Crop Management
SINGAPORE/PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) – Chicago soybean futures rose for a third consecutive session on Wednesday, with signs of strong export demand for U.S. cargoes supporting prices, even as the South American harvest peaked. Wheat also rose and corn edged higher on continued concerns over the impact of a prolonged Russia-Ukraine conflict on global supplies. […] Read more
Crop Management
Peas could see quick but temporary bull market: analyst
Yellow peas might have one last bull run before prices tail off in May, says an analyst. “I think there’s another opportunity yet this year to do some yellow pea pricing,” Chuck Penner, analyst with LeftField Commodity Research, recently told producers during the 2022 Winter Pulse Meeting hosted by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. The main reason […] Read more
CP Rail strike to add to commodities supply shock sparked by Ukraine war
TORONTO, March 21 (Reuters) – A labor dispute that shut down operations at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. on Sunday is set to aggravate a shortage of commodities sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a prolonged lockdown could hurt farmers ahead of the spring planting season. CP, Canada’s No. 2 railroad, halted operations after talks […] Read more
Canola prices still have room to grow: analyst
The bull market for Canadian canola will eventually reach its peak but there may be room for record prices to go even higher, says an ag commodity market analyst with MarketsFarm. In a March 17 webinar, Mike Jubinville said underlying market factors continue to support prices for Canadian canola, despite record values. “I think it’s […] Read more
Green and yellow releases green on green
Deere says it will have in-crop, targeted weed control available for some select crops for 2023 sprayer models
Rapid growth in the smart spraying market continues with the launch of John Deere’s See and Spray Ultimate, which can detect and spray individual weeds growing in soybean, corn and cotton crops. John Deere already has a smart spraying product called See and Spray that it launched last year. It can target individual weeds in […] Read more
Transmission moves from hydrostatic to electric power
John Deere replaces hydrostatic components with electric motors, but a spinoff in the process is a lot of electricity
John Deere’s new Electric Variable Transmission provides a stepless transmission in a high horsepower tractor class and marks a significant step toward the electrification of farm implements. The new EVT will be available for all 410-horsepower 8 Series tractors including 8R, 8RT and 8RX models. Douglas Felter of John Deere said the EVT is not […] Read more
New planter bumps speed limit to 12 m.p.h.
Kinze’s 3505 True Speed high-speed planter is designed to provide accurate seed depth and singulation at speeds up to 12 m.p.h., which is about two m.p.h. faster than most other planters. But should anyone have confidence in a planter at that speed? The key to success is a combination of factors including frame design, openers, […] Read more
Invasion impacts images and agronomy
Last winter at this time The Western Producer featured a startup satellite imaging company called OneSoil, based in Belarus. OneSoil has since left Belarus and moved to Switzerland and Poland. On March 4, 2022, The Western Producer conducted a Zoom interview with OneSoil chief executive officer Morten Schmidt, who said that, while OneSoil satellite imaging […] Read more
What is OneSoil?
OneSoil’ s access to satellite information enables it call up any farm in the world in a matter of minutes. They do this using free public data from the European Space Agency, with high-quality 10-metre resolution. With this data, the team builds advanced image processing technologies. Initial image processing takes three or four days, but […] Read more
Seed once for better crops and fewer inputs
Investing in sectional control technology pays off with reduced costs at seeding and better crop performance
Machine overlap in headlands, fence lines and around obstacles is costly in terms of wasted seed and fertilizer, plus crop degradation due to lodging. Section control helps, but by how much? That’s a question posed by Alberta Pulse Growers researcher Nevin Rosaasen. Rosaasen analyzed in-field testing of commonly available section control systems in pea and […] Read more
