July 25, 2025

Potential soil compaction solutions for ON agriculture

This Field Crop News article discusses the challenges Ontario agriculture faced in 2024 due to high soil moisture levels during planting and the early growing season, which led to soil compaction, especially in approaches ...

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July 25, 2025

The Agronomists: Mid-season soybean fit check with Rob Miller & Jason Voogt

On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Jason Voogt of Field2Field Agronomy and Rob Miller of BASF for a mid-season check-in on soybeans to discuss white mould risks, fertility questions, hail r...

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July 25, 2025

The truth about farmland values with Trent Klarenbach

In this episode of The Truth About Ag, Evan Shout sits down with Trent Klarenbach, special crops and grain marketing analyst, to dig into one of the most emotionally-charged and financially complex topics in agriculture: l...

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July 25, 2025

AB farm the spotlight of Lay's ad campaign

Few Canadian crops offer as direct a connection between the field and consumers as potatoes do. For Chris Perry, a fourth-generation farmer near Chin, Alberta, that connection just went national—his family’s operation was ...

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July 25, 2025

Corn School: Making it rain to feed corn

On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, 360 Yield Center's Loren Weaver joins host Bernard Tobin to share how the autonomous unit uses 3,000 feet of hose, a boom that ranges from 40 to 80 feet, and Y-Drops to d...

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July 18, 2025

Peas tracking ahead of schedule, but nodulation questions linger for some pulse crops

An early start and timely rains have given pulse crops in central Alberta a strong outlook heading into mid-July, but questions remain around nodulation performance and regional variability. Learn more about pulse producti...

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July 18, 2025

SK growers encouraged to watch for mid-season disease development & insect damage

Just one timely rain event turned the tide for many growers in west central Saskatchewan this summer, shifting the region from near-disaster due to drought conditions to cautious optimism. Find out more on how this rain im...

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July 18, 2025

How a cool spring can throw a wrench into staging corn

Staging corn is a key step in managing the crop, especially when it comes to timing herbicide application. If growers and agronomists miss leaves or miscount them when staging plants in the field, they can apply products o...

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July 18, 2025

Canada’s oat crop looks promising

Canada’s oat crop is looking average to above average, and that’s a good thing, says a processor. “We’re going to need that (production) to keep feeding the demand that’s out there,” Scott Shiels, grain procurement manage...

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July 11, 2025

Critical growing season is ahead for soybeans

Heading into early summer, soybean futures had fallen a long way from their extreme high in 2022. High yields could offset the impact of this smaller U.S. soybean acreage this summer. Read more on prices from this Western ...

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July 11, 2025

Statistics Canada’s seeded acreage report contains interesting details

Statistics Canada’s June 27 seeded acreage report shows farmers planted more durum, lentils, peas and oats this spring while seeding less canola and barley. As usual, it’s the details that are the most interesting. Read mo...

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July 11, 2025

AB research group digs into potato research

The Farming Smarting Association near Lethbridge is in its relative infancy when it comes to potato research. The potato industry is a huge economic driver of both the provincial and national economies, requiring a need fo...

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July 11, 2025

New generation of hybrid rye brings breeding innovation to the field

In this RealAgriculture interview, Piecharka, country manager for KWS Seeds Canada, takes a look at a new fall rye hybrid that's just emerging for his company's research program and the impact of hybridization and breeding...

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