The federal Liberal caucus met in Saskatoon, Sask. this week, providing the opportunity to host a hastily-called roundtable on grain transportation. The roundtable included government representatives, farmers, shippers, and railway executives. The purpose of the meeting, according to a government news release, was to provide "participants with an opportunity to share information, to address challenges,... Read More
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It's day three at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show, and that's where you'll find host Shaun Haney at the Climate Fieldview booth for today's show. Although it's been partly cloudy for the day at the farm show, that doesn't mean our guests can't brighten up your day. On today's show you'll hear from: Mathew Pot from... Read More
Have you ever looked at a self-propelled lawn mower and said, "I wish my baler turned that sharp." Well, Vermeer said, "We can do that!" RealAgriculture's Kelvin Heppner got a chance to talk to Josh Vrieze, with Vermeer, at the Farm Progress Show at Boone, Iowa, about their new ZR5 self-propelled baler, that turns like... Read More
Landscape restoration: do you do it? You might want to think about doing it, because chances are you're losing yield if you don't, according to Marla Riekman, land management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture. In the simplest terms, landscape restoration is moving soil back from where it came from. When growers use tillage year after year,... Read More
Field conditions can change significantly during harvest, and although it would be nice to have experienced operators who are able to make the appropriate adjustments, sometimes it would be helpful if the combine could provide a little help to the person in the driver's seat. That's what Case IH had in mind when it developed... Read More
It's day two of Canada's Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ontario. Shaun Haney hosts the jam-packed show from the PRIDE Seeds pavilion at the show. Today's show features: Aaron Stevanus of PRIDE Seeds explains their new research on maximizing production works on an acre basis or even less than that by changing hybrids and populations... Read More
Case IH has come out with a new one-pass option for seeding and fertilizing in spring, as the manufacturer debuted its Precision Disk 500DS air drill at the 2018 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa. The new double shoot drill places seed one inch above and one inch over from fertilizer in the same pass.... Read More
On this special Canada's Outdoor Farm show edition of Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson must share the spotlight with RealAgriculture founder Shaun Haney. From dicamba drift reports, to sticky, frost-damaged wheat, to hemp, and on to a hard no on drying down grazing corn, this week's Word has something for everyone (and, thankfully, Shaun... Read More