This week MarketsFarm’s Bruce Burnett talks with editor Gord Gilmour about why one crop’s getting hit particularly hard by the drought hammer this season, on both sides of the international border.
Videos
The durum drought
Keep a watchful eye for herbicide resistance
You’ve sprayed the weeds in your field and hung your hat on a job well done. Maybe not so fast. Dennis Lange, provincial pulse and soybean specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, suggests it’s doubly important to scout for weeds that potentially escaped herbicide treatment (if any) and quickly find out why. Hear what else Lange had […] Read more
AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending July 7, 2023.
U.S. acres surprise, Prairie acres parched
New acreage estimates for this year are now out from both Statistics Canada and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, surprising Chicago corn and soybean traders, less so for Canadian canola and wheat market observers. Glacier FarmMedia’s Gord Gilmour and MarketsFarm weather and crops specialist Bruce Burnett discuss those estimates — and how much of that […] Read more
AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending June 30, 2023.
AGGronomyTV: Grasshopper Staging
July 1 to 15: John Gavloski, entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, offers his experience on staging grasshoppers and why their third to fourth juvenile stage is likely your ideal time to spray for effective control.
AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending June 23, 2023.
Rain, drought and market effects
Much of the Prairies got a substantial — and much needed — delivery of rain from Mother Nature in the past week. Gord Gilmour caught up with MarketsFarm’s Bruce Burnett to talk about what that means for the crop and home, and how continued drought in the U.S. is driving a weather market.
AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending June 16, 2023.
Weather markets assert themselves
From Southern Alberta, through the U.S. Corn Belt and over to Europe, global grain markets are firmly in the grip of weather market season. Glacier FarmMedia’s Gord Gilmour caught up with MarketsFarm weather and crops specialist Bruce Burnett to discuss what that means and what we know about the condition of this year’s crops.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
