More than 220 certified crop advisors gathered this week at the annual Ontario Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) meeting in London, Ont. That's one third of the province's 660 CCAs, a number that's remained stable since 2019 with a few additions every year, says Ontario CCA executive director Susan Fitzgerald. In this interview with RealAgriculture's Bernard... Read More
Category: Crop Production
Climate Fieldview has come out with a major update to the platform, just ahead of the busy growing season. Andria Karstens, product value lead for Fieldview, says that growers and agronomists can look for more processing power, better hardware and secure Bluetooth connections as features of the Drive 2.0 version. Karstens, at the Western Canada... Read More
Farm groups are voicing frustration and disappointment with outgoing Transport Minister Anita Anand's decision this week to approve the acquisition of Viterra by Bunge. The conditions laid out in the order-in-council are "woefully inadequate," according to Grain Growers of Canada, the umbrella organization for 14 national, provincial, and regional crop producer organizations. In a Jan.... Read More
The new year is rocking and rolling in the best way — the opportunities for learning just keep coming! In this week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson shares and discusses some of the key questions discussed at the Southwest Ag Conference and more. From early sulphur decisions, to stressing wheat (on purpose?),... Read More
Cover crops are all the not-quite-so-new rage and the process of integrating them into current agricultural systems has been gaining ground (pun intended). Seeding multiple species in a field can do some fantastic things for the land, such as enhance water holding capacity, improve soil biodiversity, provide added resistance to pests and disease, and improve... Read More
More than just spell check and generating quirky images, artificial intelligence already plays a role in several aspects of our daily lives and agriculture platforms and technology. But what can AI do now and what role might it play going forward? To delve into the mash up of AI and agronomy, this episode of The... Read More
The seeding or planting window is already pressed for time. Manually having to add products into the planter or seed box can slow down progress, but pre-mixing some products, as is the case with some biological products, can decrease efficacy. Indigo Ag has come up with a handy invention that delivers flowable powder biological products... Read More
Dynasty, a University of Guelph dark red kidney bean innovation recognized for its high yield, disease resistance and adaptability, has earned the school's 2024 Innovation of the Year. Dr. Peter Pauls, professor in the Department of Plant Agriculture at the Ontario Agricultural College, developed Dynasty with research technician Tom Smith. The cross that led to... Read More
Bayer and Neste, a producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly scale winter canola as a biomass-based feedstock for renewable products, such as biofuels. Within the collaboration, the companies will develop a winter canola ecosystem in the Southern Great Plains of the U.S, including... Read More
New technology is top of mind in this week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word, hosted by Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson. Between Green Lightning, a plasma technology that essentially is trying to replicate what happens in the atmosphere as lightning strikes to create nitrogen to create N on-farm, and a biological process coming out of Australia... Read More