Producers have limited means to test for the presence of aphanomyces ahead of the growing season, but some new tools are coming online, literally, to help determine aphanomyces risk. Meagan Reed, agronomy manager with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, says that growers do have some tools in the toolbox to manage for aphanomyces risk, including rotating away... Read More
Category: Western Canada
Five varieties, including one new one, have cracked the list of recommended malting barley varieties for farmers to grow in 2024. The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) published its annual list on Thursday, offering a guide to Western Canadian producers and industry on preferred varieties based on agronomics, malting quality, and market demand. The... Read More
Smart tractors need smart implements. That's one of the challenges start-up autonomous tractor maker AgXeed is tackling as its AgBots move on to European farms. In this interview from Agritechnica '23, AgXeed product specialist Nadine Bietenduvel shares how over the past five years the company has developed three AgBot models — three-wheel, four-wheel and tracked... Read More
Hensall Co-op is expanding its global business with the acquisition Minn-Dak Growers Ltd. For over five decades, Minn-Dak has been processing and marketing specialty crops across the Upper Great Plains — a region comprising Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota. Hensall Co-op CEO Brad Chandler says the acquisition is a strategic move... Read More
Kubota expects to make fruit harvesting drones available to North American fruit farmers as early as 2025. The autonomous flying harvesters captured lots of attention at Agritechnica '23 as the equipment manufacturer showed off the potential of its collaboration with technology developer Tevel. In this video interview with RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin, Kubota representative Sumit Joshi... Read More
Farmers Edge's majority shareholder is looking to buy the remaining shares of the digital agriculture company for a small fraction of the value of the company when it went public less than three years ago. Fairfax Financial Holdings, which holds a 61 per cent stake in Farmers Edge, has made a non-binding offer to purchase... Read More
Update, Nov. 20: A delegation of leaders from Ontario farm organizations say they are heading to Ottawa to show support for the passage of C-234. The group includes representatives from Beef Farmers of Ontario, Mushrooms Canada, Ontario Broiler Chicken Hatching Egg Producers Association, Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association, Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers, Ontario Pork,... Read More
Agritechnica can be like Christmas for someone who closely follows new developments in agriculture technology, as the relevant companies from around the world show off their latest innovations at the show. The RealAgriculture team caught up with our friend and spraying expert Tom Wolf of Sprayers101 to discuss his observations on the ground in Germany.... Read More
This is the first video in a new series called Farming Forward: Sharpen your soil health expertise with cover cropping, nitrogen management, and advanced grazing, brought to you by the Farm Resilience Mentorship program. Visit farmlearninghub.ca for more! Building soil is about capturing sunlight, keeping plants actively growing, and feeding the soil bugs below through... Read More
ADM and Marathon Petroleum Corp. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on November 14 to celebrate the opening of their joint venture soybean processing facility at Spiritwood, North Dakota. Green Bison Soy Processing is the state's first soybean-specific processing complex, and a major step towards meeting increased demand for renewable diesel, the companies say. The facility —... Read More