Richard Phillips is the Executive Director of the Grain Growers of Canada and he is a very busy man these days with all the things going on in the grain industry. Richard was apart of a panel discussion at the SaskSeed annual meeting at CropWeek. The panel discussion was about whether or not the grain... Read More
Category: Crops
World lentil production appears to have fallen short of world demand for the 2009 / 10 marketing year. This has resulted in strong current prices for lentils and farmers wanting to expand acreages on the farm. At the Pulse Days conference at #cropweek in Saskatoon are excited about the potential of lentils as demand expands... Read More
Dr. Bruce Scherr is the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Informa Economics. He has been with the company since 1987 in several executive capacities including President and CEO. He is based in Memphis, USA. It is definitely no secret that Saskatchewan is increasingly focused on pulses. The pulse meeting was packed packed with... Read More
I love to personally hear what people see as the next things in agriculture. A great time to do this is at the start of a new decade. There were many changes in the last decade and the next will only bring more challenges and opportunistic changes to keep us all on our toes. I... Read More
Monsanto has been named the company of the year by Forbes magazine for the January 2010 issue. Monsanto is recognized for outstanding innovation in its field and as a result healthy performance on wall street. For me Monsanto is one of those hot button topics that sends off flares and fireworks for all sides of... Read More
As we put the final touches on this long season we are getting ready for next year already and canola seems to be near the top of most lists. So when looking for a canola variety what should be your main reason for growing a variety? Is it yield, harvest ability, disease resistance or maturity?... Read More
As we have discussed on RealAgriculture.com before it seems that there is gaining speculation in the feed market. With only 92% of the corn harvest complete in North America speculation is gaining that we could see a higher run in the corn price if certain factors come to fruition. The USDA estimates that there is... Read More
With public research in breeding getting cut back significantly across North America, some added funding is always welcomed. On Wednesday, the Alberta Livestock Meat Agency (ALMA) announced that they are going to invest eight million dollars into feed grains research. This money will fund projects in the area of varietal development and developing use technologies.... Read More
As a farmer you have to deal with many variables that are out of your control. Harvest in North America is almost complete and now farmers are faced with dealing with the commodity markets. Most farmers are no doubt following the grain and oilseed markets on a daily basis but now it becomes more of... Read More
Winter time brings the end of harvest and the beginning of the crop input selling season. With this comes flyers, trade shows, and farmer events. This selling season has produced two very cool and creative commercials or videos for canola seed. One is produced by Bayer and the other is by Canterra Seeds. Both do... Read More