I talked to Dustin Gosnell, Director of Strategic Planning and Corporate Policy, Canadian Wheat Board about GM wheat and the CWB’s position on the latest WTO issues. Agricultural trade issues are really sensitive and controversial issues right now. Never mind the trade issues that North America has with China and the other BRIC countries but the… Read More
I find that the grain logistics system in Canada is under a lot of criticism quite often. I have heard several people in the last twelve months say to me that our rail handling system needs to be fixed. So far, I have heard a lot of “the system is broken” but not of a… Read More
Buying a combine has become a much larger decision than in the past. Combines are a piece of equipment that you use only in the fall but are incredibly important to getting the crop in the bin. Like most pieces of machinery they have become more sophisticated although the threshing concept is still based on… Read More
I have seen some of my grandfather Mehalko’s old farming photos where they were seeding with twelve foot drills. That twelve foot drill had a relatively inaccurate rate seeding tool and it was fairly difficult to manage depth. All of this and not to mention the open cab. I visited the SeedHawk booth to check… Read More
In my opinion, inoculants are a very interesting product. Products like Nodulator fix Nitrogen which has benefits for this years soybean or pulse crop but also has extreme benefits for next years cereal crop to. Its one of those amazing innovations in agriculture that we take for granted sometimes until you really sit down and… Read More
Last year at this time you could not talk to any farmer in North America without talking about fertilizer. Fertilizer is still a hot topic but it is more centred now around variable rate technology or products like ESN. ESN allows farmers to apply more fertilizer at seeding time due to the timed slow release… Read More
At one time we mainly used shovels to move grain. When the auger was invented it was a huge innovation for not only moving grain but also for saving the backs of farmers. At CropWeek there was more augers than you would believe. The auger is no longer the only way to move grain today… Read More
A famous saying is that, “Knowledge is power.” One of the ways that we acquire knowledge is through research. We must engage research in order to make sure that we continue to learn and improve on the way we did things yesterday. Denice Maurice is the Vice President of Crop Production at Canola Council of… Read More
Gary Pike is the founder of the Pike Management Group and has a fabulous reputation for helping farmers become more efficient, productive and profitable. I know several farmers that are members of Gary’s group and speak very highly of his data platform and business management advice. As many of you are experiencing, farming has become… Read More
Wheat midge has great impact on wheat growers in many areas. This year will be the first year that farmers will be able to purchase midge tolerant varieties. There are three different varieties right now and more in the pipeline. It is critical that as an industry we properly manage this great new innovation in… Read More
Fusarium has become a massive concern for many wheat growers on the prairies. Fortunately many plant breeders in both Canada and the US are truly focused on providing higher tolerances in new varieties. Many potential agronomic issues can be solved thru plant breeding but the challenge is that it takes time. Plant breeding is not… Read More
John Phipps is the Host of the US Farm report and also farms for a living. He also blogs and writes for Farm Journal. I had the chance to sit down with John before his keynote speech at CropWeek and asked him about some of the things in the past that have affected farmers and… Read More
According to Rebecca Krip of Syngenta, farmers are very curious as to what their pulses go and what they are used for when they are exported. Syngenta decide to have some fun with this and held a CropWeek Pulse Fashion Show. The reception for the show was very good. It is very evident that the… Read More
Richard Phillips is the Executive Director of the Grain Growers of Canada and he is a very busy man these days with all the things going on in the grain industry. Richard was apart of a panel discussion at the SaskSeed annual meeting at CropWeek. The panel discussion was about whether or not the grain… Read More
I love to personally hear what people see as the next things in agriculture. A great time to do this is at the start of a new decade. There were many changes in the last decade and the next will only bring more challenges and opportunistic changes to keep us all on our toes. I… Read More
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