Videos

Canola growers live in a high-cost environment so it’s important to know when it’s time to spray – if need be – to protect their investment. In this video from Crop Diagnostic School in Carman, Manitoba, earlier in July, Darren Bond with Manitoba Agriculture shares some tips on what canola growers should consider if they […] Read more

Machinery editor Scott Garvey talks with John Deere’s Go-to-Market Manager for Harvesting Equipment Bergen Nelson about the green brand’s new Predictive Ground Speed Automation for S and X Series combines as well as a new header option.

Biological crop inputs, such as living organisms or natural materials, as a replacement or supplement for conventional fertilizers are gaining interest with growers. They offer improved soil health, and in turn, boost plant health as well. At Ag in Motion in Langham, Sask., last week, Twyla Jones with Nutrien Ag Solutions shared how growers are […] Read more

Trump administration keen on managed trade system based on tariffs While U.S. officials may say that free trade isn’t dead, MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett respectfully disagrees. The Trump administration’s recent moves have effectively taken the United States out of any type of free trade agreement, Burnett wrote this week. The U.S. appears intent on replacing […] Read more

Russ Henderson talks about MacDon’s new FD2 Plus FlexDraper combine header on the show grounds of Ag in Motion 2025 in Langham, Saskatchewan.

This week’s ‘In Case You Missed’ comes to you from Agriculture in Motion, held between July 15 and 17 in Langham, Saskatchewan. See all of our Ag in Motion coverage at the Western Producer. Canada’s chief trade commissioner, Sask. Premier talk trade at AIM Canada’s chief trade commissioner visited the Ag in Motion site on […] Read more

  Guelph researchers creating a more robust, transgenic canola Crop breeders from the University of Guelph are well on their way to creating a better yielding, more stress-tolerant canola variety. Early results are showing an increased seed yield of 35 per cent per plant. The researchers used gene editing to remove some canola genes and […] Read more

It can feel like the lottery when it comes to which fields get rain and which ones don’t when clouds roll in. But what does that mean for fertilizers that need soil moisture to get nutrients moving into plants? Marla Riekman, soil fertility specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, shares what she’s hearing from growers in southern […] Read more

As the Ag in Motion farm show is set to kick off on July 15, Scott Garvey for Grainews takes a look at how farm shows have evolved on the prairies and speaks to show director Rob O’Connor about what it takes to put on a modern day, major farm show.