'Tis the season for not just gifts and celebrations, but also countdowns and Top 10 lists. RealAgriculture.com is not immune to such year-end traditions, and, in the spirit of the holidays (and impending end of the world? Maybe), Shaun Haney and Lyndsey Smith have done an overview of the year's top ag news and events.... Read More
Category: Western Canada
The world of machinery is really getting smaller. Ritchie Bros announced today that they sold more than one billion dollars worth of machinery in Canada in 2012. This is a new company record according to the company. Follow @RitchieBros on Twitter The Tweet From Ritchie Bros NEWS RELEASE: We sold more than CA$1 billion of... Read More
Beyond Agronomy's Steve Larocque is rolling out the Air Cart Maximizer, an app for Android and iPhone that quickly calculates the maximum acres per fill one can achieve with their air cart based on tank size, fertilizer and seeding rates. "It will tell you where to put seed and fertilizer and how much product to... Read More
There are good Christmas gifts and then there are great Christmas gifts. Dekalb did a great job this year by giving me a Dekalb branded scotch glass. Truly the gift that keeps on giving, provided that the bottle of Glenrothes is not empty. Let us know what promo gifts that you got from companies this... Read More
This picture was tweeted by Gerrid Gust of Wheat Growers Fame. See the tweet here. According to the tweet string the neighbor was breaking ice. Gerrid made the comment that the neighbor would probably not be engaging in this practice ever again. With many dugout and ponds just getting a nice layer of ice, farmers... Read More
Agriculture has been on a roll for the last few years. Commodity and land values are up and interest rates are down — these are good times for farmers. How do you make the most of it? According to Dr. Danny Klinefelter, professor and extension economist with Texas A&M University, the time to prepare for... Read More
To say that soybeans are the hottest topic in Manitoba right now is an understatement. The excitement around the crop is perhaps eclipsed only by the recent opening of Ikea. The N-fixing crop is definitely turning heads and has many farmers asking how they can jump on the soybean bandwagon. And so it was, that... Read More
It's no secret that the striped flea beetle is a tougher opponent than the more common crucifer flea beetle. This canola pest tends to emerge earlier than the crucifer type and isn't as easily killed by commonly used seed treatments. That does not mean, however, that the striped flea beetle is resistant to neonicotinoids, as... Read More
Glencore International and Viterra Inc. have announced the sale of Viterra to Glencore has been completed. The acquisition brings Glencore immediate critical mass in the key grain markets of North America through Viterra’s substantial Canadian operations, the company says in a release. Viterra also materially expands Glencore’s existing operations in Australia. Fran Malecha, formerly Chief... Read More
Canada's Competition Bureau has approved the sale of Puratone Corporation to Maple Leaf Foods and Big Sky Farms to Olymel in a major step towards consolidation of Canada's and especially Western Canada's hog industry. The bureau said in a statement: "the Bureau concluded that the mergers were unlikely to lead to a substantial lessening or... Read More