Laura Schmidt with Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers talks about what farmers need to consider when including crops such as soybeans, fababeans or black beans into their crop rotation. (Recorded at Manitoba Ag Days 2025)
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AgGronomyTV: Getting a leg up on legumes
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for March 7, 2025
Canadian agriculture went on a wild ride this week, as U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods. Commodity markets fell hard, then recovered while the Prime Minister and Premiers talked over strengthening interprovincial trade. By Thursday, Mexico and Canada were given one-month reprieves on many of the tariffs.
VIDEO: On-combine grain analysis device wins award
Being able to monitor the quality of your grain from the seat of your combine while harvesting in the field sounds like a pretty innovative idea, so much so that CropScanAg brought that idea into the physical world. CropScan is an on-combine grain analyzer that provides real-time data – such as moisture, protein, oil, fibre
VIDEO: Underdrill Light Kit helps turn night into day during seeding
Seeding season is just around the corner and that often means you’re competing with the weather. So, running a drill or seeding unit at night in order to get a crop in the ground is far from out of the question, but it’s hard to see how that equipment might be functioning in the dark.
AgGronomyTV: Assessing outcomes for soybean growers
At Manitoba Ag Days this year, Dennis Lange, pulse and soybean specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, presented on some of the outcomes he’s seen for soybeans in the province as the crop has grown in popularity among growers. Here, Lange offers guidance on choosing a soybean variety for your region and how to avoid issues such
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Feb. 28, 2025
Producers are displeased with the slashed interest-free portion of the Advance Payments Program; Mexico’s ambassador calls for cooperation in the face of U.S. tariffs; and bird flu in dairy cattle – does it grow better in mammary tissue? It’s your national agriculture news recap for the week of Feb. 28, 2025.
Canadian Federation of Agriculture President Keith Currie debriefs AGM 2025
Glacier FarmMedia—Keith Currie was re-acclaimed as President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) at the group’s annual general meeting in Ottawa. The discussion, including several of the resolutions tabled Wednesday afternoon focused largely on the tariff threat and how Canada’s agriculture groups can work together to address it.
AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Feb. 21, 2025
Farmers are advised to snap up lower-priced chemicals while they can; a former assistant commissioner says she was subject to harassment and interference at the Canadian Grain Commission; and 2024 Canadian beef exports are set to break records. It’s your national agriculture news recap for the week of February 21, 2025.
AgGronomyTV: What bugs should be on your radar for 2025?
At St. Jean Farm Days and Manitoba Ag Days last month, provincial entomologist John Gavloski shared with growers the crop pests that made the most impact in 2024 and his forecast for what they should prepare for in the 2025 growing season.
VIDEO: App tracks movement of livestock throughout production system
Traceability is likely to become an important part of livestock production as animals move and are processed through the system, but it involves a fair bit of diligent work. To help make that easier, MyLivestock.ca has created an app that tracks the movement of cattle and pigs across Canada. The system provides digital manifests, opt-in
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