Tuesday's edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: crop updates as harvest reports come in; U.S. dairy industry quick to respond to Chrystia Freeland's comments on dairy trade on eve of NAFTA negotiation; Jim Wiesemeyer, Washington-based ag policy analyst with Pro Farmer, discusses U.S. ag's perspective coming into NAFTA... Read More
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Most of the yellow patches in soybean fields in Western Canada and the northern U.S. have disappeared as the plants have recovered, or turned necrotic and died, but one of the big questions heading into harvest is: what toll did widespread issues with iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC) earlier in the season take on yields? The... Read More
Cereal variety trials typically give researchers great insight into yield, disease tolerance, standability and a host of management considerations to help growers pick the right variety for their fields. In this year's Ontario Spring Cereal Performance Trials, researchers are also getting a good look at the impact herbicide choices can have on cereals. In this... Read More
Agronomy Monday edition of RealAg Radio, with Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: Before agronomy, a little trade. Finally... NAFTA negotiations to begin on Wednesday; Peter Johnson discusses how rain impacts wheat test weights, slow maturing wheat (probably a good thing!), glyphosate timing, #plantgreen lessons from 2017; Holly Gelech of BioVision Seed Labs on... Read More
Uniform crop. Straight forward harvest. Chris Zemlak is planning to straight cut over half his canola acres this year. But if he had it his way, he would be straight cutting all of them. “There’s something fun about straight cutting canola with a 40-foot header, at 5 miles an hour and putting 40 to 50... Read More
After almost a month without any new cases, Manitoba's 61st case of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus since early May was confirmed in a finisher hog barn in the southeast part of the province this week. As of Thursday, there were 22 sow herds, 13 nurseries and 26 finishing operations infected, according to the province's... Read More
Numbers of diamondback moths have increased in Western Canada over the past couple of weeks, in part due to the dry weather and strong winds. In some areas where the canola is still in late bloom, they are causing a fair amount of damage. Héctor Cárcamo, entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, says the key... Read More
It's a tale of two different markets when you look at the Canadian cattle business versus what's happening in the U.S. where feeders are anticipating a bigger calf crop this fall. Western Canadian feeders are looking at the same kind of numbers in terms of supply as last year, notes Anne Wasko in this latest... Read More
Friday's edition of RealAg Radio with Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: Beef Market Update with Anne Wasko; RealAg Roundtable with Andrew Campbell and Bern Tobin discussing celebrity chef Michael Smith's comments regarding the national food policy and GMO labeling in Canada, dicamba drift cases in Canada and new research from Arkansas showing all... Read More
With pea and lentil harvest underway, the question on the forefront of many growers' minds — what is the quality of my crop that's coming off? We think about what sort of season and conditions the crop has gone through, and while sometimes you are prepared for the sample you're looking at, sometimes you aren't.... Read More