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
Category: Podcasts
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
Here's the RealAg Radio September 8 podcast, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: Sask. harvest well ahead of normal; Kevin Folta taking the New York Times to court; JP Gervais, chief economist with Farm Credit Canada, on the Bank of Canada's decision to raise interest rates again and the stronger Canadian dollar;... Read More
Think of your planter as a high-resolution field printer. Instead of multiple colours of ink, it's dispensing combinations of micronutrients and crop protection products in-furrow. A U.S. company is following the concept of an inkjet printer, with plans to commercialize a system for applying precise amounts as needed at varying rates in each row. SIMPAS,... Read More
AGCO Corporation announced its 'next generation' of Massey Ferguson self-propelled windrowers, this week, designed to deliver more horsepower and greater throughput capacity. The WR9900 series, built under the Hesston brand, includes four models that replace the WR9800 series. The models are capable of operating 9200 series auger and disc headers and 5400 series draper headers.... Read More
Grain markets almost always take a dive as harvest approaches and new supplies hit the market, but the big question for marketing is — will prices rebound or stay at lower levels? "I've been doing this for quite a few years and every year I kind of get sucked in a little by it, and... Read More
Thursday's edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Shaun Haney — highlights: Red Sox allegedly using technology (an Apple watch) to cheat (steal and communicate the catcher's signs) — Does this happen in agriculture? Is this any different than companies spying on each other with drones? Haney says he's heard of seed companies planting dummy plots... Read More
The federal Liberals' reluctance to show that they want to move forward on the Trans-Pacific Partnership could be due to competition for votes in certain Ontario, Quebec and B.C. ridings in 2019, according to a trade expert with the Canada West Foundation. It's difficult to get an answer on why Canada has not been more... Read More