In Western Canada, spray 2019 is full speed ahead, and fungicide timing is at the forefront of many producers' minds. For a crop like wheat, it's essential to stay ahead of leaf diseases to get the maximum yield output from your crop. Each leaf on a wheat plant provides a different contribution to yield, so... Read More
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In 2015, Annette, Richard, and Doug Arnold founded Arnold Innovations, in an effort to provide safe, productive, and innovative solutions to problems encountered in the field. "My parents farm 3500 acres of grain in rural Manitoba, and one year my dad was unplugging my CX series combine with the manual wrench, and unfortunately pushed up... Read More
Did you know tillage erosion is the most significant erosive effect that's seen on the Canadian prairies? Marla Riekman, soil management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, says that often the focus is around wind and water erosion when really, it should be tillage erosion. However, it's not just how much you are tilling your land —... Read More
The pea leaf weevil might be a difficult tongue twister of an insect name to be said 10 times fast, but this pest can be even more difficult to control in your peas and faba beans. Across the Prairies, their tell-tale notching is rearing its appearance. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Pulse School, prairie field... Read More
CanolaPALOOZA is an event held across the Prairies that tackles all things canola agronomy — and more. Covering everything from pre-emergence to post-harvest, marketing, and more, canolaPALOOZA offers three separate days of learning in three provinces. The summer can often be filled with field days and trade shows, so the goal of the event is... Read More
An unusually cool and dry spring across Manitoba has caused some difficulties when it comes to weed pressure in canola. Angela Brackenreed, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, tells Kara Oosterhuis in this Canola School episode that the annual weed pressure especially has been low. However, a change in moisture and temperature means... Read More
Alberta-based Renn Mill Center Inc. and Wisconsin based H&S Manufacturing Company Inc. – both manufacturers of feed processing, hay, and forage equipment – have announced a distribution agreement. The agreement states that Renn will help expand H&S's equipment availability in Western Canada and Australia, while H&S does the same for Renn in the U.S.. “Our... Read More
Alberta-based farmer Lynn Dargis spent much of Canada's Farm Progress Show on the other side of a booth, bringing attention to her recently unveiled grain pricing platform. Farmbucks, launched at the end of February, collects, sorts and displays grain prices in real time, with its newest version (2.0) offering price history lines, price alerts, geographic... Read More
Morris Industries' new air drill is seeing some additional attention from the team, as the company strives to improve producer productivity. Unveiled last year at Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina, the Quantum drill is available in widths of 40 to 70 feet, and, like all drills, its productivity is limited by its width and,... Read More
A new innovation unveiled at Canada's Farm Progress Show kills weeds without herbicides. Instead of chemically terminating the plant, the unit simply overcooks them with steam. "We produce steam at up to 200 to 300 degrees celsius and it kills everything that it touches," says Ron Gleim, founder and president of the company behind X-Steam-inator,... Read More