Harvest is somewhat paused with all the rain and storms rolling through Ontario. Once wheat is ready, it's time to roll, roll, roll, but what happens when you're held up by weather? Peter 'Wheat Pete' Johnson tackles that, plus top tips on salvaging drought-stressed corn, and choosing cover crops, in this week's Wheat Pete's Word.... Read More
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Now is the time to check canola fields for symptoms of clubroot, as a new streak of cases have been found in Manitoba over the last few weeks. The clubroot map for the province will likely be changing this fall, as the soil-borne disease has been found in a new municipality, says Holly Derksen, field... Read More
Tuesday's edition of RealAg Radio, with host Shaun Haney: A tribute to plant breeders Top ag news with Kelvin Heppner: Has Canada really been frozen out of NAFTA talks?, soybeans rally on reports of China-U.S. discussions, new stats show record oil shipments by rail, Deere buys Argentinian sprayer company, and more. Sylvain Charlebois of Dalhousie... Read More
Monday's agronomy-themed show, with host Shaun Haney: Shaun begins by acknowledging the loss of a dear friend and member of the Canadian agriculture community, Amy Matheson Bern Tobin files a report from the Honda Indy in Toronto, highlighting the impact of ethanol production in Ontario as cars race past Bethany Wyatt of BASF discusses weed... Read More
Soybeans in parts of Western Canada have started to show visual signs of nitrogen deficiency due to poor nodulation and dry conditions. The symptoms are showing up as nitrogen uptake is about to peak, with the crop heading into the critical pod-filling stage. Nodulation failure appears to be more prevalent in fields where soybeans have... Read More
Water quality can affect animal welfare and the financial bottom line long before visual symptoms start to appear. "It never bothered them before" is an often-heard refrain when the welfare of animals is impaired by poor water quality. "We just can't determine the quality of water by just looking at it," explains Leah Clark of... Read More
The European Union looking to mend fences with the Trump administration could have a major impact on agriculture, as the U.S. looks for a win with one of its trading partners. The EU/U.S. trade front is one that Canadians should pay particularly close attention to as we already have preferential market access over the U.S.... Read More
The practice of split-applying nitrogen through the growing season has been increasing throughout U.S. midwest corn states and in Eastern Canada. In Western Canada, about 20 percent of corn growers in Manitoba have adopted the in-season practice, according to newly-released results of a survey conducted by the Manitoba Corn Growers. In this episode of RealAgriculture... Read More
As our beef market expert Anne Wasko puts it, 'It was the dog days of summer —but for the beef industry' last week. It was a quiet trade week, and the cattle that did trade looked about $2 lower than the average price this year — however, it's not a big surprise due to the... Read More
RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney starts the show on a high note by reading a pretty impactful tweet from John Kowalchuk about hardworking farmers. From there, we head into the news, where you'll hear about: How the feds registered a surplus of $3.2 billion The U.S. released its GDP figures, and they're up 2.2 per... Read More