By Jill Burkhardt What is on your fall To-Do list? Harvest? Second (or third) cut hay? Bringing cattle in from pasture? Preg checking cows? Fall is not when one would normally think about range management, yet by doing a few simple measures of the rangeland in the fall, you can plan better for the coming... Read More
Category: Western Canada
RealAg’s Bernard Tobin and Shaun Haney were among the many Canadians who attended the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin last week. The WDE attracts around 70 thousand visitors each year. The 2,600 head of cattle on display had a new home for the 2014 expo, as the show included the opening of the new... Read More
If bragging rights and cool prizes weren't enough of an incentive to join the inaugural RealAg Hockey Pool, how about this? Hockey fan (and federal Agriculture Minister) Gerry Ritz has made his picks for "The Farm Team" and RealAg is pledging to donate $5 to the Canadian Cancer Society for every person that finishes ahead... Read More
Soy Canada has named Jim Everson as its first-ever executive director, effective November 5, 2014. "Jim's experience with the grains and oilseeds sector, and with agriculture trade and market access issues, will be a huge asset to Canada's soybean sector," says Mark Huston, Soy Canada's Chair. "Soy Canada, with Jim's leadership, will serve all participants... Read More
Switching between corn varieties on-the-go while planting is showing a yield benefit, according to Kinze, as the Iowa-based equipment manufacturer ramps up production of its multi-hybrid planters. The last time we heard from Kinze’s Luc Van Herle on Real Ag, the company was rolling out its new electronic metering system for its 4,900 series multi-hybrid... Read More
Grain prices started the month of October the same way they've been trending for the last five months: lower. Last week saw two important reports from the USDA and Statistics Canada, recording grain inventories and '14 production estimates respectively. With some of the earliest-planted fields of corn and soybeans coming off in the American Midwest,... Read More
With three new cases in Manitoba over a two-week period in late September, there's renewed concern about the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus. "We've been pushing it pretty hard that fall will be a tough season. We were expecting to have until November, but September was cool and wet, and those are the... Read More
While corn, soybean and wheat markets are under pressure from heavy supplies, the outlook for the canola market is relatively tight. Canadian canola production for 2014 was pegged at 14.1 million metric tonnes in the Statistics Canada crop production report published Friday morning — a slight increase from the agency's August estimates, but below the... Read More
You wouldn't think that it works this way, says Peter Johnson, cereal specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, but every single time mature wheat gets rained on, you lose test weight. But, why and how, our friends and followers on Twitter asked? The short answer? Wrinkles. In this very informative... Read More
Early this year, Sunflower announced seven new models to its Sunflower 6631 vertical tillage series. The new models offer widths from 20'5" to 34'9", expanding on previous models above 32'. Sunflower 6631 units feature the much-touted Sunflower Saber blades, which are 22 inches in diameter, with twenty-five flutes and a serrated edge. The blades are... Read More