December 18, 2024

Soybean crop continues to grow year over year

Statistics Canada’s November 2024 yield and production survey confirmed expectations. The outlook for corn and wheat remains bullish for the spring period due to tighter ending stocks from major exporters. The soybean mark...

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December 18, 2024

Clubroot fights back with increased pathotypes

The increasing number of clubroot variants is a concern, but canola growers need to remember that most of these pathotypes are rare, said Steve Strelkov, a plant pathologist at the University of Alberta. Read more on the i...

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December 18, 2024

Variety & hybrid diversification is about mitigating risk, higher yields, & maximum profit

Diversity can mean many things to many people and when it comes to a grower diversifying variety choices, the goal is to mitigate risk, push yields, and maximize profit on every acre. Listen to this RealAgriculture report ...

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December 18, 2024

2024 ON hybrid corn performance trials now available

The 2024 Ontario Corn Committee (OCC) hybrid performance trials are now available at GoCrops.ca. Over past decades, Ontario’s average corn yields have increased around 2 bu/ac/yr. Staying current with new and competitive y...

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December 18, 2024

2024 corn seasonal summary

Final Ontario grain corn planting estimates were 2.2 million acres (OMAFA Crop Statistics), slightly lower than the March planting intentions but similar to the 5-year average. Unsettled weather and highly variable plantin...

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December 18, 2024

Corn School: Building biology for better yields

On this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School, Dale Cowan and host Bernard Tobin meet up to take stock of biologicals questions and answers and to discuss how Cowan is testing biological products in the AGRIS MiField appl...

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December 18, 2024

The Agronomists: Pulse production with Dr. Michelle Hubbard & Laura Schmidt

To unpack some of the disease risks of pulses, this episode of The Agronomists features Dr. Michelle Hubbard, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Swift Current, and Laura Schmidt of the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers.

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December 18, 2024

Global grain demand continues to match supply

Farmers in the U.S. have harvested three of the largest corn crops in history the last five years and that is resulting in a surplus of the crop. Fortunately, demand has been keeping pace with supply, keeping ending stocks...

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December 18, 2024

Soil School: Understanding field potential & setting yield goals

Knowing your soil is critical to understanding a field’s potential and setting realistic yield goals that make economic sense for the 2025 growing season. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Soil School, Fieldwalker Ag...

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December 06, 2024

Edible Bean School: Genetics & markets drive kidney bean opportunity

Better seed genetics and strong market prices are putting kidney beans on the radar for an increasing number of edible bean growers in Ontario. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Edible Bean School, Hensall Co-op origina...

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December 06, 2024

Wheat School: Drought mitigation starts long before a drought hits

In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Wheat School, Ruoxi Xia, agronomy extension specialist with Alberta Grains, talks about the pressure that growers have been under after multiple years of drought and some things that th...

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December 06, 2024

The Agronomists: Managing the people part of agronomy with Ken Currah & Mike Palmier

Being an agronomist means knowing about plants, diseases, soil, and insects, but it also requires the ability to navigate difficult conversations, earn trust, and drive change. The people part of the agronomy equation is t...

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December 06, 2024

StatsCan surprises canola market with lower-than-expected supply

Canola futures rallied on December 5th after Statistics Canada reported a smaller-than-expected estimate for 2024 production. Read more on the rally and the reports of other crops from this RealAgriculture article.

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