Attendees of the Canola Council of Canada's convention held last week in Vancouver, B.C., were treated to a short video that highlighted all the hard work that council agronomists do in a year. From field days and field calls, to feeding information and images to the Canola Watch, to events like CanoLAB, council agronomist are... Read More
Category: Western Canada
In part one of this cereal seeding piece, I discussed a few important things to keep in mind before letting the drills hit the dirt. It included the importance of starting with quality seed that has been tested and applying a registered seed treatment along with a properly done thousand kernel weight assessment to target... Read More
Pure seed is pure seed, right? Well, yes and no. When it comes to seed testing, purity can take on a few different meanings. Some of the distinctions are set out by CFIA, but other tests are used to confirm the presence or absence of a trait or gene. There are actually four different types... Read More
If you cannot see the embedded audio player above, CLICK HERE Farmers in Canada are buying tractors and combines at a much stronger pace than last year at this time. According to a report published by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), tractor unit sales were up 36% during February 2013 in comparison to February... Read More
As farmers scratch out last minute changes to seeding plans, economic factors always weigh in. Pulses, like red and green lentils or peas, all have the advantage of nitrogen fixation, making them an attractive crop rotation choice. But pulses are also smaller acreage crops and the marketing dynamics of each crop type can cause some... Read More
The Harlem Shake is something that seems to be the YouTube craze of the month. Agriculture even got into the mix and represented. In this video, agriculture was represented by North American based ad-agency AdFarm. Not sure which AdFarm office made the video but the costumes are pretty funny. Also noticeable is the liquid courage... Read More
At one time when you heard someone talk about precision ag it was about minimizing overlap of the sprayer and driving the planter straight. After a winter of farm shows and meetings I have come to the conclusion in certain regions that precision ag is evolving into being about real planting precision. In the corn... Read More
If there's two things I learned from the GIJOE cartoons in the eighties it's that 1) GIJOE must have a strict catch and release policy because I don't recall any members of COBRA being killed and they come back every week. 2) Knowing is half the battle!(they said it at the end of every episode)... Read More
Canola is big business in Alberta, so the spread of canola diseases like blackleg, clubroot and most recently, aster yellows is taken very seriously by both industry and producers. How those diseases are transmitted and spread becomes a source of discussion and speculation as well. At this point it becomes incredibly important to separate fact... Read More
Ah, we love us a good parody video here at RealAgriculture.com. This latest farm-themed video comes from Derek Klingenberg of Klingenberg Farms, based at Kansas. Based on "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore, a rather, um, expletive riddled song, Ranching Awesome takes it 180 degrees and makes it all about the family ranch. Enjoy! For the Peterson... Read More