BASF Digital Farming (BASF) has signed an agreement with AGvisorPRO to provide farmers with expanded access to local, accredited agronomic advisors, after identifying in-field problems using the xarvio SCOUTING application (app). The addition of AGvisorPRO advisors will complement BASF’s customer support program which includes BASF sales representatives, the BASF AgSolutions Customer Care team, and local... Read More
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A new board of directors, recently elected for Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR), has been announced. In February, representatives from RDAR’s 33 voting member organizations came together to elect its new board of directors, which includes: D’Arcy Hilgartner of Camrose; Fred Lozeman of Claresholm; JP Brouwer of Ponoka; Stanford Blade of Edmonton; Brian Brewin of... Read More
John Deere is touting improvements in operator comfort, application quality, and machine uptime with the release of its new 400 and 600 Series sprayers. The 400 Series will include three models: 408R (280 hp), 410R (310 hp) and the 412R (326 hp). The 600 Series will feature two models: 612R (355 hp) and the 616R... Read More
Ducks Unlimited Canada has appointed six new directors to its board, including several with agricultural backgrounds. Fawn Jackson, Colleen Dyck, John Eagle, Rob Penner, Sara Penner, and C. Ian Balfour were elected to volunteer roles during the wetland conservation organization’s board of directors meeting on Saturday. "We’re pleased to welcome these outstanding individuals to our... Read More
Lakeland College's "Leading, Learning, The Lakeland Campaign," is seeing a significant amount of support for programming and research initiatives focused on agriculture technology. MNP — a national accounting, tax, and business consulting firm for Canadian agriculture — has donated $90,000 to the program, which will help fund equipment for the Agriculture Technology Centre at the... Read More
Planters may get all the attention, but drills needs some love, too. For this episode of The Agronomists, host Shaun Haney is joined by two powerhouses in the small grains realm — RealAgriculture's own Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, and drill expert Phil Needham of Needham Ag Technologies. Tune in below for an epic discussion on... Read More
If there was one piece of information you would have wanted in January of 2020, it might have been about COVID-19 transmission. But as of January 2021, the nugget of info that may mean the most for markets this year is if Chinese buying keeps pace or exceeds last year. There's more at play in... Read More
The federal government has unveiled the draft regulations for its Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System, which is designed to facilitate the generation and trade of credits for projects and practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “The development of the Federal Greenhouse Gas Offset System will mean farmers can be recognized and rewarded for reducing greenhouse-gas... Read More
Inoculants are produced each year, and a fresh batch will start rolling off the production line just before spring arrives. An inoculant product is different from other crop inputs, and there are some do's and don'ts when it comes to storing your pea, lentil, chickpea, or faba bean inoculant products. In this episode of the... Read More
Protein Industries Canada (PIC) is announcing an investment into a project that will lead to the development of new, high-protein pulse-based ingredients for the non-dairy beverage market. GrainFrac Inc., TomTene Seed Farm, and Ripple Foods PBC, are partnering to develop and utilize specialized dry processing technology patented by GrainFrac. This technology will process pulses chosen... Read More