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9 trends affecting agriculture for 2025

Real Agriculture

trade, and volatile global news all make the list of the top nine trends impacting agriculture in 2025. Also on the list, saysAaron Goertzen, senior economist with BMO, are increased input costs, high crop carryover, lower interest rates, and a more loose labour market. Lagging productivity, the diving Canadian dollar, precarious U.S.

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Pulse School: Assessing herbicide carryover risk

Real Agriculture

Once applied, herbicide active ingredients that land on the soil surface are broken down by soil microbes. Those microbes require moisture and warmth to chew through and neutralize the herbicide. When in-season water is limited, those active ingredients can stay in the soil, sometimes for years.

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Pulse School: Herbicide layering makes the most of in- and out-of-season weed control

Real Agriculture

Controlling weed populations in fields destined for pulse crops is complicated by a few factors, including pulse sensitivity to carryover, poor early crop competition, and herbicide-resistant problem weeds.

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How carryover 2023 crop on farm is impacting farmers’ outlook during 2024 harvest

Real Agriculture

It’s no secret that there was still 2023 crop on-farm at the end of July. Some of that old crop won’t have moved even as the calendar flips to September. I’m not sure that this is uncommon during cycles where the market is in decline over an extended period. For three years prior, the best. Read More

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Poll: When it rains, it pours — what’s your biggest agronomic challenge right now?

Real Agriculture

Carryover damage. Wild weeds. Cutworm feeding. What’s the biggest agronomic challenge facing you right now? It’s officially summer and that means the crop is growing rapidly (we hope!), but it also means each crop stage brings a new set of challenges to overcome.

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RealAg on the Weekend: Herbicide carryover risk, a Bill C-234 update, and spray tech advancements, Nov 18, 2023

Real Agriculture

On this weekend’s show, guest host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Cory Jacob with Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture on the risks of herbicide carryover; Tom Wolf with Agrimetrix and Sprayers 101 on his highlights from Agritechnica 2023; Plus hear a spotlight interview with Barrie Mann of Genesis Fertilizers about the new plant that is planned; Read (..)

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2024 Agricultural Commodity Prices and Market Outlook 

Trimble Agriculture

Lower agricultural commodity prices are contributing to a decline in net farm income in 2024. Agriculture commodity prices are on the decline —with a three percent decrease forecasted in 2023. Agricultural Commodities with Challenging Outlooks Corn Corn demand is down in the US, leading to lower usage and increased stocks.

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