From fleabane, to wild oats, to kochia and Palmer amaranth, which weed is the toughest to kill on the farm? For this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Mike Cowbrough, weed specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and Tammy Jones, technical sales agronomist with Corteva AgriScience,... Read More
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The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) has recently updated a few agronomy graphics, including the life cycle of blackleg. "We've had different life cycles in the past, but we wanted to update it and provide a little bit more information kind of in a one shot," says Justine Cornelsen, agronomy specialist with CCC. In this... Read More
May means a few things here at RealAgriculture: lots of baseball talk and outside time. Our entire team looks forward to getting out and into not just our own farm fields, but also in the field with experts, agronomists, researchers, and extension to film the latest and greatest for each of our school series. So,... Read More
A while back, RealAg's Shaun Haney was joined by Mike Nailor, interim CEO of Chicken Farmers of Ontario, for a RealAg LIVE! Haney had a hard-hitting question for Nailor: what's the best chicken wing flavour? "Hands down, hot butter from a place in Guelph called Fat Duck," said Nailor. For years he had been trying... Read More
Wheat prices are amazing and everyone wants big wheat yields this year; so how do you achieve them? By paying close attention to your nitrogen applications, of course. Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson is hopping mad in this Wheat School episode — mad at himself that is. In the video, he's standing in a wheat field... Read More
The latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report was released May 12 by the World Agricultural Outlook Board. Joining host Shaun Haney to break down the WASDE report in this RealAg LIVE! episode is Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge. Listen and watch to hear about ending stocks, projected acres, trade, hedging, and... Read More
Technology is something that many people are following — especially when it comes to online retail. What needs to happen in order for this tech to really take off? Shane Thomas of Upstream Ag Insights joins Shaun Haney on today's RealAg LIVE! to debate all things ag technology, online retail, biologicals, and more. RealAg LIVE!... Read More
Abiotic and biotic stress during seed germination and emergence will affect a canola crop later in the season. It's important to recognize the different types of stress in order to determine what to do differently in future years. Jack Payne, grow team advisor with Federated Co-operatives Limited, joins Kara Oosterhuis for this Canola School episode... Read More
See and spray technology, recirculating booms, and pineapples — that's just a few of the topics discussed in this episode of The Agronomists. To tackle what's new in sprayer tech and how to do the best job spraying, there are no better experts to ask than our guests than Jason Deveau and Tom Wolf of... Read More
Early season scouting is underway for some winter wheat crops, plus early emerged wheat and barley. That early scouting brings up questions like what happens to wheat or barley if it gets nipped by frost? What insects are a concern for this growing season? Jeremy Boychyn, agronomy extension specialist with Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions,... Read More