It's day 2 of Ag in Motion at Langham, Saskatchewan. Today's show is on-location from the Farmer's Edge booth, featuring: Ag in Motion show director Rob O'Connor (right) Damon Johnson of Farmers Edge Steve Gillis of Rocky Mountain Equipment (as part of this week's Rocky Talk) A farmer panel, with Jeff Bennett of Dodsland, SK,... Read More
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A week of spotty rain has some farmers singing and others moaning, as this challenging growing season marches into mid-summer. The questions for host Peter Johnson continue to roll in, and this week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word covers it all from plot results, to fungicide questions, to a correction, and on to grain storage... Read More
Can you tell the difference between annual ryegrass and cereal rye? How about radish and kale? If you can't, it's time to bone up on your identification skills if you want to get serious about planting cover crops mixes on your farm, says Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs soil management specialist Anne... Read More
It's day 1 of Ag in Motion at Langham, Saskatchewan, and on today's show (from the Maxim Truck and Trailers exhibit): Today's ag news, including reports of an imminent cabinet shuffle in Ottawa and Clean Seed buying Harvest International Todd Wilcox of Maxim Truck and Trailer (pictured above) Trent Meyer, Hi-Tec Profiles, on the impact... Read More
Every farmer doesn't need to own and operate a drone for UAV technology to have a positive impact on their farm. That's the message Scott Ditschun shares with farmers when he discusses how Bayer CropScience is employing drones in its agronomic and product research. He says UAV technology could effectively increase Bayer's field research efficiency... Read More
Many situations have two scenarios: one where a problem is looking for a technology, or the other where technology exists and is looking for a problem to solve. In the case of farming, often it's the problem that comes first, but when it comes to autonomy, the technology has been leaps and bounds ahead of... Read More
Some pests like it dry, some like it warm, and some need it windy to get where they want to go. And sometimes insect pests can surprise you and not nearly be as bad as anticipated. That's the story of the summer of 2018 — so far — according to Alberta Agriculture insect specialist, Scott... Read More
Clean Seed Capital Group — the Canadian company behind the CX-6 Smart Seeder — has announced a deal to acquire U.S. planter equipment manufacturer Harvest International. The company also debuted the first Clean Seed Smart Planter at Ag in Motion on Tuesday, built with Harvest International technology. "Following the granting of Clean Seed patents in... Read More
There are so many different roles in the farming and agriculture industry, it's rare to find someone who ended up in exactly the job they always thought they'd have. More often than not, a string of opportunities is presented to a person with talents and interests and the wherewithal to pursue them, and — boom... Read More
This week's Agronomy Monday program, with host Shaun Haney: Greg Butler from SANTFA in Australia on using a high pressure waterjet coulter to bust through the trash in your field to prevent hairpinning at planting Dr. Lewis Lukens from University of Guelph on the opportunity for wheat using CRISPR-CAS9 Peter Johnson, RealAg agronomist, talks about... Read More