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Pulse School: Protect germination potential with gentle seed handling

Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Harvested seed quality is heavily influenced by weather conditions throughout the growing season. Summers with drought conditions, as well as heat blast, can lead to an increased occurrence of mechanical damage in pulse seed lots.

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Corn School: Harvest timing critical for seed corn quality

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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New pulse and specialty crop company bringing together several facilities in Saskatchewan

Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Harvest Grain Ltd., which already owns canaryseed processor Bornhorst Seeds Ltd. Harvest Grain Ltd., which already owns canaryseed processor Bornhorst Seeds Ltd. Gregor in northeast Saskatchewan, says it has acquired full ownership of specialty crop handler Harvest Milling at Fillmore, in the… Read More

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Wheat School: Yield starts at seeding rate

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.

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Harvest 2023: New winter barley impresses in Yorkshire

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 21, 2023

Farmers Weekly Yorkshire Wolds grower Mark Ullyott is impressed with the new winter barley variety Caravelle, saying it is the best seed crop of barley he has grown for more than 10 years and he will be growing it again this coming season. The two-row feed variety yielded 8.5-9.5t/ha

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The Sharp Edge: Drone seeding cover crops into soybeans

Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

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. 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. In 2023, he returns to the program with.

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Guide to Potato Cultivation: From Planting to Harvest

Cropaia

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Planting and Harvesting Potatoes are typically planted in spring once soil temperatures reach 10°C (50°F), a benchmark for promoting uniform sprouting and robust early growth. Seed tubers should be planted 10–15 cm deep, with in-row spacing of 20–30 cm and row spacing of 75–90 cm. The effects of soil type on harvest include: 1.

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The Agronomists, Ep 151: Intercropping success with Maryse Bourgault and Lana Shaw

Real Agriculture

APRIL 23, 2024

Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops seeded at the same time (in one pass or two) that are then also harvested at the same time. The seeds are separated post-harvest, and the yield can, at times, out yield what each crop would have yielded on its own. But not all crops. But not all crops.

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Farmer Focus: Confusing harvest and most germinated blackgrass for years

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Granted the first inch was welcome as seed-beds were beginning to dry out, but now we’ve had enough. We […] The post Farmer Focus: Confusing harvest and most germinated blackgrass for years appeared first on Farmers Weekly Blackgrass seems to be germinating easily with low dormancy, which is a good thing.

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Edible Bean School: Genetics and markets drive kidney bean opportunity

Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Better seed genetics and strong market prices are putting kidney beans on the radar for an increasing number of edible bean growers in Ontario.

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Weed control or cover crops after wheat? Why it makes sense to do both

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 12, 2024

Spring seeded cereals are on a real decline in Ontario, but the use of cover crops after wheat harvest is definitely on an upward trend. Well, summer or fall seeded covers can help anchor soil, hold and cycle nutrients, and out-compete weeds. Why does that matter? But, as Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson explains in this.

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Corn School: Building a gibberella defence

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

A wet growing season plus high humidity and moisture at tasseling has many Ontario corn producers asking about the potential for ear mould and gibberella when combines start to roll at harvest. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, host Bernard Tobin is joined by PRIDE Seeds product manager Matt Chapple for a look.

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Harvesting Solutions: How Food Systems Can Unlock Progress on Climate and Biodiversity

Food Tank

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

This was the topic of a recent event, “Harvesting Solutions: Aligning NBSAPs and NDCs for Climate and Biodiversity Benefits,” held on the sidelines of COP16 in Cali. The post Harvesting Solutions: How Food Systems Can Unlock Progress on Climate and Biodiversity appeared first on Food Tank.

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Video: Leicester farm trials weed seed unit on Fendt combine

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 24, 2023

Farmers Weekly Europe’s first Redekop seed control unit (SCU) fitted to a Fendt Ideal 10T combine, aimed at controlling weed seeds, is being put to the test this harvest in Leicestershire at the Belvoir Farming Company.

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This Gardener Gets Tomato Harvests Year-Round With This Unique Growing Strategy

Modern Farmer

MARCH 24, 2025

One gardener has figured out how to push the boundaries of tomato growing and harvest fresh fruits throughout the year. When he starts with a climate that lacks a true freeze and adds in intentional variety selection and planting dates, hes able to enjoy homegrown tomato harvests year-round. The soil temperature is equally important.

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 27: Seeding down to moisture, early canola, silage yields, and frozen corn

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

No, not actual hay, as we are in the critical harvest period, but if the soil is. No, not actual hay, as we are in the critical harvest period, but if the soil is.

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Seed sales show heavy reliance on limited number of varieties

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Farmers Weekly After a testing season and difficult harvest, growers are sticking to a narrow range of varieties for the new cropping year. Farmers Weekly finds out what’s filling the drills.

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RealAg Radio: Clubroot, seeding rates and moisture, and night time temperatures, Sept 11, 2023

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Host Shaun Haney is joined by Peter Johnson to discuss a number of agronomic topics, including: Bent wheat in Alberta; Ontario harvest yields; and, Night time temperatures and development. Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio!

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Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required

Civil Eats

JANUARY 7, 2025

When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his fields look vastly different from the endless rows you see in much of rural North America. We plant everything deepfor instance, the corn goes 18 inches deep, depending on where the seeds will find moisture.”

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Looks like a great winter wheat crop — cross your fingers

Real Agriculture

JUNE 12, 2024

Ontario winter wheat growers are crossing their fingers and holding their breath as a potential record crop heads into its final weeks of grain fill and approaches harvest. RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson says a key yield indicator he’s been watching is the number of seeds at each spikelete. Read More

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Upgrades to the farm yard and bin set up can save labour

Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The phrase work smarter, not harder is perhaps best applied when you’ve got no other choice — a one-person or two-person farm has no choice but to get creative when it comes to handling grain, the logistics of seeding and harvest, and more. But it’s not just farms with only a few people that benefit.

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RealAg Radio: Hint of dent on corn, a new header, and broadcasting wheat seed, September 6, 2023

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

On today’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Peter Johnson of RealAgriculture to discuss a hint of dent, early harvest, broadcasting wheat into soybeans and much more! On today’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Peter Johnson of RealAgriculture to discuss a hint of dent, early harvest, broadcasting wheat into soybeans and much more!

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Crop Watch: Wet autumn sees rotting seed and missed sprays

Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Potato harvesting has halted, and some wheat is yet to receive herbicides. See also: Natural bioherbicides show promise in […] The post Crop Watch: Wet autumn sees rotting seed and missed sprays appeared first on Farmers Weekly Many of the planned autumn operations have not happened, especially in Scotland.

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What does future of cover crop seeding look like?

Western FarmPress

APRIL 3, 2024

Missouri Soybeans drills down on the efficiency of drones, harvest seeders and robots for cover crop seeding.

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Farmers needed to test cover crop harvest seeding tech

Western FarmPress

APRIL 5, 2024

Montag and Red Barn Solutions are offering a free trial of the Harvest Seeder this fall for Missouri soybean growers.

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Golden Harvest Hybrids Built for the North

Agwired

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Golden Harvest and GHX are offering new corn hybrids specifically gred for those northern farmers who take pride in their ability to produce corn in a challenging environment every year. It precisely zeroes in on its prey at the right moment, with the right seeding rate. FPS24 - Interview with Rex Gray, Golden Harvest 3:03

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Nice Roots Farm-to-School Module 2: Growing from Seed to Harvest

Share Food Program

OCTOBER 31, 2023

We’re closing out Farm-to-School Month by sharing the next installment of Nice Roots’ Farm-to-School curriculum: Growing from Seed to Harvest. The module wraps up with a hands-on activity like seed starting or food tasting that supports students in deepening their relationship to their food, nutrition and the land.

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Our Best Climate Reporting of 2024

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Farmers are having to adjust what they grow and how they grow it, and people all along the food chainfrom the workers who harvest the crops to the consumers who eat themfeel the effects. It confirms what anyone whos planted seeds recently already knows. Micro Solar Leases: A New Income Stream for Black Farmers in the South?

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GHX sells seed by the acre, not the bag

Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This Syngenta seed company sells Golden Harvest hybrids using a different marketing strategy than the norm. Read on to learn more.

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Stop weeds while still seeds

Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Soybean Source: Harvest weed seed control technology stops weeds before they start by targeting weed seeds.

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Corn School: Tackling field variability at harvest

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

As the 2024 Ontario corn crop races to the finish line with help from a late summer stretch of hot weather, growers are now seeing the challenges created by spring planting conditions and pest and disease pressures.

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From Seed to Harvest: The Role of AI and Telecommunications in Asia Pacific’s Agricultural Boom

Global Agtech Initiative

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Asia Pacific region, home to over 60% of the world’s population, is witnessing an agricultural boom, driven […] The post From Seed to Harvest: The Role of AI and Telecommunications in Asia Pacific’s Agricultural Boom appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 10: Overwintering wins, early harvest planning, PGR timing, and rust warnings

Real Agriculture

APRIL 10, 2024

Once the snow is gone, it’s time to assess how the fall-seeded crops have fared. Read More Once the snow is gone, it’s time to assess how the fall-seeded crops have fared. For much of Ontario, they not only did well, they’re already growing like weeds! That’s where we start with.

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Seed Impact Mill Technology Hammers Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

AgWeb Farm Journal

JANUARY 5, 2024

Harvest weed seed control systems have a hefty price tag, but some farmers and researchers say they are a good investment and provide a ROI, especially where resistant weeds are taking over and control options are few.

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USDA’s latest chart on GMOs

Food Politics

AUGUST 16, 2023

It’s titled, “ More than half of harvested U.S. cropland uses seed varieties with at least one genetically modified trait.” The USDA has published charts of GMO plantings for a long time, but this is the first one I’ve seen that incorporates sugar beets and alfalfa. Take a look. Why is this of interest?

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Weekend reading: the cost of growing Romaine lettuce in California

Food Politics

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Every now and then I run across a report about something I know absolutely nothing about but wish I did, and this is one of them—an analysis from the University of California on Sample Costs to Produce and Harvest Romaine Hearts Lettuce. All I pay for is seeds. I would not have guessed. I’ve never gotten sick from eating it.

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Returning the ‘Three Sisters’ – Corn, Beans and Squash – to Native American Farms Nourishes People, Land and Cultures

Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving , when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. Abundant Harvests Historically, Native people throughout the Americas bred indigenous plant varieties specific to the growing conditions of their homelands.

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Nutrien Ag Solutions unveils a new shatter resistant canola variety for 2025

Real Agriculture

JULY 22, 2024

Canola growers on the Prairies are always looking to save time and money especially as combines roll at harvest. At Ag in Motion at Saskatoon last week, Nutrien Ag Solutions announced their latest variety, Read More Canola growers on the Prairies are always looking to save time and money especially as combines roll at harvest.

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Edible Bean School: Getting the down low on varieties for next year

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Not only is there a valuable crop to bring in, harvest is also the time of year for gleaning plenty of new information and insights into different and new varieties of edible beans — how they yielded and performed in different geographies and conditions. In this new Edible Bean School episode, Dennis Lange, pulse specialist.

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Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 7, 2025

When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his fields look vastly different from the endless rows of corn you see in much of rural North America. Kotutwa Johnson with a harvested ear of Hopi white corn. His harvest looks unique, too. Kotutwa Johnsons stone farm house.

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Winter Farming in Florida: Profit Ripe for the Picking

ATTRA

DECEMBER 23, 2024

After Floridas farmers harvest a wide array of summer crops, the fields do not lie dormant for long. These crops have many benefits for small-scale growers in Florida due to high demand in winter months, extended harvest, local market opportunities, and versatility of the use for these commodities.

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17 Medicinal Health Benefits Of Lotus Seed (Nelumbo nucifera)

Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Lotus seeds, harvested from the sacred lotus plant (Nelumbo nucifera), are revered for their nutritional value and cultural significance across Asia. Encased wi

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Farmer Focus: Looking for answer to cost-effective farm kit

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Farmers Weekly We have finished harvest and are now drilling grass seed and cover crops into what is an unsurprisingly moist seed-bed.

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It’s not too early to be thinking about wheat seed for this fall

Western FarmPress

JULY 19, 2023

The Kansas wheat harvest drags on, but farmers need to be sourcing their seed now.

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Pulse School: Protect germination potential with gentle seed handling

Corn School: Harvest timing critical for seed corn quality

Trending Sources

New pulse and specialty crop company bringing together several facilities in Saskatchewan

Wheat School: Yield starts at seeding rate

Harvest 2023: New winter barley impresses in Yorkshire

The Sharp Edge: Drone seeding cover crops into soybeans

Guide to Potato Cultivation: From Planting to Harvest

The Agronomists, Ep 151: Intercropping success with Maryse Bourgault and Lana Shaw

Farmer Focus: Confusing harvest and most germinated blackgrass for years

Edible Bean School: Genetics and markets drive kidney bean opportunity

Weed control or cover crops after wheat? Why it makes sense to do both

Corn School: Building a gibberella defence

Harvesting Solutions: How Food Systems Can Unlock Progress on Climate and Biodiversity

Video: Leicester farm trials weed seed unit on Fendt combine

This Gardener Gets Tomato Harvests Year-Round With This Unique Growing Strategy

Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 27: Seeding down to moisture, early canola, silage yields, and frozen corn

Seed sales show heavy reliance on limited number of varieties

RealAg Radio: Clubroot, seeding rates and moisture, and night time temperatures, Sept 11, 2023

Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required

Looks like a great winter wheat crop — cross your fingers

Upgrades to the farm yard and bin set up can save labour

RealAg Radio: Hint of dent on corn, a new header, and broadcasting wheat seed, September 6, 2023

Crop Watch: Wet autumn sees rotting seed and missed sprays

What does future of cover crop seeding look like?

Farmers needed to test cover crop harvest seeding tech

Golden Harvest Hybrids Built for the North

Nice Roots Farm-to-School Module 2: Growing from Seed to Harvest

Our Best Climate Reporting of 2024

GHX sells seed by the acre, not the bag

Stop weeds while still seeds

Corn School: Tackling field variability at harvest

From Seed to Harvest: The Role of AI and Telecommunications in Asia Pacific’s Agricultural Boom

Wheat Pete’s Word, Apr 10: Overwintering wins, early harvest planning, PGR timing, and rust warnings

Seed Impact Mill Technology Hammers Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

USDA’s latest chart on GMOs

Weekend reading: the cost of growing Romaine lettuce in California

Returning the ‘Three Sisters’ – Corn, Beans and Squash – to Native American Farms Nourishes People, Land and Cultures

Nutrien Ag Solutions unveils a new shatter resistant canola variety for 2025

Edible Bean School: Getting the down low on varieties for next year

Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required

Winter Farming in Florida: Profit Ripe for the Picking

17 Medicinal Health Benefits Of Lotus Seed (Nelumbo nucifera)

Farmer Focus: Looking for answer to cost-effective farm kit

It’s not too early to be thinking about wheat seed for this fall

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