June 27, 2025

Corn School: Nitrogen placement in strip till for safety & yield

On this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA) corn specialist Ben Rosser shares what he's learning about placing nitrogen in strip till for safety and yiel...

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June 27, 2025

Soybean School: How tissue sampling can proactively guide in-crop decisions

In this Soybean School episode, RealAgriculture is joined by Chase Austvold of Lallemand Plant Care in a southern Manitoba soybean field to discuss how tissue sampling can help growers understand crop performance and optim...

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June 27, 2025

The Agronomists: Sidedress decisions with Colin Elgie & Adam Funk

On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Colin Elgie of OMAFA and Adam Funk of Borderline Agriculture Inc. to discuss the timing of sidedress applications on corn, how previous weather impacts ti...

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June 27, 2025

Wheat School: Letting zone management & soil data set the seeding rate

Variable rate seeding may not be new, but putting it into practice at scale still takes planning, data, and a willingness to adapt. At the core of the decision is profitability, as reported in this episode of RealAgricultu...

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June 27, 2025

Wheat School: Prepping the combine for winter wheat harvest

On this episode of RealAgriculture's Wheat School, University of Guelph-Ridgetown College professor and combine mechanic TJ Poehlman looks at what needs to be done to prep the combine before the machines start rolling into...

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June 27, 2025

Farming Smarter receives financial boost from AB government for potato research

Farming Smarter near Lethbridge got a boost to its research equipment, thanks to the Alberta government’s increase in capital funding for research associations. The boost to Farming Smarter’s equipment for potato research ...

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June 27, 2025

Mexico moves from durum exporter to importer

Mexico is shifting from being a major exporter of durum to an importer of the crop in 2025-26, says an analyst. “They’re having a pretty tough growing season,” said Erica Olson, market development and research manager wit...

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June 13, 2025

Wheat School: Why salty soils give kochia the upper hand

In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Wheat School, Mike Palmier, partner and agronomist with MNP AgIntellect, joins Amber Bell to break down why salinity and kochia so often go hand-in-hand, and what farmers can do to mana...

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June 13, 2025

Good global green lentil production expected this year

There is potential for a big increase in green lentil production in 2025-26 after several years of tight supplies, says an analyst. Canada will lead the way with an estimated 842,000 tonnes of production, Chuck Penner, ana...

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June 13, 2025

Corn School: Sidedress N strategies for cool conditions

On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness soil fertility specialist Colin Elgie and host Bernard Tobin talk sidedress strategy at Ridgetown College where cro...

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June 13, 2025

On-farm research tackles malting barley fertility

With higher yielding varieties now on the market, barley growers on the Prairies have a few questions about fertility. One of those questions is how high is too high for a nitrogen rate? Find out from this Western Producer...

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June 13, 2025

Rumours, reports, & biofuel policy pressuring soybean markets

Traders who were expecting fireworks from the June USDA report were met instead with what Susan Stroud called a “ho-hum” release. Stroud, founder and CEO of NoBullAg based at St. Louis, Missouri, joined RealAg Radio’s host...

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June 13, 2025

Gene-edited oats in the cards?

Researchers at McGill University announced June 10 that they used a gene editing technology called CRISPR-Cas9 to alter key traits such as plant maturity and beta glucan content in oats. Read more on gene-edited oats from ...

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