A grower from Georgia who previously held the record for highest corn yield has now broken the world standard for highest soybean yield. Randy Dowdy's soybean yield of 171.8 bushels/acre was celebrated at a press conference hosted by the University of Georgia and BASF on Friday. The previous record was 160.6 bushels/acre, set by Kip... Read More
Category: Crop Production
The latest generation of New Holland’s flagship BigBaler promises to raise the bar for big square density and uniformity. New Holland unveiled the BigBaler 340 Plus last month at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa. In this video, New Holland hay and forage marketing manager Seth Doman explains that the key feature making this... Read More
A huge amount of field productivity variation is tied to what lies beneath. Underlying soil type, quality, health, and nutrient levels all play a role in what each acre can produce. Across even just one, acre, however, you may have two or more different soil types, varied organic matter levels and significant pH swings. Tyler... Read More
Harvest is rolling along in many areas of the province, including the first reported grain corn coming off earlier this week. This week, RealAgriculture's Peter Johnson tackles your toughest questions on troubled corn, late hay, and wheat variety selection in this September 7th edition of Wheat Pete's Word. (Highlights below). Listen or download below! And... Read More
Next week, RealAgriculture's resident agronomist, Peter Johnson, will host his weekly agronomy podcast Wheat Pete's Word live at the PRIDE Seeds pavilion at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show. Yes, the Wildman himself will be on-hand to answer your most burning agronomic questions about not just wheat, but also corn, soybeans, forage production and more. From planting... Read More
Would a carbon fibre spray boom be strong enough to withstand the rigour of continuous field spraying? That’s a question John Deere intends to answer as it continues to look for ways to substitute the composite material for the steel and aluminum traditionally used in farm equipment, such as boom sprayers. At its annual product... Read More
Would you trade $50 of soybeans for $90 of wheat? Real Agriculture resident agronomist Peter Johnson thinks you should. In this Wheat School episode, Johnson shares his key takeaway from this year’s record Ontario wheat crop, which is pegged at an estimated average of 96 to 98 bushels per acre, 20 percent above the historical... Read More
Peter Johnson, resident agronomist at RealAgriculture, and host of the Word, announces he's hitting the field September 1 — a new record on Johnson's farm, wheat prices are crashing, seeding rates between conventional and organic farming, and (surprise!) Wheat Pete thinks you ought to grow wheat. Listen or download below! And of course, if you... Read More
With wet growing conditions in many areas and high prices driving tight pulse crop rotations, the table was set for root rot to feast on pea stands in Western Canada this year. While one of the main culprits — aphanomyces — was first confirmed in Saskatchewan in 2012 and in Alberta in 2013, testing on... Read More
That's a question many growers ask when they see parts of their soybean fields prematurely turning yellow in August and early September. In this episode of Real Agriculture Soybean School, OMAFRA’s Albert Tenuta and University of Guelph researcher Dave Hooker team up to answer the question and provide management tips. When his phone rings, Tenuta... Read More