Real Agriculture

MARCH 25, 2025

A shorter, smaller, more efficient corn plant that stands better and produces less residue and higher yields: its alot to pack into a short corn plant, but thats the promise of Bayers Preceon Smart Corn System. The company has been testing the short stature corn products in test plots for several years and plans to Read More

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Real Agriculture

MAY 13, 2024

What crops can benefit from inoculants and what kind of yield impact can they have? sales managers Doug Tigges says the first questions he typically gets from growers include whether an inoculant or biological product is easy to use; how it fits into management of the crops grown on the farm; and. Read More

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Questions remain, however, on how to deploy these products, which include living organisms, bacteria, amino acids or plant extracts, in the pursuit of higher corn yields. Biologicals have tremendous potential to help growers manage the stresses that impact corn throughout the growing season.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Recognizing that both header loss and combine loss contribute to lower yield and volunteer issues for the next season, Read More 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

DECEMBER 11, 2024

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

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Genetics and fungicides are the two pillars of disease defence when it comes to yield robbers like tar spot. 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.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 7, 2025

Planning for the growing season isnt just about seed choices and fertilizer rates penciling in and choosing crop protection products is crucial to protecting yield and quality. Greg Bartley, Read More

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Knowing your soil is critical to understanding a fields potential and setting realistic yield goals that make economic sense for the 2025 growing season.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

There will be a new biostimulant in the crop production toolbox for row crops in 2025. Syngenta Canada has launched YieldON, liquid foliar biostimulant to help improve productivity in corn, wheat, and other row crops.

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Well, hes got a few more grey hairs and perhaps an extra wrinkle or two, but the fundamentals of growing high-yielding crops havent changed much from episode 1 to 500 of The Word, says Read More In 10 years of answering your questions, observing farm changes, and navigating agronomy, what has changed for Peter Wheat Pete Johnson?

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Despite an extremely dry September that played havoc with plant establishment, the winter wheat crop across Ontario appears to be packing plenty of yield potential as it heads into the dormant winter months.

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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

JANUARY 23, 2025

Growers can throw the kitchen sink at corn to increase yield but theres no guarantee that the extra inputs will improve the bottom line when the crop goes to market.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MARCH 16, 2025

Adoption of improved crop varieties limited biodiversity losses, terrestrial carbon emissions, and cropland expansion in the tropics. Crop improvements from 19612015 resulted in less cropland expansion, lower greenhouse gas emissions and fewer extinctions. Yield growth patterns of food commodities: Insights and challenges.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 23, 2025

Ontario growers are managing their winter wheat more intensively, starting with fertility followed by improved planting practices and crop protection tools to manage disease, according to OMAFRA Cereals Specialist Joanna Follings. The result is a winter wheat yield hovering around 100 bu/ac for the past three years, and an average 4.6

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Real Agriculture

MAY 24, 2024

There’s plenty of potential but final yield will likely be determined by how the crop deals with the many stresses it could encounter between now and harvest. There’s plenty of potential but final yield will likely be determined by how the crop deals with the many stresses it could encounter between now and harvest.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Crop researchers can learn a lot in 28 years. That’s how long crop rotation trials have been on-going at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown campus. Read More Crop researchers can learn a lot in 28 years. Read More Crop researchers can learn a lot in 28 years. Read More

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 24, 2025

Whether its trying to better understand nitrogen loss risk, matching pounds of product to yield potential, anticipating price moves, or evaluating a new product, theres never a shortage of interest in soil fertility topics. There are always certain topics that get people reading, watching, and asking questions.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Turns out, it’s not just building organic matter that adds to this dynamic — growing high yielding crops is also key part of nutrient cycling and productive soil. Instead, building soil health and resiliency takes a combination of plant growth, nutrient additions, and careful management. Read More

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Nick Suwyn from Michigan has topped the 2024 Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network wheat yield contest with 171.9 bushels/acre, while John Kilbourne of Ontario finished third with a yield of 160.2 bushels per acre. Jeffery Krohn, also of Michigan, took second place at 170.1 bushels/acre.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Those healthy looking soybeans may be hiding a hunger for nitrogen that could deliver higher yields. The oilseed’s nitrogen needs have been much studied over the years with researchers generally agreeing higher rates of nitrogen don’t pay, but that may not be the case when growers push for higher yields. Read More

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

With a cool, windy spring, Manitoba Ag pulse and soybean specialist Dennis Lange, says he never expected to see record edible crops in Read More It was the best of times, it was the worst of times that pretty much tells the tale of the 2024 edible bean season in the Ontario and Manitoba growing areas.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 18, 2025

Making the most of every input dollar matters, especially when crop prices are in the doldrums, but cutting back on fertilizer can end up curtailing yield. Theres a better way to manage those nitrogen input dollars! Theres a better way to manage those nitrogen input dollars!

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 21, 2024

As a growing season comes to a close, farmers are eager to clear off the fields and load up the bins, but it’s important not to rush through equipment set up, as machinery settings can make a big difference in final yield if not adjusted for crop conditions. With three to four bushel per acre.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 9, 2024

Different pulse crop types need a different weed-free window to reach maximum yield potential. Targeting weeds early — sometime as early as the year before — might be the best way to ensure that yield potential, but that’s not always possible. What’s the best course of action for in-crop weed control?

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The N-P-K conversation – nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium – is the focus of most crop nutrient management discussions. But there’s another macronutrient that’s hitting the radar with greater frequency as farmers and agronomists pursue higher crop yields. Read More

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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

OCTOBER 17, 2023

When it comes to growing a high yielding crop, nitrogen can be one of most prominent nutrients for crop growth and yield potential. Read More When it comes to growing a high yielding crop, nitrogen can be one of most prominent nutrients for crop growth and yield potential. Read More

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 6, 2024

Soybean yield contest winners typically rely on weekly tissue testing and foliar feeding to help produce eye-popping, trophy-winning yields. But does this tool have the power to make yield for growers who test and feed just a couple of times during the season? Read More

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 4, 2024

And what’s the potential yield impact and return on that investment? And what’s the potential yield impact and return on that investment? How do corn hybrids respond to foliar feeding? Those are questions PRIDE Seeds agronomist Stephanie Myslik tackles on this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Tracks certainly dont eliminate compaction, and they usually cost substantially more than wheels, but research at The Ohio State University shows there are several specific applications where tracks offer a productivity or yield advantage in the old tracks-versus-wheels debate.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Landsat monitors planted fields and crop conditions, MODIS captures daily images for yield analysis and SMAP tracks soil moisture. These data products enable farmers, researchers and policymakers to make well-informed decisions. agriculture and rural communities. agriculture and rural communities.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Wheat yield is made up of many yield components ranging from thousand kernel weight to head size and kernels per head. But when it comes to driving higher yields, all those components take a back seat to the number of heads per square metre. It’s the big data point emerging from three years of data. Read More

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 2, 2024

Europe has run out of land usable for crops, but some currently used land is being used for the wrong crops. Beyond yield and toward sustainability: Using applied ecology to support biodiversity conservation and food production. Global synthesis of cover crop impacts on main crop yield.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Never let your wheat crop have a bad day. Its a management philosophy that more growers are adopting as they look for ways to reduce crop stress and chase higher winter wheat yields. He argues that some pain Read More Never let your wheat crop have a bad day. He argues that some pain Read More

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson says the 2022/23 crop is a perfect example of how winter wheat can absorb multiple agronomic and environmental blows and still get off the mat to deliver a big yield punch. When a field of winter gets knocked down, don’t count it out. Read More

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