Evidence is adding up to show Western Canada really did grow a big canola crop last year, despite the drought. A combination of ample supplies, expanded crush capacity and the lower Canadian dollar are driving a rapid pace in canola consumption this year, both domestically and through exports. Canadian canola crush is up 12 percent... Read More
Category: Western Canada
During Techtour LIVE last week I had a farmer come up to me and say, "Shaun, you are so lucky." I replied curiously, "why?" The farmer replied, "Well, because you get to hang out with people like Peter Johnson and Tom Wolf, such inspirational and intelligent people to share ideas with." Do you ever lecture... Read More
Farmers are dealt a hand of cards each year. There are cards of fortune and cards of misfortune. Maybe it's a wet spring or corn prices below $4/bu or skyrocketing fertilizer costs. Maybe you get all three in the same hand. A farmer can't always choose what they're dealt, but they can choose how to... Read More
Placing fertilizer where it needs to go can prove challenging, especially along roads, fencerows and bending contours of a field. But navigating fields and hitting the spot should be easier with the new Javelin sectional spreader from Salford BBI. “It’s the first precision spreader on the North American market to achieve a true 120-foot spread... Read More
A lot of focus in the market last week was on the wheat market as warm weather from Kiev to Kansas is pushing fall-seeded crops out of dormancy much earlier than usual. After last week’s best weekly gain for wheat since October, investors' focus will now turn to weather forecasts and the stocks and acreage... Read More
Do you know which fields make you money and which ones don't? At what point in the year do you sit down and determine what your breakeven costs are for a specific piece of land? The FieldValues app was designed to help farmers keep information about costs and break-even prices current throughout the growing season.... Read More
A year ago we ran a post describing the grandparent wisdom you should never forget on the farm. This list of five things was very popular, even inspiring several additions to the list through reader emails, twitter and Facebook. All things are not golden though — it's time to release the list of the things... Read More
RealAgriculture hit the road in Western Canada over the last two weeks for the TechTour LIVE, visiting four cities — Lethbridge, Camrose, Saskatoon and Brandon. Hosted together with Dow AgroSciences, the idea behind each event was to inspire conversations about increasing farm productivity and thinking about how you can improve your farm business. If you... Read More
John Deere continues to update its online tools to give farmers easier access to information to manage their operations. The latest updates to the John Deere Operations Center were unveiled at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, in February. The Operations Center allows users to see performance over time and collaborate with partners... Read More
Today is St. Patrick's Day and of course everyone is supposed to wear green, drink green beers and celebrate Irish culture. The colour green is not only synonymous with leprechauns and lucky charms. Agriculture also attaches itself to this color that sits between blue and yellow on the spectrum of visible light. Here is a... Read More