Manitoba's inaugural Canolapalooza was held earlier this week in Portage, a combination of a canola field day and a summer festival, complete with mini-golf, a movie theatre and mud wrestling. Or mud arm wrestling, to be specific. Manitoba Mud Wrestling Federation-sanctioned referee John Heard joined Kelvin Heppner to discuss their soil-themed contribution to the field... Read More
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It's hard to imagine a plough that does more than...well, plough. But Kverneland, a Norway-based agricultural machinery company, decided it was time to put some 'intelligence' in the system. The company showcased its 2500 i-Plough at Agritechnica in Hanover, Germany, where RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney stopped by the booth to find out more. "It can handle... Read More
Grain markets had one of their worst weeks in the last couple of years as everything from better weather to updated production estimates to geopolitical risk erased most of the premiums we’ve seen over the past two months. We’ve been saying for the past few weeks in our commentary (both on here and our daily... Read More
It's been an interesting week for market analysts. According to Gateway Livestock's Anne Wasko, cattle prices had a tough week leading up to Friday, then "Brexit — the 'leave' victory — sort of sent markets into an upheaval." Commodity Analysts, Traders and Media React to Brexit Decision The news that the United Kingdom had voted... Read More
Update, February 9, 2017: Since this article and podcast were published last June, the number of asylum-seekers crossing the border near Emerson has continued to climb. Dozens continue cross each month, despite freezing cold conditions. Since April 1, the start of its current fiscal year, the Canadian Border Services Agency, says it has recorded 403... Read More
The United Kingdom voted and the markets reacted. If you are a political or economics junkie, it was must-watch coverage of the BREXIT vote night. United Kingdom voters decided by a slight majority to leave the European Union. As one would expect, with "leave" or "stay", the markets would react. The Pound Sterling rocked lower... Read More
Canada's Farm Progress Show had an international sprayer in its line-up of ag equipment this year. For many farmers, it was their first chance to see Agrifac's Condor, manufactured in the Netherlands. Agrifac's Rob Blijdorp was on the grounds to field questions, explaining some of the high clearance sprayer's unique features. In the interview below,... Read More
It’s wet in parts of Western Canada, while crops would welcome rain in much of southern Ontario. We get into some of the disease issues popping up in the west, and the impact of not enough moisture in the east. What can be done to prevent farmers being left unpaid for grain they’ve delivered, as... Read More
As disease pressure mounts, fungicide applications to prevent fusarium head blight (FHB) have started in wheat across Western Canada. Effective FHB suppression comes down to timing and knowing where your target is, explains AgriMetrix spray application specialist Tom Wolf in this Wheat School episode. "We are specifically after the wheat head. We need an angled... Read More
If you listen to the radio in Canada at all, you’ve likely heard the same advertisement I’ve heard. It’s the man describing the 200 thousand kids that take part in the Timbits soccer program, with a child thinking 200 thousand children must be every kid in the world. Every time I the commercial, I wonder...how... Read More