What's the only surefire way to know whether or not the sprayer is applying product at the rate you've specified? Can you let the cab monitor set it and forget it? That's the very first question Tom Wolf, spray application specialist and founder of AgriMetrix Research & Training, tackles in this episode of Spray tips,... Read More
Category: Western Canada
Over 300,000 people descend on Louisville, Kentucky, in February each year to take in the biggest, newest, shiniest pieces of agriculture equipment on offer at the National Farm Machinery Show. See more: Check out all of our coverage from the National Farm Machinery Show here RealAgriculture's field editor, Bernard Tobin, took in two days of... Read More
At CropConnect 2014 I ran into Brad Ewankiw who is working with FMC in Manitoba. Brad and I chatted about FMC, the potential growth in flax acres for 2014 and his first impressions of CropConnect 2014 in Winnipeg. I have known Brad for quite some time and its great to finally get him on RealAgriculture.com.... Read More
It’s like a scene from an old-timey western movie. A grizzled cowboy squints into the horizon and says “I don’t like the look of those clouds. Storm is a’ brewin.” I’ve witnessed similar body language as I cross the country talking to farmers about mobile technology and the new world of data management, but it’s... Read More
John Deere unveiled the ExactEmerge high-speed planting unit at the National Farm Machinery Show (NFMS) in Louisville, Kentucky. Though it's hard to imagine a unit that allows traditional seeding speeds to double, John Deere claims that under the right field conditions, it's entirely possible to seed at 10mph with this new planter. Check out more... Read More
Nitrogen and phosphorus get all the glory when it comes to the macronutrients. But there are two others in the NPKS mix, you know. The third most important nutrient, potassium, often gets thrown by the wayside and only seems to come up when there is a market discussion on Potash Corp or Russia’s Uralkali. There... Read More
Don't shoot the messenger, but if you haven't priced your nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer for this year, things are about to get very ugly. Or uglier. There's really no upside here, unless you happen to have a neighbour with livestock and a manure problem (which you might. Ask around. Don't worry, I'll wait here while... Read More
Todd Hames, president of the Canadian Canola Growers Association, was first in line at the Man Van at this year’s FarmTech event to have a simple blood test done that could save his life. How you may ask? The Man Van’s sole purpose is to alert men over 40 to their risk of prostate cancer... Read More
The risks of waiting for a market high can be huge, and the consequences are often detrimental to any amount of profitability. So, market analysts will often suggest farmers target margin. But knowing market movement, fixed costs and trying to run a farming operation can be incredibly overwhelming, not to mention time-consuming. Decisive Farming offers... Read More
Bad news out of Manitoba this morning, as the first suspected case of porcine epidemic diarrhea is awaiting confirmation from the disease lab here in Winnipeg. The Chief Vet's office has already confirmed the infection at a wean to finish operation in hog-heavy southeastern Manitoba, but until the lab confirms it it's still only suspected.... Read More