By Shaun Haney RealAgriculture.com has been at several plot tours and company meetings this summer and there is a definite common theme of product development trending amongst the life science companies. It appears that in the near term the agronomic innovation will be derived in the areas of seed enhancement and fungicides instead of herbicides. [...]
Wheat School: New Study Looks to Expand & Improve Winter Wheat Production
July 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Studies are underway to help winter wheat producers to improve production in a number of areas and to help expand the amount of acres being grown by farmers across the west. The two year study by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission will look at a number of factors that [...]
Last Minute Prep For the Challenging Spring in the West – Ken Panchuk
April 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
If you’ve lived out west for any length of time, one of the things you’ve probably noticed is that farmers are pretty good at taking advantage of any opportunity they have to get their crop in the ground early. Around the clock seeding, multiple drills in fields and rotating shifts in the tractors are just [...]
Wheat School: The Importance of Seed Treatments in Wheat Production – Phil Needham
March 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Originally looked upon as “snake oil” seed treatments have become an integral part of the production system. For the most part many farmers originally had trouble understanding the value because the action was underground. Farmers are used to using products like herbicides that kills weeds which is very visual. The action of seed treatments is [...]
How Long Can Inoculants Stay on Seed – Mike Verhoef, Becker Underwood
January 12, 2011 By 1 Comment
Spring is a very hectic time for farmers. As farmers know there are time on seed restrictions for inoculants. We have all been through the scenario of applying inoculants to your soybeans in the morning and by the afternoon it is pouring rain. As you can imagine this can be very stressful when you use [...]
The Systems Approach to Growing Soybeans – Steve Denys, Pride Seeds
October 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In recent years more and more farmers are looking at the growing season from a systems approach. In the past farmers and and suppliers for the most part considered most inputs independent of one another, working on their own piece of responsibility in the growing cycle. Many researchers, input suppliers and farmers are trying to [...]
Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show: Seed Treatments Play a Vital in the Performance of Wheat Genetics – C&M Seeds
September 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
If you haven’t noticed seed companies are just as interested in the things being applied to the seed as the seed itself. This is due to the continued push towards looking at the full production cycle instead individual unconnected mutually exclusive events in the production cycle. At Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show I discussed this trend [...]
Serfas Farms Steps Up Seed Treating with the USC LP2000
April 29, 2010 By 3 Comments
My family’s seed business has seen a dramatic change in the importance of treating cereal seed on our customer’s farms. With the increase in research and commitment to ensuring seed and applicator safety the products available to the market have changed drastically. The products are not the only things changing these days. In order to [...]
The Benefits of Seed Treatments
March 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
