Wednesday's edition of RealAg Radio in front of a live audience at day two of Canada's Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ontario, hosted by Shaun Haney and RealAg agronomist Peter Johnson. Highlights: Peter answers all kinds of agronomy questions from the audience. Rocky Talk with Joel Hoehn on winterizing your sprayer. Aaron Stevanus of Pride... Read More
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Every farm succession plan starts and stops with the older generation. In most cases, it's up to mom and/or dad to determine how and when the transition moves forward. For farm families who are stuck in that process, it's usually not from a lack of desire to execute, but from paralysis — not knowing where... Read More
New Holland is now offering its continuously variable transmission (CVT), referred to as 'Auto Command' in its T9 Series tractors. "We've always had the power-shift transmission, but for the model year '18, we're gonna add a CVT transmission option for customers to choose from," says Ken Paul, marketing manager with New Holland, in the video... Read More
Today's special edition of RealAg Radio (recorded at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show) is hosted by Shaun Haney and Peter Johnson. Highlights include: An update on Ontario crop conditions. Matthew Pot, Grain Perspectives, joins for a market update around Tuesday's USDA estimates. Canada's Outdoor Farm Show audience takes part in the conversation with questions around: hog... Read More
The USDA published another bearish report on Tuesday, boosting corn and soybean yields when the market was expecting numbers to be lower than in August. For corn, the department projected an average yield of 169.9 bushels per acre, up from 169.5 in August and almost two bushels above the average analyst' estimate of 168. For... Read More
The public caught their first glimpse of Case IH's new 2140 Early Riser at the Farm Progress Show in Illinois last month. The new pivot-fold planter succeeds the 1245, offering 400 gallons of liquid fertilizer capacity, 80 bushels of seed capacity, and split-row configuration options. “The 2140 Early Riser is two planters in one efficient... Read More
New tires coming from Goodyear this fall will feature a rubber compound derived from soybeans. Not only is there a sustainability story to using a plant-based ingredient, but engineers with Goodyear found a performance advantage when using tread compounds made with soybean oil: they remained pliable or soft at lower temperatures, while increasing tread life.... Read More
Today's RealAg Radio podcast, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: Peter Johnson, RealAgriculture's resident agronomist, joins the show to talk about how soil compaction awareness is changing how we farm in North America, following the Compaction Action event in Ontario last week. Peter and Kelvin also chat about the new, Real Dream... Read More
After acquiring 'Shredlage' technology from its inventors last year, Claas is emphasizing the cow health benefits of the forage harvesting process. Shredlage, says Matt Jaynes, self-propelled forage harvester product manager with Claas, is a patented term used to describe the harvesting technique that takes corn through a special kernel processor, as well as cutting it... Read More
Case IH's new Trident 5550 was on display last week at the Farm Progress Show in Illinois. Like something out of Transformers, the 5550 is a combination liquid/dry applicator, and according to the company, the conversion between the two is the fastest in the industry. Unlike last Christmas, when you and three other adults worked... Read More