It was quite a week in Regina — flash floods, giant equipment roll outs and Saskatchewan field editor Debra Murphy's first chance at covering a farm show. No farm show that RealAgriculture.com attends would be quite complete without a signature Thumbs up, Thumbs down piece, and so, without further ado, I give you the Day... Read More
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Another Canada's Farm Progress Show is winding down here in Regina, Saskatchewan, and it's been a great success by all accounts. Editor of RealAgriculture.com, Lyndsey Smith, caught up with Rob O'Conner, show manager, to talk about the biggest successes of the show, his favorite part of the show and how the show will change and... Read More
For food product businesses, marketing and distribution is a major cost and time commitment, but it's a necessary element of success. For small-scale or start-up businesses, letting the world know what you have to offer can be especially difficult. Sask Made Marketplace is working to help bridge the gap between consumers and small-scale Saskatchewan-based food... Read More
Day two is a wrap of Canada's Farm Progress Show and the RealAgriculture.com team had it covered. Today we cover the new FCC app, a massive truck sprayer, intercrop seeders and behind the scenes information on the Talking to Farmers segment. We hope that you enjoy today's wrap up because we really had some fun... Read More
Hot on the heels of Alberta rolling out its own wheat commission, farmers and politicians alike were on hand at Canada's Farm Progress Show to announce the launch of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission and the Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission. RealAgriculture.com's editor, Lyndsey Smith, sat down with Gerrid Gust, who farms at Davidson, Sask., and... Read More
The uptake of mobile technology by farmers has been very documented and discussed on our site. Another app has hit the app store to improve farmer's efficiency and productivity while on the go. At Canada's Farm Progress show in Regina, Shaun Haney, RealAgriculture.com Founder, talked to Matt Van Dijk about FCC's new mobile app that... Read More
With a focus on ease of use, consistent seed depth and strong seedling emergence, Morris Industries has launched a new product line of disc drills. The Morris Razr disc drill features a new opener RealAgriculture.com's Debra Murphy was on-hand prior to Canada's Farm Progress Show to review the Razr series alongside its air cart counterparts.... Read More
From a game-changing opener launched several years ago, to leading the way on sectional control, to brand new planters and giant carts, Seed Hawk continues to evolve and push the envelope on machinery innovation. In the interview above, Shaun Haney speaks with Pat Beaujot, Seed Hawk's president, about how the company has evolved, how it's... Read More
Day 1 of Canada's Farm Progress Show is in the books, and it was a doozy. Shaun Haney, Lyndsey Smith and Debra Murphy hit the ground running this morning, ready to cover all things machinery. From award winning designs and innovations, to tornado hunters and agvocates, Day 1 of the show was jam packed from... Read More
There are some jobs on the farm (and at home for that matter, but we won't get into that now) that are worthwhile, important jobs, but really leave you feeling like the time could be better spent somewhere else. Those jobs are exactly the niche jobs robotics were designed to fill. In years past, the... Read More