Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

James Hammerton is looking for innovative ways to increase crop production efficiency. first appeared on The Sharp Edge in 2020 to share how he uses a stripper header to harvest and prepare wheat fields for double crop soybeans. Read More James Hammerton is looking for innovative ways to increase crop production efficiency.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 12, 2024

Diversity pays dividends in crop production but researchers, agronomists and farmers really don’t have a good grasp of how and why different crops impact each others in the rotation. University of Guelph crop researcher Dr. Dave Hooker is never shy to champion more diverse rotations.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

When planting a grain crop in the spring and caring for those plants throughout the summer, farmers look forward to the full bins that harvest typically brings. Sometimes, drought, hail or pests get in the way, leading to crop yield potential that isn’t worth taking for grain. This is where having a mixed operation or.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 9, 2024

Different pulse crop types need a different weed-free window to reach maximum yield potential. What’s the best course of action for in-crop weed control? Read More Different pulse crop types need a different weed-free window to reach maximum yield potential. What’s the best course of action for in-crop weed control?

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Real Agriculture

MAY 24, 2024

It seems that everywhere you go right now, farmers are talking about cover crops. Read More It seems that everywhere you go right now, farmers are talking about cover crops. Read More It seems that everywhere you go right now, farmers are talking about cover crops. In this Farming Forward. In this Farming Forward. Read More

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Real Agriculture

MAY 24, 2024

The Manitoba Crop Alliance is now four years old and the amalgamation of five producer groups is moving on from getting itself up and running, to charting big things for its next strategic plan. The organization that represents spring and winter wheat, flax, sunflower and barley growers in Manitoba has a focused vision for the.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 5, 2024

It’s like lemon juice on a paper cut for those in the far south of Ontario who haven’t got an acre of corn in the ground yet, but the initial look at the emerged corn crop in the U.S. is looking mighty fine. Ranulf Glanville, chief market analyst with Grainfox, says that this early good. is looking mighty fine.

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Food Politics

MARCH 20, 2024

The post Genetic modification of basic food-and-fuel crops: basically all appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. And half the corn is used to fuel automobiles. Monoculture, control of the food supply, and lack of biodiversity, anyone?

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 14, 2024

The new crop year begins August 1, 2024, and each year the Canadian Grain Commission provides an update on grain grading changes and variety designations taking effect for the upcoming crop marketing cycle. Read More

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Every now and then expected seasonality offers a surprise for grain growers. For fall of 2024, commodity markets are moving ever so slightly against seasonal trends and are actually edging higher ahead of the coming corn harvest. Ranulf Glanville, market analyst with Grainfox, says that market behaviour right now offers farmers some reasons to be.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Speed and flexibility is everything when a farmer is in the middle of harvest and needing to get grain trucks emptied as quickly as possible.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Pulses, such as peas, lentils, chickpeas, and faba beans, can be an excellent addition to a crop rotation as they fix their own nitrogen and even leave some for the next crop. The crops do have serious challenges, however, including aggressive root rots and diseases that can decimate yields, especially in wetter years.

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 29, 2024

With tight margins and a push for improved soil health being the status quo in most cattle operations, producers are working with researchers to find new and innovative ways to improve economical profitability while also improving soil for the next generation of farmers.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Soil type, water availability, hybrid choice, plant population and crop nutrients are just some of the factors growers have to consider when pursuing a high-yielding corn crop on their farm.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 29, 2024

You can’t manage what you don’t measure, and if you’re not measuring grain loss out the back of the combine, you could be losing two, four and even 10 bushels an acre on the harvest pass.

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 14, 2024

Monday’s USDA acreage report was a surprise to Chip Flory not because of the numbers in the report, but because the acreage adjustment happened so soon in the growing season. Flory, host of AgriTalk, says the USDA’s move to knock off 700,000 acres of corn and add a million soybean acres does make sense, but.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 26, 2024

Taking the first step in planting cover crops or multi-species forage mixes are no exception and requires some careful analysis before deciding on what’s right. Soil type, soil biology, and rainfall for each farm, as well as goals and expectations of cover crops can. To borrow a phrase, the first step is always the hardest.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 16, 2024

Across the province, acreage for the entire oilseed crop typically checks in around 40,000 acres, with about one third of the crop being planted in the fall, the rest being spring canola. Over the past five year years, however, winter canola has been gaining momentum in. Read More Winter canola fields are popping up all over Ontario.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 13, 2024

Are crops really inefficient at taking up nitrogen? Actually, no — crops take up and store N in grain and also in stalks, stems, leaves, and roots, which can sometimes be overlooked in nitrogen removal calculations, leading some to think that there is more N “lost” than is actually so. But if crops are pretty.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 28, 2024

Ontario’s winter wheat crop has high yield potential but there are also high levels of yield robbing fusarium in fields in some regions of the province. Real Agriculture agronomist Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson says it’s not as bad as 1996 when fusarium decimated the provincial winter wheat crop, but growers will.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 4, 2024

It is an issue that can impact crop yield, crop quality and input costs. Several organizations have come together to offer farmers in Ontario support in reducing the risk of off-target pesticide application through the Be Drift Aware campaign. Read More

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Aphanomyces is a destructive, persistent root disease of pulses that’s wreaking havoc on pea and lentil crops in Saskatchewan, Montana and North Dakota. In the last 20 years, pulses have become a very common rotation crop for these areas, as they do well in dry conditions. However, with the introduction of more pea and lentil.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 22, 2024

RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson says the disease is a significant threat to the crop and can cause up to 50 per cent yield loss if not managed properly. RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson says the disease is a significant threat to the crop and can cause up to 50 per cent yield loss if not managed properly. Read More

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 2, 2024

Wheat is a crop that sets yield potential very early in the season, so it’s imperative that the crop get off to the best start possible. Read More Wheat is a crop that sets yield potential very early in the season, so it’s imperative that the crop get off to the best start possible. Read More

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Real Agriculture

JULY 2, 2024

With last year being hot and dry across the Prairies, growers are wondering what the current growing season will hold for these resilient crop consumers. Farmers and agronomists alike hope that the cool, wet spring might keep pulse crops safe from the. Read More

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Real Agriculture

JULY 12, 2024

The 2024 growing season has been a wet one for much of the edible bean growing region and that means growers need to get out and scout as crops start to flower in a growing environment that’s high risk for disease. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Edible Bean School, host Bernard Tobin and Hensall Co-op.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 10, 2024

A large part of farming has always included trying new things to see what impact change can have on soil, crops yield, and ultimately profit margins. Read More A large part of farming has always included trying new things to see what impact change can have on soil, crops yield, and ultimately profit margins.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Farmers have been slow to price crop and while that won’t drive prices higher, it could be playing a factor in providing a bit of a floor for crop prices, says Jon Driedger, market analyst with LeftField Commodity Research. Markets are definitely a little ho-hum these days, he says, with most crops being range-bound.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 17, 2024

The summer of downpours continues for Ontario as another major storm system moved across southern Ontario leaving rivers and creeks swollen, roads closed, and crops under water. How long can crops survive submerged? How long can crops survive submerged? Also up for discussion: Read More

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

What does a delightful children’s toy have to do with pea aphids in lentil crops? What does a delightful children’s toy have to do with pea aphids in lentil crops? Children have enjoyed playing with nesting dolls for years and years. You know the ones — where opening one doll leads to finding another, smaller doll inside.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In recent years, many corn growers in Ontario have wrestled with gibberella ear rot in the crop and the high levels of deoxynivalenol (DON) levels it can produce in the grain. It’s made for stressful harvest seasons, especially in 2018 when mycotoxins produced by the gibberella fungus in some fields climbed well above safe feeding.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 22, 2024

It may sound like gridiron football strategy but it will also make farmers winners in the battle to improve soil health, says North Dakota-based independent agronomist and crop consultant Lee Briese. Sweat the details and practice, practice, practice. When it comes to improving soil health there are plenty of fixes — from reducing tillage to.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

There isn’t really any more crop in storage than is average for this time of year, says Steve Kell, grain merchandiser with Kell Grain, however current prices and price outlooks has many farmers less than enthused about pricing ’24 crop. Kell notes that prices are 25 per cent lower than last year at this time, Read More

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

But weather and technology also play a key role in helping growers defend their crops against the foliar disease. But weather and technology also play a key role in helping growers defend their crops against the foliar disease. Genetics and fungicides are the two pillars of disease defence when it comes to yield robbers like tar spot.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

One of the most powerful and inexpensive tools farmers have in the pest management toolbox is crop rotation. The question is, how do we know which crops should be in a rotation and what benefits we… Read More One of the most powerful and inexpensive tools farmers have in the pest management toolbox is crop rotation.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

What does the future hold for further yield advancement and where might genetic improvement take the king of crops? What does the future hold for further yield advancement and where might genetic improvement take the king of crops? On this episode of the The Sharp Edge, host Bernard Tobin.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

A week of unseasonably hot, dry weather has got crops roaring to the finish line, and that has got crops exhibiting some interesting symptoms. Read More A week of unseasonably hot, dry weather has got crops roaring to the finish line, and that has got crops exhibiting some interesting symptoms. Read More

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