Realagriculture - realagriculture.com - Real Agriculture
General Information:
Latest News:
Wheat School: Wheat Seeding Rates for Max Yield — What’s the Ideal? 27 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
If you’re still seeding wheat by “about two bushels per acre”, it’s time to revisit your seeding strategy. Not only does the old bushels per acre rule-of-thumb not take into account a targeted plant p...
Youth Summit Provides a Glimpse of the Future of Ag: Kim McConnell 27 Aug 2013 | 07:23 pm
Editor’s note: This is a special guest editorial from Kim McConnell, founder of AdFarm. The following was shared with his team at AdFarm after a week at the Youth Ag Summit, held last week in Calgary....
Pulse School: Tips for Ideal Desiccant Application Timing, Plus Harvest Considerations 26 Aug 2013 | 10:01 pm
Pulse crops are prime targets for harvest dry-down applications, if only because of their indeterminate growth. Add in some less-than-stellar weed control at times, and a desiccant or pre-harvest appl...
Fuel vs Food: Different isn’t Always Bad, But It’s a Tough Sell 26 Aug 2013 | 05:31 pm
When Bob Dylan appeared at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 playing an electric guitar, he was booed off the stage for being untrue to the genre. Ten years later, country awards named John Denver En...
Dutch AirGuard Puts the Brakes on Seed Speed to Limit Bounce 23 Aug 2013 | 08:13 pm
Air seeders can be tough on seed — the amount of air needed to push seed and fertilizer all the way to the openers can be tough to get just right, and, to avoid plugs or bridging, can sometimes run a ...
New Agreement Reached for Soybean Drying Costs 23 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
Grain Farmers of Ontario, in collaboration with the Ontario Agri Business Association and soybean processors, has announced changes being made to the way soybean drying charges will be calculated unde...
Get Reacquainted with the Wick Weeder 22 Aug 2013 | 07:32 pm
Those farmers involved in forage seed production are likely quite familiar with a wick weeder — a unit that uses chemical-soaked rope to deliver herbicide to weeds towering above the crop. But, increa...
A Mid-Week Youth Ag Summit Recap: Goal Setting, Mentors and More 22 Aug 2013 | 06:19 pm
You’ve already heard a little bit about the Youth Ag Summit and my second Breakfast Television appearance (the first involving less talk, more dance). I have a little over an hour to try to drum toget...
BASF Canada’s Priaxor Registered for Eastern Canada 22 Aug 2013 | 05:33 pm
BASF Canada Inc. (BASF) has received registration for Priaxor fungicide for use on corn and soybeans in Eastern Canada. Priaxor is the first fungicide registered in Eastern Canada containing Xemium, t...
RealAg Markets: Big Canola Crop & Fickle Buyers Could Limit Canola Market Upside 22 Aug 2013 | 12:09 pm
About this time last year, the canola crop’s respectable acreage base and promising production was being consumed by disease pressure, the bizarre looking aster yellows and then came the Billion Dolla...
