Since May 2015, when Alberta elected Rachel Notley and the NDP as its government, the province's farmers and ranchers have had some adjusting to do. Legislative changes, such as Bill 6, have not been without controversy, but we perhaps haven't seen the sweeping changes many feared. Still, farmers are dealing with depressed commodity markets and... Read More
Category: Podcasts
We're into Day 2 at FarmTech in Edmonton, AB. The crowd is buzzing, and today's show is packed with on-location interviews: Scooped off the tradeshow floor, FarmTech delegate Matt Gosling joins the show to talk about Premium Ag, soil moisture concerns, and considering taking peas out of the rotation. Getting the crop off to a... Read More
Let's get down to the nitty gritty on this week's top agronomy questions, shall we? Peter Johnson is back for this last January 2018 instalment of Wheat Pete's Word, and it's an action-packed episode. Out west, farmers have two main concerns — lack of moisture and lack of moisture. This brings up two questions in... Read More
Are you holding out for $10 yellow peas, when you know you're profitable at $8 per bushel? That's just one of the gems we've mined from this quick market recap from none other than FarmLead founder, Brennan Turner. Earlier this week, Turner once agains joined Shaun Haney at the RealAgriculture booth at FarmTech to wade... Read More
Does throwing the kitchen sink at your soybean crop provide an economic yield response? The answer is a definitive "No" says University of Minnesota associate professor Seth Naeve. His conclusion is based on the the results of a huge three-year U.S. study that he shared with growers attending the Southwest Agricultural Conference in Ridgetown, Ont.,…Read More
Crop input decisions would be made so much easier if only one year's weather would predict the next. But we know that one dry year doesn't make a trend, so while 2018 is looking dry in Western Canada will it stay dry for the growing season? Will crop disease be less of a threat because... Read More
Forget the standard five and 10-year outlooks of strategic planning. Instead, have you figured out where to best put your time in in a day? Whether or not you and your spouse are collaborating to your full potential? Is technology helping or hindering your farm operation? These are the kinds of questions Nick Bontis, professor... Read More
Last week there were reasons for confusion on what direction the American dollar might take based on White House policy. Most of the confusion last week was driven by comments made by different members of the White House team. "It's interesting, it's almost like currency wars at the moment," says Matthew Pot of Grain Perspectives... Read More
Over 2,000 farm, plant, and insect enthusiasts have taken over Northlands in Edmonton, for the city's annual FarmTech event. Recording from the show, host Shaun Haney covers: What makes Climate FieldView different from other data platforms, with Denise Hockaday. Dale Uglem, chair of Farmtech, joins to discuss the team behind the show, its evolution, the... Read More
There's this thing about nature — it adapts. Many canola growers are getting a real taste of this in recent years by a slow but steady resurgence of blackleg showing up and stealing yield. For those who think, "hey, we have genetic resistance, didn't we deal with this already?" read and listen on. Record canola... Read More