I laughed when I saw this tweet today from @jodymac0116 who discovered that sometimes you just get lucky. Wow lucky me! What are the chance of seeing this beside a wheat field! #needsomereadingmaterial #westcdnag twitter.com/JodiMac0116/st… — Jodi Macdonald(@JodiMac0116) June 28, 2012
Category: Western Canada
The StatsCan June 2012 Acreage report was released yesterday and the surprises were limited but instead firmer confirmation of the 2012 seeding choices of farmers. Lentils were higher than expected, canola acres are above 20 million acres and barley has sprung back to higher levels than two years ago. Jon Driedger. FarmLink Marketing Solutions talked... Read More
There are many communications experts that are asking farmers to share their story through the use of social media. Sometimes the best way to get your message across is through humor. Some American farmboys decided to do just that by making a song parody. The song, "I'm sexy and I know it," has been converted... Read More
Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina was a great success for the attendees and the exhibitors. At the end of the show on Friday, The RealAgriculture team huddled at the mobile command center (shaun's fifth wheel) to discuss the show and take a look at the crazy week that was. We discuss the huge seed... Read More
Commodities markets are a very complex ecosystem. On the surface it may seem as simple as supply and demand affecting pricing on any given commodity. That is true, but underneath is a very complex web that ties a number of different commodities together. When it comes to effectively predicting which way prices are going to... Read More
It's easy to understand why producers have an itchy trigger finger when it comes to pests. When you walk into a field and see the damage pests are doing to your crops, you want to deal with it yesterday. However, if you pull the trigger to soon on that pest situation, you'll not only be... Read More
We've talked before about the power of inoculants in establishing a healthy plant. Hearing is one thing, but in most cases seeing is believing. Right now is a great time to get out in the field and see if that inoculant has done its job. SEE MORE SOYBEAN SCHOOL. There is no substitute for getting... Read More
In a great many cases there is a very short, specific window in which producers can find ideal conditions to get a hay crop off the field. When that opportunity presents itself, you have to move quickly and get those bales off the field with as little difficulty as possible. Being able to load and... Read More
Risk management is the new reality of every feed yard owner and livestock producer. Forward buying your feed barley or corn can really pay off in a rising market. Its just too bad that it is so difficult to try and decipher which direction this market is heading in the next 120 days. At Canada's... Read More
With the details of the pending acquisition of Viterra in the news almost every day, it is easy to forget that the day-to-day business must go on, and Viterra is doing just that. In fact, it is still developing and registering new herbicides, with the latest being Momentum. Momentum, which contains two the respected active... Read More