Prairie farmers might be seeing ads for plant growth regulators for the first time, but PGR’s are not new. “They’ve been using them in Europe for over 30 years,” Tom Tregunno, Engage Agro’s product manager, told farmers at the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation (IHARF) Crop Management field day in July. Plant growth regulators are […] Read more
Plant growth regulators
They’re not new, but plant growth regulators are not yet common on the Canadian Prairies
Avadex back in the game to fight herbicide resistant weeds
When herbicide resistant wild oats crop up on you’re farm, you may be looking backwards in time to find a solution with a different, “new” active ingredient
The Brady Bunch. ABBA cassettes. Avadex. Things we remember fondly, but don’t really see much anymore. Right? Wrong. Avadex is back in town. In 2004, Gowan, an Arizona-based company, bought the formulation and trademarks from Monsanto. As wild oats with resistance to Group 1 and Group 2 herbicides continue to pop up across the Prairies, […] Read more
Minogue: Silicon Valley, Saskatchewan style
Jordan Dutchak is bringing Silicon Valley’s working style to Saskatchewan agriculture. This weekend software developers, engineers, students and entrepreneurs will team up with farmers and ag professionals in Saskatoon at Emerging Agriculture, the first Canadian agricultural hackathon, where they hope to develop cutting-edge solutions to agricultural problems. The idea of a “hackathon” originated in the […] Read more
High oleic soybeans look for market share
U.S. farmers planting high-oleic soybeans have their sights set on the canola market
The brochure for this type of soybeans would catch any Prairie farmer’s eye: “With high oleic soybeans, you can take back the market share you lost to canola and other crops.” It’s not meant for us — it’s for U.S. soybean growers. Jay Myers, United Soybean Board director from Colfax, North Dakota said, “I don’t […] Read more
Avoiding herbicide resistance
Worried weed scientists gather to discuss the future of weed control without new chemistry
The loss of glyphosate is something that we should all lament,” said Steven Powles, director of Australia’s Herbicide Resistance Initiative. Powles compared the importance of glyphosate to penicillin, calling it a one-in-100 year herbicide. Powles was speaking to a gathering of weed scientists at the Weed Science Society of America’s second herbicide resistance summit in […] Read more
Minogue: Precision farming seeks new converts at new price point
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield + Byers is investing in ag technology with a new stake in Farmers Edge — which in turn now hopes to build its services’ popularity through more attractive pricing. Winnipeg-based Farmers Edge is one of a number of companies hoping to profit from new technology by packaging data solutions […] Read more
Claas Xerion tractor’s turning cab turns heads
Farmers at the Farm Progress Show in Iowa gathered to watch Claas show off the spinning cab on its Xerion tractor
While many Canadians have only recently seen Claas’ Xerion tractor for the first time, Drew Fletcher, Claas’ product manager, tractors, says it’s not a new machine. Claas has been manufacturing Xerion tractors at its headquarters at Harsewinkel, Germany for quite a while. “We’ve had it about 10 years in a full-line manufacturing system.” In the […] Read more
Corn and soybean farmers in U.S. Midwest, prepare for losses
At the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, there was a gloomy message coming from the Rabobank tent
Farmers in the Rabo AgriFinance tent at the U.S. Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, in late August looked uncomfortable when Curt Hudnutt, Rabo AgriFinance’s chief credit officer, delivered the heart of his message: “We expect that corn and soybean farmers will lose money in 2015 and 2016.” It was a hard message to take […] Read more
Monitor that monitor
There are different ways of calibrating a yield monitor. What's yours?
How did that canola run?” Whether or not you want to tell the truth in town, if you’re getting your answer from the yield monitor in the cab, make sure it’s well calibrated. “It’s critical to get an accurate calibration,” says Ward Anticura, integrated solutions manager at Battle River Implements in Camrose, Alta. “Some guys […] Read more
Minogue: In tractors, data is the new tech
Boone, Iowa | Grainews –– Data was the star of the show when Case IH launched its new lineup here during the U.S. Farm Progress Show. Jim Walker, Case IH’s vice-president for its North American agricultural business, told media that although this year’s launch doesn’t have the quantity of new products farmers have seen released […] Read more
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