Shift your soybean mindset
By: Sponsored
December 31, 2017
Ask a typical Ontario grower how their soybeans yielded and you’ll likely hear a number around 47 bushels per acre. Most growers are perfectly fine...Read more »
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Year: 2017
Reflections on 2017 and forecasts for the new year
By: RealAgriculture News Team
December 31, 2017
This December, to recognize the year that has passed, and to look to the start of 2018, we decided to create a short questionnaire for a few of our...Read more »
Changes to Alberta’s Employment Standards include farms and ranches
By: RealAgriculture News Team
December 30, 2017
The Government of Alberta is making some resolutions for the new year. As of January 1, 2018, farm and ranch owners will have some new Employment...Read more »
This year in the grain markets
By: Brennan Turner
December 29, 2017
Today marks the end of the 2017 calendar trading year. It’s also the end of the fourth quarter of the calendar and the month of December. If...Read more »
Wildlife sensor automatically lifts mower to avoid young deer
By: Realag Machinery Insider
December 29, 2017
Where rabbits and many other wildlife will run when a tractor approaches, baby deer will instinctively hide in tall grass. And that can be a problem...Read more »
Corn School: Using your drone to make better management decisions
By: RealAgriculture Agronomy Team
December 28, 2017
Recent advances in the availability and quality of satellite imagery is providing powerful in-season management insights for corn growers. Many...Read more »
How sensors and cloud technology are improving milk quality and safety
By: RealAgriculture News Team
December 28, 2017
Sensors and internet cloud technology — a combination sometimes described as the “Internet of Things” — are increasingly being used by...Read more »
TechTour: Corn planting with small, swarming robots
By: Realag Machinery Insider
December 27, 2017
Fendt sees a future where 12 small robots the size of drink coolers will replace a tractor and eight-row planter for planting corn. After completing...Read more »
From sprayer to spreader in 60 seconds — Stara’s Imperador 3.0
By: Realag Machinery Insider
December 27, 2017
According to Stara, there is nothing in the world like its Imperador 3.0, a self-propelled machine with both sprayer booms and a spreader. The...Read more »
RealAg’s top 17 stories of 2017
By: RealAgriculture News Team
December 25, 2017
2017 will go down as another eventful year in Canadian agriculture, from floods to droughts to wildfires and from taxes to trade. We saw new...Read more »
Producers warned about veterinarian shortage
By: Owen Roberts
December 23, 2017
If you have a sick animal, there’s no such thing as a “timely” veterinarian shortage. But the current situation, which is seeing fewer...Read more »
Thinning out over Christmas — This week in the grain markets
By: Brennan Turner
December 23, 2017
This week, grain markets were dominated by thinner trading volumes — a bit ironic considering that Jolly St. Nick’s visit is just around the...Read more »
Stand out above the crop with Krone’s new forage harvesters
By: Realag Machinery Insider
December 23, 2017
Krone has unveiled its new line-up of forage harvesters, equipped with a unique feature — a scissor-lift cab. Through the push of a single button,...Read more »
RealAg Radio, Dec 22: Special Edition — A year in review and a look to the new
By: RealAgriculture News Team
December 22, 2017
First off, is Bailey’s only a Canadian thing? Or do Americans drink it in their coffee too? Then, on the show, RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney and...Read more »
Soybean School: Make resistance a priority when selecting varieties
By: RealAgriculture Agronomy Team
December 22, 2017
Next time you chose a soybean variety, don’t just consider yield trials. Be sure to take a close look at disease trials; they help determine...Read more »