China’s ethanol consumption continues to fall well short of the government’s 10 percent blend mandate. The blend rate in 2021 is forecast at 2.1 percent, according to a recent report by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service. China declared in 2017 that it was moving to a nationwide E10 ethanol mandate by […] Read more
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Drought 2021
These are trying times for many Prairie producers, with withered crops and parched pastures across wide swaths of the growing…
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Farmer network puts the truth on the ground
Access to data from large-scale field trials is a stumbling block many companies face when moving toward the end of…
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Clamp down on rolling stones
In regions with rocky soil, headland rock piles are drawing more attention. There’s valuable cropland lying under those stones. In…
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Affordable autosteer adds direction to older gear
Expanding farmers need to add seeding tractors, high clearance sprayers, swathers and combines. And, as a matter of efficiency, all…
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Maltsters watch barley quality
Maltsters are facing a double whammy in terms of supply constraints this year, says an industry official. Not only is…
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Sovecon raises forecast for Russia’s 2021 wheat crop
MOSCOW, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Russian agriculture consultancy Sovecon said on Tuesday it had raised its forecast for Russia's 2021…
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Got wireworms? There’s a guide for that
Wireworms have been an agricultural pest on the Prairies for more than 100 years, but they remain a bit of a mystery. Growers and agronomists in Western Canada know that wireworms are a problem, but they don’t understand the size of the problem or the economic impacts of wireworms. Wireworms are also difficult to find […] Read more
Do it yourself green on brown spotting
Open source weed detection for sprayers or precision tillage is based on camera sensors identifying the targets
The design for a green on brown weed locator is now available to anyone who wants to build their own site-specific weed management tool. The OpenWeedLocator (OWL) is an open-source, low-cost image-based approach for fallow weed detection. Guy Coleman from the University of Sydney, Australia, is working on the project. He said the OWL is […] Read more
Beating the heat by insuring the yield
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There’s an old saying that goes: You can’t change the weather, but you sure can change the sails. Corteva heard that message and decided that if they can’t prevent heat blast, they can sure insure against it. Corteva has so much confidence in their Nexera canola that they’re willing to share the heat blast risk […] Read more
Farmer network puts the truth on the ground
Large-scale field trial locations are often tricky for companies looking to put their products to the test of scale
Access to data from large-scale field trials is a stumbling block many companies face when moving toward the end of the research and development stage of new cropping products. This is the space IN10T (pronounced “intent”) has targeted in the Canadian market, so that its clients can better understand both the user experience of their […] Read more
Clamp down on rolling stones
In regions with rocky soil, headland rock piles are drawing more attention. There’s valuable cropland lying under those stones. In much of the Parkland region, some of the best soil is infested with stones. Stone piles should be moved efficiently and equipment on a typical prairie farm lacks the capability to deal with a major […] Read more
Affordable autosteer adds direction to older gear
Expanding farmers need to add seeding tractors, high clearance sprayers, swathers and combines. And, as a matter of efficiency, all these new machines need some sort of reliable autosteer system. For the seeding tractor, accuracy down to 1.6 inches pass-to pass might be required. But for the sprayer, swather and combine, accuracy down in the […] Read more
Maltsters watch barley quality
Maltsters are facing a double whammy in terms of supply constraints this year, says an industry official. Not only is North American barley production way down, but there are serious quality issues as well. “It’s going to be a tough year all around for producers and the malting industry alike,” said Peter Watts, managing director […] Read more
Sovecon raises forecast for Russia’s 2021 wheat crop
MOSCOW, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Russian agriculture consultancy Sovecon said on Tuesday it had raised its forecast for Russia’s 2021 wheat crop by 200,000 tonnes to 75.6 million tonnes due to good yields in Siberia. Russia is the world’s largest wheat exporter, supplying it mainly to Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Its crop, dominated […] Read more
Kazakhstan raises grain harvest forecast, cuts export outlook
ALMATY, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Kazakhstan raised its forecast for its grains harvest this year while cutting its export forecast, senior officials said at a government meeting on Tuesday. The country sees the harvest at 16 million tonnes of grains, up from a forecast last month of 15.3 million, and exports at 6 million to […] Read more
