Tuesday's RealAg Radio lineup, with host Shaun Haney: Top ag news with Kelvin Heppner, including South Korea lifting suspension on Canadian wheat imports, new tariff talk, and pork research funding; Markus Braaten, crop manager for canola with Yara, on boosting nitrogen and phosphorus efficiency and drought stress; Brian Voth of IntelliFarm joins Kelvin to analyze... Read More
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It's been 10 years since the presence of western bean cutworm (WBC) was confirmed in Ontario. Since then, the yield-robbing pest has moved beyond provincial hotspots such as Bothwell, Thamesville, and the sandy soils of Tillsonburg, and it continues to march eastward through to Quebec and into the Maritime provinces. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food... Read More
The Canadian government is trying to walk a fine line when it comes to its relationship with China, especially in the volatile context of the current U.S.-China trade battle. Whether that line even exists is a real question, as Canada has to balance its relationship with its closest ally (the U.S.) and concerns about Chinese... Read More
It's Agronomic Monday on RealAg Radio — here's today's lineup, with host Shaun Haney: Ken Currah, of BASF, provides guidance on how Ontario growers can deal with the variability of the corn crop in terms of fungicide applications Norbert Beaujot, president and CEO of DOT Technology Corp, speaks with Kelvin Heppner about where the company... Read More
Field testing is slated to begin this week on a prototype 120-foot sprayer designed to be loaded onto the DOT field robot for autonomous spraying. Pattison Liquid Systems — based at Lemberg, Saskatchewan — showcased its Connect PLU (Pattison Liquid Unmanned) S120 sprayer at Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina last week. It's the first... Read More
Much of Ontario's winter wheat has fallen victim to hot, dry, June growing conditions, and yields will likely suffer, reports RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson. On this episode of the Wheat School, Johnson describes how drought-like growing conditions that brought high temperatures (34 degree days, 24 degree nights) and high winds for the better part of... Read More
The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) was created to "help deliver transformative innovation to agriculture in both the developed and the developing world." Every second year, the Saskatoon-based organization hosts the Emerging Technologies for Global Food Security Conference, and this year I was on hand to take it all in. On the agenda was... Read More
It's day 3 of Canada's Farm Progress Show, and Friday's show features several interviews from the farm show in Regina, including: Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on his government's fight against the federal carbon tax, Canada-U.S. trade relations and his recent trip to Washington Federal Conservative shadow minister for agriculture John Barlow on rising steel prices,... Read More
When it comes to opposing the federal carbon tax, the premier of Saskatchewan believes his government is not only on solid ground politically, but also in the courts. "I'm confident on both fronts. I truly am. I've never felt better about our stance with respect to the legal argument that we've put forward," says Premier... Read More
Summer has officially arrived, and it's time to get out and assess soybean plant stands. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Soybean School, we catch up with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs soybean specialist Horst Bohner as he surveys plots at a research site in Bornholm, Ontario. As Bohner surveys a stand planted... Read More