Efficiency and safety are everything when it comes time to bring the grain in. Meridian offers a few different augers of varying sizes within the TL line, including the 10- and 12-inch. The company has now also officially launched their new TL1346 hydraulic-drive auger to complement the existing line. Some of the innovations that make… Read More

During the 2018 trade negotiation between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico there was significant weight put on the partnership between stakeholders among the three countries. Whether it was beef, pork, biofuels, fertilizer or the like, many stakeholders referenced their “integrated supply chain.” It was emphasized as a reason to “do no harm.” For 2025, I… Read More

Land is a fundamental and finite resource, yet it is easy to overlook its value in our everyday lives. Canada may have an abundance of land, but those acres are under immense pressure to serve multiple purposes—residential and industrial development, food production, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, solar and wind energy generation, recreation, and more. As we… Read More

Today, on the same day that the Liberal government will present the Fall Economic Statement, Chrystia Freeland submitted her resignation as Finance Minister to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In a letter dated Dec. 16, Freeland writes: “On Friday, you told me you no longer want me to serve as your Finance Minister and offered me… Read More

The announced withdrawal of six major farm groups from the Sustainable Ag Strategy steering committee is a safe move for two reasons. First, there is little belief that the current government has a chance at forming the next government, and the Conservative government-in-waiting will most likely abandon the process anyway. Second, farmers see environmental policies… Read More

Six national crop organizations are distancing themselves from the federal government’s Sustainable Ag Strategy (SAS). RealAgriculture has confirmed the Canadian Canola Growers Association, Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada, Grain Growers of Canada, Pulse Canada, and Soy Canada have informed the government of their withdrawal from the SAS advisory committee. The committee, established in late… Read More

Four times a year, RealAgristudies asks its Insights Panel the same series of questions regarding how they feel about an array of topics, from farm financial performance to capital investment timing and marketing the crop. Answers to the series of questions is compiled into the Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index, which was initially launched in September… Read More

Farmers across Western Canada can expect to see plenty of new John Deere C-Series air carts rolling through fields in spring 2025. The company had 30 of the air carts in action across the Prairies and the western U.S. in 2024 and farmers will see the full lineup in the upcoming year. The C-Series includes… Read More