Category: Crop Schools

As 2017 soybean planting gets rolling across Ontario, what management considerations should be top of mind for growers?In our planting edition of Real Agriculture Soybean School, we put that question to Pride Seeds market development agronomist Dan Foster. In this episode, Foster explains why he’s excited to see Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans going in… Read More

Do I plant a workhorse or a racehorse hybrid? That’s a typical question corn growers contemplate when making seed choices.But with the growth of precision farming and advancing genetic progress, there’s now a new question to contemplate: should I plant a fixed, flex, or semi-flex hybrid?In this edition of Real Agriculture Corn School, Pride Seeds… Read More

Weeds are thriving in Ontario winter wheat fields and in many cases are beyond the size for optimum weed control.In this episode of Real Agriculture Wheat School, Deb Campbell from Agronomy Advantage explains that winter annuals are seven to 10 days ahead of normal and that means growers will have to shift their mindset to… Read More

You can’t really blame mice and deer from taking a bite out of overwintering canola swaths — your crop is literally a giant buffet for them. And, of course, animals have never heard the saying “don’t poop where you eat,” and so, to add insult to injury, not only has overwintered canola been downgraded by… Read More

Peter Johnson wishes farmers managed wheat more like corn.He admits that corn’s bigger yields and higher profitability creates more interest in intensively managing the crop, but that does not excuse growers from making good, basic wheat management decisions.One thing that drives Real Agriculture’s resident agronomist crazy is wheat growers who seed based on pounds per… Read More

The unprecedented amount of canola left in the field over winter in Saskatchewan and Alberta has producers and processors trying to figure out the value of this crop.Very little research has been done previously on the impact of snow and over-wintering on canola quality, says Veronique Barthet, oilseed research scientist at the Canadian Grain Commission.“We… Read More

Will you be splitting your wheat nitrogen application this spring?Agronomist Peter Johnson thinks you should. In this episode of Real Agriculture Wheat School, Johnson reviews the split N strategy and why growers should take a hard look at making it part of their management plan.“First of all, it simply buys you insurance against nitrogen loss… Read More

If you want that good looking winter wheat field to deliver top yields don’t skimp on sulphur this spring.That’s the key message agronomist Peter Johnson has for growers in the latest episode of Real Agriculture Wheat School. Johnson explains that 10 pounds per acre is sufficient for growers targeting 100 bushel per acre wheat, but… Read More

Wet conditions prevented normal fall fertilizer application in parts of Western Canada last fall, leaving growers looking at options for delivering nitrogen to this year’s crop.As Don Flaten, soil scientist at the University of Manitoba, explains in this episode of Canola School, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. Growers will have to consider their limiting factors and… Read More

As the Canadian government contemplates moving forward on a free trade agreement with China, the canola industry sees tremendous potential to increase exports to the country that already imports more canola seed than any other.That’s because Canadian canola seed headed to China currently faces a nine percent tariff, whereas the tariff on soybeans is only… Read More