The news cycle has picked up on the Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) issue recently, but the topic isn't all that new. The policy has been developed over the past couple of years — since about 2016 — according to the CFS website under the government of Canada's environment and natural resources arm. "I think the... Read More
Category: Crop Production
The number of soybean acres in Western Canada has declined to less than half of what it was when acreage peaked in 2017 — dropping every year since then — but there are expectations that acres have likely hit a floor in 2020. In this follow-up episode to our last Soybean School on soybean maturity... Read More
The combines are rolling and as the crops are coming in, storing it is the next piece in the farm management puzzle. How do we take care of a warm crop and what do we need to understand to manage our conditions? Dr. Joy Agnew, from Olds College, has the answers. Don’t miss the RealAg... Read More
In the western Canadian market, there's currently been a lot of focus on canola, and StatsCan confirmed as much in their latest satellite-based report. Brennan Turner, CEO of FarmLead, says that when it comes to this StatsCan report, he would call himself a believer. Although there have been some yield numbers that Turner's heard that... Read More
Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson talks a mile a minute in this one folks, buckle up! In this week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson answers all the agronomy questions about wheat seeding, cover crops, and weed control, in a Farmer Rapid Fire style. We see what you did there, Johnson, trying to be... Read More
The new X9 series John Deere combine has plenty to offer at the back end, but there's been significant changes at the front of the combine too, with an all-new header model line-up. Joining Bernard Tobin for a breakdown of the new headers, is Matt Daniels, product manager for front end equipment with John Deere.... Read More
How much field-level data is enough and how much is too much? In a time when we can measure so many things, how do we make sure what we're measuring is accurate and useful? In this RealAg LIVE! host Shaun Haney is joined by Marvin Talsma, with Climate Fieldview, to discuss setting up your precision... Read More
The Canadian Barley Research Coalition (CBRC) — which consists of Sask Barley, Alberta Barley, and the Manitoba Crop Alliance — is investing $2.7 million over five years in the University of Saskatchewan's (USask) Crop Development Centre (CDC) through a core breeding agreement to develop barley varieties with improved agronomics, disease resistance, and end-use quality. The... Read More
Farmers across Canada are beginning to hear more and more about the Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) being proposed by the federal government. But what on earth is it? The government is aiming to reward low carbon fuel in the Canadian fuel system, potentially offering a lot of opportunity for biofuels — fuels made from things... Read More
Since the release of the new X series combines from John Deere, there's been a lot of curiosity and perhaps some controversy surrounding the new line-up. RealAgriculture covered the initial launch of the X Series back in June (that story here), and though we couldn't join John Deere in person at the Farm Progress Show... Read More