It’s time for agronomy hot topics on Day 4 of Ontario Diagnostic Days! The annual Ontario field crop diagnostic days held at Ridgetown, Elora, and Winchester are again virtual in 2021. Crop nutrition, weed control and planting depth and timing are the focus of this episode. We kick it off with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food… Read More
Year: 2021
It’s evolving into a rather odd year for pre-harvest weed control in parts of Western Canada as a return of some moisture has meant sprouting swaths, and monster weeds. In Ontario, an accelerated season means plenty of farmers are making the dry-down decision on edible beans this week. From pre-harvest weed control, to swapping to… Read More
It’s an Agronomic Monday on RealAg Radio. On today’s show you’ll hear: Our resident agronomist Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, for an eastern update; and Jeremy Boychyn, agronomy extension specialist at Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions talks about the west. Thoughts on something we talked about on the show? Connect with host Shaun Haney via email [email protected],… Read More
Grower organizations representing the more than 44,000 grain, pulse, and oilseed farmers in Saskatchewan are urging the Western Grain Elevator Association and its members to work with farmers and eliminate administration fees and reduce penalties for the 2021-2022 growing season. Extreme drought, heat, and wind throughout the crop year have significantly reduced harvestable grain and substantially increased… Read More
Using clubroot resistant genetics and lengthening rotations are highly recommended practices for managing clubroot on the Prairies. But is there more farmers could do? “Ninety per cent of those clubroot spores can die with a two-year break, so one in three rotation, that’s really critical, if you have a shorter rotation than that, and you’re… Read More
Statistics Canada pegs the 2021 crop down significantly based on its satellite imagery modelling. StatsCan puts national wheat production down 34.8 per cent, canola down 24.3 per cent to 14.7 million tonnes, and soybeans down 8.4 per cent year over year to 5.8 million tonne. Grain corn is the one bright spot, with an increase… Read More
Welcome to the very first episode of the Canola PODcast sponsored by InVigor® hybrid canola from BASF! This episode is called “Shake it, rattle it, roll it” and features Canadian InVigor Lead Blaine Woycheshin, and long-time InVigor grower Nicolea Dow. Why are we calling this episode “Shake it, rattle it, roll it”? Well, as Woycheshin explains, it… Read More
When we think about how farmers market their crop, there are two significant events that have occurred in 2021 that may drive people to think a little different going forward. One of those is the market run-up last fall, when prices really began to escalate.The second factor is farmers in the western half of North… Read More
Welcome to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. We really appreciate you taking time to tune in. On today’s show, you’ll hear an issues panel featuring Lyndsey Smith, Kelvin Heppner, and Meagan Murdoch of Hill and Knowlton Strategies, talking about: Herbicide supply for 2022; Discussion on Afghanistan; Biomass plant shutdown in Manitoba; and, The federal election…. Read More
There’s a lot happening in the machinery sector lately. Big-ticket equipment sales driven by higher-than-usual commodity prices, and confidence that those prices are going to stay where they are for a while, are certainly factors. But, there’s also an issue in supply of units. In the second quarter of 2021, money that had been diverted… Read More
Corn is often described as a diva. It can thrive in the right conditions, but it does not like competition. That’s especially evident when corn plants have to compete with weeds for moisture in dry conditions, as seen in Western Canada and the Northern Plains of the U.S. in 2021. “There have been many studies… Read More
Editor’s Note: Late Sunday Olymel and its unionized employees came to an agreement in principle. Olymel announced it would delay a cut of the evening shift until Wednesday, September 1, pending a vote on the agreement. A four-month long strike at a Quebec Olymel plant is set to continue, as Friday morning the union representing… Read More
Many crops grown in Canada are traded on an active futures market: corn, soybeans, canola, and wheat being the most common. But plenty of other crops don’t trade on futures, instead relying on cash prices, actual deliveries, and contracts for price discovery and risk management. Jon Driedger of LeftField Commodity Research says that when market… Read More
Thanks for tuning into this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio. On today’s show we’ve got a Farmer Rapid Fire, where you’ll hear from farmers across the country, including: Jason Boersma of Ridgetown, Ont. Aubrey Yule of Killarney, Man. Jim Hale of Lancer, Sask. Scott Keller of Camrose, Alta. Kevin Bisschop of Chilliwack, B.C. Thoughts on… Read More
There are several weather conditions that will dictate how fall will go for agriculture in Canada: if the drought in the west will continue, and when to expect the first frost. When it comes to a long-range weather forecast, the key words for this fall are La Niña, says Brett Anderson, senior meteorologist with AccuWeather…. Read More