Crop Management
Chuck Penner is advising Canada’s canola growers to wait out the market. “It’s not a situation of panicking to get things sold now,” said the LeftField Commodity Research analyst. The seasonal tendency is for canola to reach its highs in the April-through-June period, and he doesn’t see any reason why that will be different this […] Read more
Crop Management
Southern Alta. faces grasshopper threat
Alberta’s 2023 grasshopper forecast predicts areas around Lethbridge will see large populations, while north-central areas will be less affected by the pest. The forecast is based on adult population numbers collected across the province in August 2022. The Peace region is expected to see moderately high numbers in pockets, while the north-central region overall is […] Read more
Ag Canada research shifts away from production
Agriculture Canada scientists have, historically, spent their time on things like improving yields, crop diseases and livestock feed efficiency. Mostly ag production and risks to production. Now, their top priorities should be sustainable agriculture and climate change, said Agriculture Canada’s Strategic Plan for Science, a document released last fall. “In an increasingly complex and intertwined […] Read more
Argentine soybean harvest estimate cut to 41 mln tonnes
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina’s soybean harvest for the 2022/23 cycle is estimated at 41 million tonnes, the Buenos Aires grains exchange said on Thursday, down from the 48 million tonnes previously estimated, after agricultural areas were hit by drought. Argentina is the world’s leading exporter of processed soybean oil and meal, but the productivity of its […] Read more
U.S. barge system remains a concern
Water levels got so low in the U.S. river system this autumn that one barge operator wanted to suffer something that’s usually a disaster. “They were actually hoping in the late fall that a hurricane would hit because if a hurricane hit there would be more water,” said U.S. Department of Agriculture barge system analyst […] Read more
Growers running out of kochia options
Preliminary results from Saskatchewan indicate the weed may now have developed resistance to Group 14 herbicides
Kochia resistant to PPO inhibitors (Group 14) may have surfaced in Saskatchewan. “This is completely preliminary, so, there’s other research that needs to happen to officially confirm PPO inhibitor-resistant kochia in the Prairies, but this isn’t overly surprising to me,” said Charles Geddes, research scientist in weed ecology and cropping systems at Agriculture Canada’s research […] Read more
Improving the internal combustion engine
Researchers are making progress to allow both diesel and gasoline burners to meet carbon criteria and the future needs
While David Suzuki supporters may call for the immediate death of internal combustion engines, engineers, chemists and scientists are planning to squeeze another century out of them. There are 1.4 billion internal combustion engine vehicles worldwide today. Even the staunchest hater of these engines concedes there will still be 1.4 billion vehicles in 2050. And […] Read more
Is the age of electric vehicles upon us?
A BloombergNEF report in September suggested that more than half of the passenger cars sold in the US by 2030 would be electric vehicles. The thought of an all-electric vehicle have some folks more excited than two lead poles on a fully charged battery. CBC business columnist Don Pittis suggests they might curb that enthusiasm […] Read more
Companies develop new GPS steering system
Trimble and Claas have developed a new GPS steering system for Class tractors, combine harvesters and forage harvesters. The joint development includes satellite-based steering, precision farming and the ISOBUS infrastructure including task management. Frank Buschmeier, Trimble’s OEM marketing director, said the agreement was focused on improving the user experience within the cab. “Having different user […] Read more
Groups continue push for grain contract changes
Saskatchewan crop organizations continue to work on a resolution, passed at their 2022 annual general meetings, that called for the various commissions to lobby for fairer grain delivery contracts. Shaun Dyrland, chair of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, told delegates attending the 2023 annual general meeting that the groups hired Mercantile Consulting Venture to conduct an analysis […] Read more
