Strange colours, whip tail ends, and misshapen leaves can all point to one thing: a micronutrient deficiency. While not overly common, a micronutrient deficient area of a field usually goes from not good to very bad very quickly. To unpack what micronutrient trouble to expect, how to identify different issues, and how and when to... Read More
Category: Crop Production
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. In some parts of the province, growers were able to get corn in the ground in late April,... Read More
India has extended its exemption of 50 per cent duties on yellow pea imports by another two months. On Friday, India's directorate general of foreign trade published an order delaying the expiration of the import tariff exemption from October 31, 2024 to December 31, 2024. The Indian government originally lifted the prohibitive duties on pea... Read More
With so many factors going into yields, it can be difficult to know whether farmers are reaching the potential of their wheat seed. It can be even more difficult to figure out how to increase yields and whether those increases can be accomplished through management decisions. Dr. Brian Beres, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food... Read More
As far as averages go, the 2024 harvest season is chugging along around the average for most provinces. But like most averages, the number doesn't tell the whole story. Some farmers are fully caught up with what's ready, even though early indications were for an earlier than normal harvest. Some are waylaid by rainy weather,... Read More
The U.S. government has moved a step closer to imposing duties on imports of generic 2,4-D herbicide from China and India, raising concerns among farm groups about future North American supplies of the herbicide. Corteva Agriscience filed a petition earlier this year calling for anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of 2,4-D into the U.S.,... Read More
With harvest underway across Canada, the Canadian Foodgrains Bank is welcoming a four-year renewal of funding from the Government of Canada. A $100 million grant announced by Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen on Thursday extends the long-running agreement that sees donations to the charity — many coming from farms and agribusinesses — matched by... Read More
It's time to plant winter wheat and we've asked Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson to give us his top five planting recommendations on this episode of RealAgriculture's Wheat School. Planting date is at the top of Johnson's tip list. When it comes to planting date there are no shortcuts, he says. Hitting that optimum window is... Read More
In the last few years, the push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) across several sectors has increased. In 2022, the Government of Canada released their 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan. While this plan includes many different industries — transportation and oil and gas, to name a few, agriculture is also on the list. One of... Read More
There isn't really any more crop in storage than is average for this time of year, says Steve Kell, grain merchandiser with Kell Grain; however, current prices and price outlooks has many farmers less than enthused about pricing '24 crop. Kell notes that prices are 25 per cent lower than last year at this time,... Read More