U.S. farmers grew a record soybean crop in 2016, South American farmers are harvesting a record crop, and big soybean acres are expected in North America in 2017, yet somehow soybean prices have remained relatively strong to start 2017. "We're about a buck a bushel above where we were at the fall lows, which is... Read More
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What does a unicycle have to do with better pesticide efficacy? If you're Tom Wolf, co-founder of AgriMetrix and avid unicycler, it's all about understanding droplets and how different sizes move through a dense crop canopy. Larger droplets tend to move in a straight line, forward or back, but small droplets move with the wind... Read More
Looking to get more road speed out of your tracked combine as you move from field to field? Camso believes it has the solution you’ve been looking for in its new Conversion Track System – CTS High Speed. The system was recently unveiled at the 2017 National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky. In this... Read More
The idea that Manitoba's commodity organizations need to work more closely together to provide more value to members — possibly going as far as merging — was formally introduced and discussed recently at CropConnect. "All these organizations, particularly in Manitoba, have basically the same membership, doing very similar projects, with the same money, going after... Read More
Strong, durable and lightweight. Those are the words John Deere is using to describe its new carbon fibre spray booms. John Deere has been working for years on ways to substitute the composite material for the steel and aluminum traditionally used in farm equipment. After years of testing, the new 120- and 132-foot carbon fibre... Read More
The tough harvest conditions on the prairies last fall were unforeseen when planning began for Canada's first grain entrapment awareness and training program, but the launch of "BeGrainSafe" has turned out to be incredibly timely. "Out-of-condition grain is a major contributor to grain entrapment situations, as well as other types of injuries and illness. We... Read More
With unharvested crop still in the field and saturated soils in many areas, some helpful weather could be on the way for Western Canada this spring, says Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. "The spring bias is tilted toward a little less precipitation and a slight warmer bias," he says in the video below, filmed... Read More
If new rail legislation the federal government promised to introduce this spring is to be passed before the end of the session in June, it will have to be tabled soon. "One would imagine with the legislative calendar, it's going to be have to be in the next several weeks," says Steve Pratte, rail policy... Read More
What would you do with 100,000 toothpicks? The answer is obvious for Tennessee farmers Chase Long and Colby Counce, builders of the world’s largest model farm. They gathered together some friends and worked for a week to turn the toothpicks into harvested cornfields on their 15,000-acre replica. Real Agriculture first featured the model farm when... Read More
After four consecutive years of record wheat production in the world, we've become accustomed to adjectives like "burdensome" and "massive" describing wheat supplies. However, it's looking like 2017 could break that trend, according to Mike Krueger of The Money Farm. "That pattern is starting to change," he says in the interview below, filmed at CropConnect... Read More