Combination of 2,4-D and glyphosate | The new product is approved in Canada but not yet in the United States
CARMAN, Man. — Jeff Loessin made an observation that was impossible to miss while squatting down to examine soybean plants in a plot trial. One row of beans was perfectly clean and the next row was inundated with volunteer canola. Loessin, a portfolio marketing leader for crop protection with Dow Agrosciences, said the weed-filled row […] Read moreVideo
Farmers to get controversial chemical next year
Rail capacity remains a concern as harvest looms
Fall forecast | Despite record grain movements, officials expect rail service could again test farmers’ patience
This year won’t see a repeat of last year’s record harvest, but officials are warning farmers that they could once again be hampered by long waits for rail service. However, the situation today looks much different than it did a few months ago, when dozens of ships were waiting in ports for deliveries stuck in […] Read moreCrop tour is showing that Prairie crop is a real wild card
It looks like ag reporters like me are going to have lots to write about in the next three months. And you eastern Prairie farmers are going to have lots to worry about in the next three months. From the looks of a crop tour across much of the breadth of Manitoba Monday and Tuesday, […] Read more
VIDEO: Wifi signal booster enables reception far from home
Western Producer reporter Mary MacArthur is in Indianapolis, Indiana, at the 16th Annual Ag Media Summit. One of the interesting things she found at the accompanying trade show is a farm wifi system designed to boost your home wifi network signal out as far as 11 km from home.
VIDEO: Showing off Canadian farming to our foreign buyers
Yesterday I got to go out into the country (some of the unflooded parts) and visit a Paterson grain elevator and a seed farm near Winnipeg. I was tagging along with a Canadian International Grains Institute tour, which included 22 people from more than a dozen countries who are presently visiting the institute as part […] Read more
Video: Flooding around Souris
WP Winnipeg bureau reporter Ed White was checking out the flooding situation near Souris, Man., yesterday. You can find the video he shot while there below.
Canola down $10 on the week despite flooding concerns
Canola futures edged higher on Friday in light trade. There was no trade at U.S. exchanges because of the Independence Day holiday. Canola is caught between concerns about the crop damage and lost acreage caused by last weekend’s heavy rain in the eastern Prairies and the negative price impact of the bumper soybean crop expected […] Read more
Canada’s agricultural markets update – June 27, 2014.
If a report fell in the forest but all the trees had already taken off for an extended Canada Day holiday, what sound would it make? Probably the same almost inaudible “Paff” that greeted Statistics Canada’s seeded acreage report Friday, with little observable reaction to a report that found: • more canola acres than expected, […] Read more
Video: Intra Grain wins gold at #CFPS14
Watch Kyle Folk, President of Intra Grain Technologies, describe their product Bin Sense with fan control, which won the company a gold award for agricultural innovation at the 2014 edition of Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina Saskatchewan.
Video: New Holland Guardian Front Boom Sprayer
New Holland displayed their Guardian Front Boom Sprayer in Regina at Canada’s Farm Progress show, 2014. Watch Jason Hardy, company representative, describe some of the features of the machine.
