Food Tank

APRIL 7, 2025

The Mexican government has amended its constitution to prohibit the use of genetically modified (GM) corn seeds. The reform strengthens previous legal action against GM seeds by enshrining the ban in the constitution. The post Mexico Amends Constitution to Prohibit GM Corn Seeds appeared first on Food Tank.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 6, 2025

When immersed in the world of agriculture where the day-to-day means checking animals, seeding crops, and spending a good amount of time removed from the majority of urban consumers, farmers can sometimes lose sight of how important their work is to the people in larger centres that they feed.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 24, 2025

Its literally costing me money now to seed canola $200,000 that(we) lost off of our canola, just like that, just due to the tariffs. Read More Its literally costing me money now to seed canola $200,000 that(we) lost off of our canola, just like that, just due to the tariffs.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 28, 2025

James Tansey, provincial insect and vertebrate pest management specialist with the Ministry of Agriculture Read More Those quick-burrowing, pesky nuisances known as gophers were a source of a good amount of lost canola yield in 2024.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 2, 2025

Submitted by Lauren Comin, Seeds Canada and Tyler McCann, CAPI Canadian farmers increasing concerns about whether they will be able to continue to get the new varieties they need is warranted.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Breanne Tidemann of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on managing herbicide resistant weeds; Bryant Luers with LG Seeds on corn hybrid diversification; Colin Rush with Bourgault on their equipment launches; Hear a clip from a recent Soil… Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 24, 2025

On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Tracey Baute with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness and Tyler Wist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to discuss early season insect management.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 28, 2024

So many decisions that influence yield need to be made throughout the growing season, and it begins with the optimal seeding rate. As discussed in this Wheat School episode, seeding rate is a factor in tillering, tiller timing, and head size. The ideal seeding rate can also help with a smoother harvest and to time. Read More

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

A high-quality wheat crop starts before the seed is even planted by choosing the best seed lot possible. A seed with excellent germination, strong vigour, and freedom from and protection against key pathogens is more likely to achieve strong emergence and a healthy plant establishment.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 26, 2024

Syngenta Seeds North America celebrated the grand re-opening of the Arva Research & Development (R&D) Innovation Centre this week, unveiling $2 million in renovations to the office and lab. The renovations mark the first significant update to the site in 30 years.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 3, 2024

’s 17 per cent stake in Canterra Seeds. per Class A share in the Winnipeg, Manitoba-based seed company. “Today’s announcement marks an investment in western Canadian agriculture,” Read More United Farmers of Alberta Cooperative Limited (UFA) has acquired all of Ceres Global Ag Corp.’s

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Seed corn harvest in southern Ontario typically gets underway in early September. It’s all about protecting seed quality, says PRIDE Seeds field production manager Mike Bechard. Read More Seed corn harvest in southern Ontario typically gets underway in early September. Why so early? Why so early?

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 22, 2024

When it comes to choosing soybean varieties how should growers factor seed weight and pod count into their variety selection decisions? That’s a question the Maizex Seeds agronomy team has been looking at in. That’s a question the Maizex Seeds agronomy team has been looking at in. Read More

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 4, 2025

Denise Schmidt, a well-known name in Canadas agriculture industry with a strong background in the seed sector, has been announced as the new executive director for the national organization. Ag in the Classroom Canada has a new leader at the helm, and shes hitting the ground running.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 19, 2024

Wheat seed placed in a furrow across a field spells possibility to a farmer, but to diseases that lurk in the soil, wheat seed is food, not a potential crop. Using untreated wheat seed means that each seed could be vulnerable to seed- and/or soil-borne diseases, explains Shad Milligan, Seedcare technical lead for Syngenta Canada.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Trait and disease diversification are two items that Bryant Luers of LG Seeds mentions at the National Association of Farm Broadcasters convention in Read More Diversity can mean many things to many people and when it comes to a grower diversifying variety choices, the goal is to mitigate risk, push yields, and maximize profit on every acre.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A Canadian seeding success is heading overseas, as Vaderstad is bringing its Seed Hawk air drill to European farms for 2024. Read More A Canadian seeding success is heading overseas, as Vaderstad is bringing its Seed Hawk air drill to European farms for 2024. In Canada, the air seeder. In Canada, the air seeder.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 13, 2025

The Canadian Canola Growers Association is sounding the alarm over the fallout of Chinas tariffs on Canadian canola.The 100 per cent tariff on canola meal and canola oil (but not seed) was announced late last week and is set to take effect March 20, 2025.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Todays Agronomic Monday features Peter Wheat Pete Johnson in conversation with host Lyndsey Smith talking about: The value of human interaction Enduring a real winter The many ways to manage lodging Nutrient stratification and tillage talk Plus, hear Sarah Foster of 20/20 Seed Labs and Amber Bell Read More Happy (frozen) Family Day to all who celebrate! (..)

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Developed through RNAi technology, PRIDE Seeds SmartStax Pro rootworm control G9 corn hybrids offers a three-pronged attack for control of this yield robber. Matt Chapple, product development manager with PRIDE Seeds, says this new trait will offer a third mode of. Read More

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 28, 2024

The ideal seeding window for fall seeded crops seems to creep up on even the most prepared of farmers. That’s one hot topic in this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word podcast, Read More The ideal seeding window for fall seeded crops seems to creep up on even the most prepared of farmers.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 20, 2024

Seeding technology has come a long way in a short time, but the same general principles apply: deliver seed in a uniform rate, at the desired depth with very little seed damage, with good furrow closure and pressure, all while rolling over changing terrain. Figuring out how to achieve all those goals is a daunting. Read More

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Trees, terraces and llamas: Resilient watershed management and sustainable agriculture the Inca way. There might have been two distinct saffron species in ancient Sicily. Another way of recovering traditional knowledge is by reading ancient texts. The sedimentary record can be used to recover traditional knowledge too.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 25, 2023

PRIDE Seeds is moving away from a sole distribution model and towards an ag retail network model for Western Canada. The move will increase the locations farmers can find PRIDE Seeds’ corn product portfolio. “Our enhanced dealer network will now work, directly and exclusively, with PRIDE Seeds.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Pulse growers challenged with seedling disease pressure will have a new treatment option in Vibrance Total seed treatment from Syngenta Canada. With five modes of action, Syngenta says this product offers broad-spectrum disease control against multiple pulse diseases, including pythium and ascochyta blight.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 26, 2024

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has revoked the grain dealer and primary elevator licences for Zeghers Seed Inc., based at Holland, Manitoba. The company, which also operates as Zeghers Canada, is no longer licensed, as of March 25, as it did not meet the requirements of the CGC’s producer payment security program. If the company.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The chair of the House of Commons’ agriculture committee has introduced a private member’s bill aimed at speeding up regulatory approvals of new seed genetics, feed products, and crop protection products for Canadian farmers. Read More

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Bednar will be bringing its new Directo No seed drill to North America for 2024. Manufactured by family-owned Czech company, the seed drill is designed for direct seeding of various crops into uncultivated soil, stubble fields, catch crops or heavy and rocky soils.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

which already owns canaryseed processor Bornhorst Seeds Ltd. which already owns canaryseed processor Bornhorst Seeds Ltd. A trio of investors are bringing together several existing crop-handling facilities in Saskatchewan to launch a new pulse and specialty crop company. Harvest Grain Ltd., Harvest Grain Ltd.,

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Walter Smith would still fall into the category of “young” farmer, but after ten years of running a seed. Read More

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 22, 2025

This week is all about bone-chilling cold in Ontario and many parts of Western Canada, but does that mean fall seeded crops are in trouble? It depends.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 3, 2023

SeedMaster Manufacturing has announced a new 10-year partnership with Olds College of Agriculture and Technology that includes sponsoring seeding equipment for the Olds College Smart Farm. SeedMaster, based at Emerald Park, Sask.,

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 24, 2025

Population, seed singulation, avoiding those skips and doubles, and getting the seed in the ground in the proper planting window are all key to optimizing corn yield, but if the planter is not properly tuned for uniform emergence, corn yield can take a big hit.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 18, 2024

last week, Grant Lastiwka of Renovo Seed spoke Read More Over the decades, attitudes, thoughts and ideas within the forage and grazing community have shifted, however the passion that ranchers have for the land and their lifelong commitment to learning have not. last week, Grant Lastiwka of Renovo Seed spoke Read More

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 29, 2025

The Saskatchewan-based seeding equipment manufacturer plans to open a $10 million 6,000 square-foot expansion to its manufacturing facility at Emerald Park, Sask., The Saskatchewan-based seeding equipment manufacturer plans to open a $10 million 6,000 square-foot expansion to its manufacturing facility at Emerald Park, Sask.,

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 22, 2024

Helping farmers prep soil and seed crops in small spring planting windows is the driving force behind a new harrow and seeder combination for Kuhn. Read More Helping farmers prep soil and seed crops in small spring planting windows is the driving force behind a new harrow and seeder combination for Kuhn. Read More

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Two years after handing off distribution of its conventional soybean seed portfolio, Syngenta Seeds is making a similar move with its traited NK brand soybeans across Canada. Starting with the 2026 crop season, NK traited soybeans will be distributed by Pitura Seeds in Western Canada and Jackson Seed Service in Eastern Canada.

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