Despite the calendar date, many areas of the Prairies haven't seen a killing frost this fall, which means the window for fall weed control is still open. As producers, agronomists, and everyone in-between are surveying fields, the perennial weeds are likely getting noticed. As Leighton Blashko, technical service specialist with BASF, says, there's still time... Read More
Category: Western Canada
Managing costs and minimizing herbicide use meets technology in the Greeneye Precision Spraying System, but when will this pesticide-saver be available in Canada? That's the question RealAgriculture field editor Bernard Tobin puts to David Greer, of Greeneye Technology, in the video below filmed at the Farm Progress Show at Boone, Iowa, in August. The Israli-based... Read More
Finally, there is some plot data coming in for discussion! And that makes host of Wheat Pete's Word, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, incredibly happy. Why? Because even a "no yield response" is a valuable lesson and it's more fun when we all learn together. In this week's episode, Johnson talks corn harvest, weed control, and... Read More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its WASDE report for October on Wednesday, and soybeans definitely received the bulk of the market reaction. Although corn and wheat yield projections were relatively in-line with analyst expectations, it was the soybean yield that made the market go...hmm. Arlan Suderman, of StoneX tweeted, "USDA pegged the #soybean yield... Read More
New Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre unveiled his shadow cabinet on Wednesday. As expected, John Barlow (Foothills, Alberta, pictured above) has been tapped to continue in his role as shadow minister for agriculture, agri-food and food security. Barlow is well-versed with the role and agriculture-related issues, having served as the party's ag critic... Read More
A well-known rancher from Washington, who owned cattle in Alberta in the past, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to pay more than US$244 million in restitution for running a "ghost cattle" scam. Cody Easterday, 51, of Mesa, Washington, was sentenced on October 4 for defrauding Tyson Foods and another unnamed... Read More
Harvest is well underway across western Canada, and already wrapped up in many areas. The beginning of harvest also signals the start of the grain shipping season. David Przednowek, assistant vice president for grain for CN Rail, joined RealAgriculture's Kelvin Heppner to discuss where grain movement is at from a railway perspective. Despite low carry-in,... Read More
An average increase of 8.1 per cent in the price of farmland in early 2022 in and of itself isn't necessarily outlandish — but some of the provincial averages leading up to that number are rather mind-blowing. Year-over-year growth in Ontario topped 27 per cent, Manitoba is averaging 13.6 per cent growth, and Saskatchewan land... Read More
It's said that when the U.S. sneezes, Canada catches a cold. But is that really true of all things? Until now, Canada hasn't had its own farmer sentiment index, like farmers have in the U.S., and so the industry has been left to extrapolate how Canadians feel about the state of agriculture from our southern... Read More
When Farm Credit Canada (FCC) released its first-half of 2022 farmland values report earlier this week, reaction was somewhat mixed, ranging from "Well, of course prices are still strong!" to "This kind of growth is absurd given current conditions." As J.P. Gervais, senior economist with FCC explains, it's important to look at the 8.1 per... Read More