May 09, 2025

Wheat breeding priorities shift based on regional stresses, market demands

As climate variability and export sensitivities reshape wheat production, U.S. breeders are refining their focus to meet farmers’ evolving needs. Speaking on RealAg Radio, Drs. Marla Barnett and Dylan Larkin of Limagrain C...

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May 09, 2025

Corn curveball: What the heck is with the July-Dec spread?

What’s going on with corn? That’s the question making the rounds after the July corn contract dipped this week. The shift is sudden, and according to Ted Seifried, chief market strategist at Zaner Ag Hedge, it could signal...

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May 09, 2025

Researchers look for genetic key to cold sweetening

Cold sweetening in stored potatoes has plagued growers for years and appears to be an unsolvable problem. Cold sweetening builds up soluble sugars during storage, contributing to browning and potential acrylamide toxin for...

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May 09, 2025

Industry believes green pea supplies are over-reported

Canada has far fewer green peas than the government is reporting, says an analyst. “Purely from a price perspective, markets believe the Canadian harvest was smaller than estimated by Statistics Canada,” Stat Publishing no...

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May 09, 2025

Good agronomy urged under uncertain canola market

The best option for canola producers may be to apply agronomy practices that can improve profits for little to no added cost, says the Canola Council of Canada (CCC), which earlier this spring posted the article, “9 agrono...

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May 09, 2025

India urged to bring back pea tariff

India’s pulse trade is pushing for the government to implement a large tariff on imported yellow peas. Bimal Kothari, chair of the India Pulses and Grains Association, recently told the Hindu Businessline that he wants to ...

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May 09, 2025

One change to improve Prairie canola yield

Crop rotation and nutrition were singled out for their potential to increase canola yield during the Canola Council of Canada’s 2024 surveys. Find out more on their importance from both producers and agronomists in this Ma...

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May 09, 2025

AB sugar beet growers sign contract with processor

April showers may bring May flowers, but they also bring long-term stability to the sugar beet industry in Alberta. Negotiations between the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers (ASBG) and Rogers Sugar that continued into May have c...

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April 26, 2025

Soybean School: When is a soybean plant’s yield potential most hurt by stress?

Understanding when a crop is most vulnerable to stress is key to maximizing yield potential. Check out the full Soybean School episode above on the correlation between stress timing and yield with Seth Naeve, recorded at t...

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April 26, 2025

The Agronomists: Planter & seeder checks with Curtis de Gooijer & Andrew Kippen

On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Andrew Kippen with North Valley Precision Planting and Curtis de Gooijer with Bourgault Industries Ltd. to discuss seeder set up, planter prep, top pre-se...

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April 26, 2025

Wheat School: Spring decisions for winter wheat success

Winter wheat growers have plenty of management decisions to consider and execute as the calendar turns from April to May. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Wheat School, Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson and C&M Seeds agrono...

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April 26, 2025

Canola School: Making the call on seed protection strategies

While every bag of certified canola seed in Canada comes with a base seed treatment, what exactly does that protection include — and is there value in going beyond the basics? The answers to these questions are ones that A...

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April 26, 2025

Don’t wait to correct manganese deficiency in wheat

As wheat crops across Ontario break dormancy and get growing in earnest, farmers and agronomists need to be on alert for symptoms of micronutrient deficiencies — particularly manganese. On this week’s Agronomic Monday edit...

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