It’s an age-old question — which is the best dairy breed? Like most farming questions, the answer is rarely a simple A or B and is more likely to be a qualified “it depends,” but Elliot Currie, with the University of Guelph, headed up a project recently to try and answer the question of which... Read More
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Moving UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) out of the military and industrial industries and into agriculture has piqued more than a few farmers' attentions. And for good reason — the ability to get a bird's-eye view of thousands of acres in a short time frame has nearly endless potential for field applications, but how do farmers... Read More
Who’s had the biggest impact on your farming career? Is global warming real? The anecdotal evidence is pretty clear, given that it was plus temps during FarmTech this year, but we all know what anecdotes are worth. In this episode of Talking to Farmers, shot at Farmtech ’15, the Real Agriculture team (of one, that... Read More
What started out as a local equipment show in Kentucky in 1966 has grown and evolved over 50 years to become the National Farm Machinery Show — the largest indoor show of its kind in the United States. Real Agriculture’s Shaun Haney is in Louisville, Kentucky, right now covering the massive event. He had a... Read More
Millions of dollars can be spent on marketing, but to build a strong brand, you still need a good product. Having a high-quality product is what helped the Cooper sports equipment brand reach a 70 percent market share in hockey globally and a 30 percent market share in Major League Baseball, explains Donald Cooper, who... Read More
No matter where you go in the world, farming happens. It can look very different, of course — from state-of-the-art rooftop greenhouses, to expansive, scrub pastures in Australia, to scratching out barely enough to eat from a tiny plot of land in Kenya. If agriculture looks so different, what’s there to learn from seeing how... Read More
Cattle will give you signals as to their health and well-being, says director-owner of CowSignals Training Company, Joep Driessen. Driessen was one of this year’s Canadian Dairy Xpo speakers, where he hosted a Robot Feeding Signals workshop. In it, and in an interview with Bernard Tobin, he emphasized the importance of good food and rest... Read More
Ontario’s dairy farmers — and those from across Canada — descended on the storied town of Stratford, Ontario, last week to take in the third annual Canadian Dairy Xpo. Bernard Tobin, our Ontario field editor, caught up with show president Jordan Underhill for a recap of what was new and exciting at the show this... Read More
If you've noticed increasing levels of northern corn leaf blight in some of your fields, it could be that the hybrids you're planting don't have the right gene to resist infection. That's because the pathogen has evolved to bypass some of the older sources of resistance, says Albert Tenuta, field crop pathologist with the Ontario…Read More
Being on site the day before FarmTech is mind boggling. So much work goes into setting up for a show like that. The floors are abuzz, with tradeshow participants, cleaners, lighting and camera crews, and food preparation staff. We've already shared with you a couple of Behind the Scenes videos, one where we crawled into... Read More