While an Ontario private member’s motion is calling for more agricultural education in the classroom, the Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan (SK PCAP) has already developed a program to encourage high school students to experience curriculum-supported scientific learning outdoors. Adopt a Rancher takes the Science 10 Ecosystems and Climate Change unit, and allows students to… Read More
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When Monsanto Canada recently announced it was moving one hundred million dollars into corn varietal and trait development for Western Canada’s very short season, there were likely more than a few people wondering why. After all, grain corn is a rather small part of the western Canadian crop mix, save for pockets here and there…. Read More
Leaving 30% crop residue has been proven to minimize top soil losses from wind and water erosion. But what does 30% soil cover look like? Do certain tillage implements leave less than 30% crop residue? Crop residue in the form of corn stalks or cereal straw, or green cover (growing crops or cover crops) are… Read More
Each year, the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation holds an annual conference that brings together over 100 agriculture journalists to offer an up close and personal look at agriculture. The conference is held in a different province each year in order to highlight many different aspects of food, feed and fuel production in the country. This… Read More
“Hug a Farmer, he feeds you three times a day” …is the phrase on a promotional pin, that I found cleaning my office, for my family’s old fertilizer and chemical dealership. I also recently saw this phrase in a Toronto newspaper. This statement brings up two trains of thought for me, one that instills a… Read More
Africa is a place that is rich in culture and beauty and immense in geographical scope and diversity. It also represents some huge potential in terms of agricultural production. Africa has a very large and diverse land base. The challenges facing the development of that land base need to be addressed and overcome in order… Read More
By Garth Donald, Dynagra As we move into the 2010 growing season crop plans are being finalized and growers are looking for what is going to make them the greatest return. Information is a great tool to help make decisions on the farm and a way to get that information is through some of the… Read More
Consolidation seems to be the reality of doing business today in agriculture. As companies become larger and there are less competitors surviving. Competing as an independent is a struggle and provides its own set of challenges. Recently at the CAAR convention Dynagra was awarded the ag-retailer of the year award. Based in Beiseker Alberta,… Read More
In my mind precision farming really is increasing efficiency to levels or grandfathers never imagined. One of the tools used by some is RTK. RTK is incredibly accurate down to the inch. I saw this last year with my own eyes when a customer of mine seeded his winter wheat inter row (between last years… Read More
After much anticipation the new design for RealAgriculture.com has arrived. We can now take this great concept to some new heights as we explore the world of agriculture. I look forward to the future of the site and look forward to your feedback. You will notice immediately that there are some changes to the new… Read More
Norman Borlaug Discusses Biotech Benefitsby biotechconversations
I really enjoy the spring time because it is a great time to interact with farmers as they proceed on a new planting season. The spring is always full optimism for farmers no matter the size of the operation. Big or small I enjoy talking to all customers about their seeding intentions and plans for… Read More
I would like to wish everyone a happy new year and thank you for taking the time to visit this site. The traffic on the site continues to grow on a daily basis which is very encouraging. Thank you to everyone for all the feedback and help in developing the content of the site…. Read More
I met a very knowledgeable grain merchant yesterday that discussed the grain markets with our management group. The main thing that I took out of the conversation is that in the short term the barley markets may be worse than I thought. There seems to be a growing consensus that the only thing holding prices… Read More
Due to a significant increase in global demand of crop protection products you need to manage your purchases differently than before. November is a good time to lay out your crop plan and start writing down the crop protection products that you are going to be needing in 2009. If you plan on walking into… Read More