Crop Management
The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences is testing a new rapeseed variety designed to bring idle fields back into production during the winter months, according to an article published in the South China Morning Post.
Crop Management
Syngenta’s lambda-cy not for canola
Canola was excluded from the list of prohibited uses of lambda-cy, but canola is processed into canola meal that is fed to livestock. Plus, most crops in Canada can be downgraded and fed to livestock.
Prepare for quick flea beetle action this spring
Predicting pest levels is difficult before canola emerges; growers are encouraged to think ahead about managing the risk
There’s no way to predict what the spring flea beetle risk will be, said Keith Gabert, agronomy specialist at the Canola Council of Canada.
China, Australia reach agreement over barley exports
Canada had benefitted from tariffs on Australian barley, but new deal is expected to significantly slow Chinese demand
An agreement between China and Australia to resolve a three-year-old barley dispute has serious ramifications for Canadian growers, says an industry executive. “It is definitely going to have an impact on demand from China for Canadian malting barley and feed barley going forward, there’s no question,” said Peter Watts, managing director of the Canadian Malting […] Read more
Indian lentil import expectations mixed despite big crop
"Heavy arrivals" of the lentil crop are forcing prices lower, according to Rahul Chauhan, analyst with IGrain India.
Circular thinking, recirculating booms
Tom Wolf, NozzleGuy, says recirculating booms remove many of the cost, time and contamination problems associated with conventional plumbed sections.
Boeing high on renewable aviation fuel potential
The aviation industry needs to mitigate 954 megatonnes of annual carbon dioxide emissions generated by 30.7 million flights per year. SAF is by far and away the most effective mitigation tool, reducing emissions by 55 percent.
Biobeds help put leftovers to rest
A biobed is intended to serve as a standard target depot for chemical rinsate. It’s a safe and acceptable place to dump diluted pesticide waste.
‘Prime the boom while you’re driving to the field’
In recirculating booms, product is returned to the spray tank when not being applied. Priming too pushes the product back into tank rather than onto the ground, with no hidden pockets of water or chemical at boom ends and the like.
Steiger pulls ahead in race for tractor power
New 645 h.p. engine is rated at 699 h.p. max and comes with a 600 hour oil change interval and no regeneration interruption
There are six upgraded tractors in the 2024 model year Connect series, all powered by 12.9 litre FPT engines ranging from 425 to 645 h.p.
