The rain keeps falling in Ontario and all the water-logged soils make it tough to get a good read on how much nitrogen is available to the province's corn crop. In this edition of RealAgriculture Corn School, agronomist Peter Johnson discusses whether corn acres need supplemental nitrogen and how much they might need. It depends... Read More
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When hail hits first trifoliate soybean plants in late June, should you replant? In most situations, RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson would give you the 'thumbs down' and tell you those plants are resilient and they'll make a comeback. But the decision really depends on the condition of the plants, says Johnson in the latest episode... Read More
Thursday's radio podcast, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: Statistics Canada released its updated acreage estimates today, with plenty of numbers to talk about, from spring wheat to canola to soybeans and beyond. Dwight Nichol of DLN AgVentures and Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodity Research discuss the StatsCan acres, fundamentals behind the... Read More
Statistics Canada slashed its estimate for 2017 spring wheat area by almost 900 thousand acres on Thursday, providing further fuel to the fire that's been the spring wheat market over the last month. Back in April, StatsCan projected 16.7 million acres of spring wheat. In the update published on June 29, spring wheat area is... Read More
Soil compaction — as many other topics and issues in agriculture — has no simple solution. Marla Riekman, soil management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, says in this Canola School episode that soil compaction is "one of the hardest topics to discuss with farmers." She says this is because the easiest solution is to stay off... Read More
What's with all the hail and rain? In this week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word, RealAg agronomist Peter Johnson once again talks about the extreme weather Ontario has been facing, including the hail, and what it'll take to recover. He expresses excitement about some beautiful barley he's seeing, but also disappointment as he talks of... Read More
Ontario crops have experienced widespread hail damage in recent weeks and many growers are asking how they can minimize the yield impact. In this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School, agronomist Peter Johnson takes us to a field of eight-leaf corn that has been shredded by a recent hailstorm. He says at this stage, yield loss... Read More
Wednesday's show includes more coverage from CanolaPalooza in Lacombe, including an interview with Tom Wolf on sprayer cleanout, spraying and AOS on this week's Rocky Talk, and a farmer panel featuring Alberta farmers Greg Sears, John Guelly and John Kowalchuk (pictured above). Shaun also highlights the yet-to-be-unveiled DOT autonomous seeding machine that SeedMaster's new sister... Read More
Despite the creation of new dicamba formulations that are much less volatile and an unprecedented education campaign on how to reduce spray drift, reports of dicamba drift injury are piling up in the U.S. The complaints coincide with the release of Monsanto's Xtend soybeans, which contain the dicamba tolerance trait that many farmers have been... Read More
Tuesday's radio podcast, on-location from CanolaPalooza at Lacombe, Alberta, featuring an all-star lineup of canola agronomy experts, including Gregory Sekulic, Dilantha Fernando, Clint Jurke, Neil Harker and Scott Meers. Join us for RealAg Radio every weekday afternoon — 4pm eastern on Rural Radio 147 on SiriusXM!