this year. Thrips are generally... Read More
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He sings, he dances, and he hosts a weekly agronomy podcast — the multi-talented Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson is back for this week's edition of Wheat Pete's Word, and we've got some major miles to cover on destroying a corn crop effectively. It's heartbreaking, of course, but Agricrop is releasing some acres to be destroyed.... Read More
Tuesday's RealAg Radio show is in Ottawa, Ont. for day two of the Canadian Seed Trade Association’s semi-annual meeting. Today’s show sponsor is Fortenza seed treatment that’s powered by Syngenta. News with Guse is back, and host, Shaun Haney along with Jessika Guse tackle the top ag news stories of the day. Guests on the... Read More
A year in to a trying time for pulse movement into India, and there are some reports of a slight uptick in Canadian tonnage moving in to the country. It's not that the tariff or fumigation situation is resolved — instead, reports of dry local conditions could be putting a damper on domestic production. Regardless... Read More
Nature is pretty amazing, but that wonder and adaptability can translate to a huge problem in a crop. Wireworms, for example, can determine they don't like what is on the menu when you seed your crop in the spring, wait until the following spring, and attack a more vulnerable crop instead. What's more, they can... Read More
On Monday, RealAg Radio is on location at the Canadian Seed Trade Association's semi-annual meeting in Ottawa, Ont. Today's show sponsor is Fortenza seed treatment that's powered by Syngenta. Guests include: Todd Hyra, President of the Canadian Seed Trade Association speaks about the proposed value creation models suggested by the industry Scott Ewert with Syngenta... Read More
As anyone who owns a business knows, producing a product is only part of the process. Selling that product is perhaps more important. When you export 90 percent of what you produce, you have to go around the world to sell it. Cam Dahl, president of Cereals Canada, is a part of this process, and... Read More
Friday on RealAg Radio we have a loaded show full of insight. Our guests include: JP Gervais, chief economist for Farm Credit Canada to talk about China's economic health; Justin Funk, of Agristudies, on farmer loyalty; and, Cam Dahl of Cereals Canada on marketing this year's wheat crop abroad on the new crop mission.
From beginning with just small test plots, to having more than half of their current land base as an intercrop, the Whites say their farming journey has been all about learning from nature. Fifth generation farmers, Brooks and Jen White call the deep southwest corner of Manitoba — near the town of Pierson — home.... Read More
Air suspension systems are common on vehicles. They provide all kinds of advantages over other systems, including the potential for a wide variety of height adjustments. They can also be a really good fit on a piece of equipment where you might not expect to find them — headers, for example. Honey Bee Manufacturing has... Read More