From the road, it looks like a custom-made air seeder pulled by a Big Bud four-wheel drive tractor. But after your eyes move on from the rare tractor, you might notice something else. Those look like planter row units mounted on the frame. Having grown corn and soybeans in the southwest corner of Manitoba near... Read More
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It's Thursday and that means we have another Farmer Rapid Fire segment lined up, along with our weekly agronomy update from Wheat Pete, who's on fire this week. Here's some of what co-hosts Shaun and Kelvin cover: New U.S. Drought Monitor maps show dryness in Northern Plains (extending into Canada) intensifying, and the markets are... Read More
The new president of the Canola Council of Canada says his goal is to follow through on the council's strategic plan, with priority shifting away from increasing acres to maximizing yields and value per acre for growers and the industry. Jim Everson's first official day in the Canola Council's office in Winnipeg was on May... Read More
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
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