Crop Management
Contaminated seed is a major factor in the disease’s spread, which can also move plant to plant with the wind
In the last few years, Andrew Friskop has tested many, many products on bacterial leaf streak — a disease of wheat, barley and cereal crops. The results were easy to analyze. “Long story short, nothing,” said Friskop, a plant pathologist with North Dakota State University. “There’s nothing out there…. There’s nothing we can spray on […] Read more
Crop Management
High-tech grain grader wins people’s choice award
The AI and machine learning technology was a hit at Agri-Trade Equipment Expo’s recent Ag Innovations competition
RED DEER — A Saskatchewan company plans to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to give farmers and grain buyers an edge by boosting the accuracy and speed of how grain is graded. Ground Truth Ag is developing systems that could be used in places ranging from elevators to farms, including grain bins and combines […] Read more
Sawfly map shows insect hot spots in Sask.
Moderate to high levels of cutting from the pest were detected throughout the brown and dark brown soil zones
A free online map that alerts Saskatchewan farmers about the potential threat posed by wheat stem sawflies has been launched in the province. “A hot spot will show up as red, and then it goes into yellow and greens,” said Blair Goldade, executive director of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat). “And the hotter […] Read more
Nanoparticle-based foliar fertilizer
Vantage Ag president Paul Sinkevich is the first to acknowledge that if something seems too good to be true, it usually is. However, when it comes to the use of nanoparticles in foliar fertilizer applications, he said the proof of the pudding is in the eating. “We’re adding a process that gets the particle size […] Read more
Fast, accurate variety confirmation
SASKATOON — With enough training, an experienced seed grower or grain inspector can tell the difference among different varieties of barley, although they may need to take a closer look with a 10x lens or even a binocular microscope. But what if they’re stumped, or the variety for a particular sample is unknown? A genetic […] Read more
A bigger Rubin 10
Lemken has become a major player in the North American tillage equipment market in the last decade. That has meant offering a select group of its machines here that fit with prairie broadacre farming practices, which can be a little different than the type and scale of machines many farmers use in its home market […] Read more
U.S. forage specialist receives CFGA leadership award
The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) presented its Leadership Award at its 14th Annual Conference, in Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, to Dr. Dan Undersander of Wisconsin – the first non-Canadian to win this award. Also the Keynote speaker at the conference, Undersander has worked as a forage specialist for 48 years, having shared […] Read more
Will India drop pea import restrictions this year?
SASKATOON — Analysts disagree on whether this will be the year that India drops its yellow pea import restrictions. There are some early-season concerns for India’s chickpea and lentil crops. “The acreage will be the same (as last year) but the production will be less because things are not good in India on the climate […] Read more
Senate delays continue for C-234
REGINA — The Senate defeated an amendment to Bill C-234 Nov. 28 but another has now been moved. The contentious bill on carbon pricing exemptions for grain drying and barn heating and cooling will also be the subject of a House of Commons vote Nov. 29 on an opposition motion calling for the Senate to […] Read more
World-wheat stocks to fall
SASKATOON — A lot of ink has been spilled about wheat production this year but not much has been written about the other side of the ledger. Global wheat consumption is forecast at 804 million tonnes in 2023-24, an increase of nine million tonnes over last year. Meanwhile, production is estimated to have fallen to […] Read more
