Five steps. Unlimited opportunities. Straight cutting has been a part of Kris and Bernie Klammer’s operation since the 80’s. And it’s clear why. After seeing success over several years, they decided to straight cut 100% of their acres in 2016 and plan to do the same in 2017. Hear their valuable advice on fertility, pre-harvest... Read More
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It’s easier to scare people than reassure them. That’s how environmental activist Mark Lynas frames the debate around the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). GMOs have their supporters and their detractors, all fighting for or against the technology, and in the middle is a very confused and distrusting public. That’s the narrative director Scott... Read More
Wednesday's RealAg Radio podcast, co-hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner: Latest comments on Canadian dairy from Chrystia Freeland, Is Canada considering WTO action against Italy on durum COOL? JBS selling some South American assets. Scandal creating some uncertainty in protein market. Brennan Turner of FarmLead on weather concerns supporting futures prices, Preview of upcoming... Read More
Haying is underway (with some phenomenal yields!), soybeans are struggling, and sprayers are rolling — there's lots of ground to cover on this week's Word with RealAg agronomist Peter Johnson. Peter discusses the replant decision facing soybean growers, rolling timing on beans, early weed control in wheat, drift reduction agents, fungicide rates, row spacing for... Read More
Tuesday's radio podcast, as heard on Rural Radio 147 on SiriusXM, with co-hosts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner, including: comments on dairy and wheat trade following the first face-to-face meeting between Canadian Ag Minister Lawrence MacAulay and U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue, latest crop progress and condition reports, the rally in the spring wheat market... Read More
It's Agronomy Monday, and on today's radio podcast we feature: Lana Shaw of South East Research Farm in Saskatchewan on how cover crops could fit on forced fallow acres that are too wet to seed, an encore with Tom Wolf on retrofitting sprayers and things to keep in mind as #spray17 gets rolling, Soybean School... Read More
Harvest weed seed control has been widely adopted in Australia as a tool in fighting herbicide resistance. When it comes to North America, farmers in southern States, such as Arkansas, have started implementing these concepts, but the idea of destroying weed seed viability has yet to take off here in Canada. In this Wheat School... Read More
Crop yields continue to increase across North America, but so do yield and market volatility. According to Dr. Alan Ker, director of the University of Guelph’s Institute for the Advanced Study of Food and Agricultural Policy, increased volatility is something farmers will have to get used to as the impact of innovation and climate change... Read More
Soybean futures have dropped to 14-month lows and corn is seemingly unable to break through a brick wall at $3.96/bu. The bears are seemingly winning over the bulls and their weather concerns. Soybeans broke lower last week from the Brazilian currency tanking with the JBS corruption scandal, which made Brazilian beans cheaper for foreign buyers... Read More
While Chicago wheat futures trended lower, spring wheat contracts on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange rose sharply this past week on concerns about the supply of higher quality, high protein wheat. The September contract closed on Friday at US$5.87/bu — the highest it's been since the middle of June 2016. There are three primary factors, explains... Read More