Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 25, 2023

PRIDE Seeds is moving away from a sole distribution model and towards an ag retail network model for Western Canada. The move will increase the locations farmers can find PRIDE Seeds’ corn product portfolio. “Our enhanced dealer network will now work, directly and exclusively, with PRIDE Seeds.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 28, 2023

When it comes to producing seed corn, managing pollination and effectively detasseling the crop are critical steps in maintaining genetic purity and seed quality. To get the job done, seed companies use a combination of technology and old fashioned boots on the ground to remove female tassels to ensure they get the unique hybrids they.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 25, 2023

Stine Seed Company is set to launch its Canadian business, beginning in Ontario. Headquartered in Adel, Iowa, Stine, the retail arm of Stine Seed Farm Inc., is a family-owned corn and soybean breeding and development company with locations throughout the U.S. The company will celebrate 45 years of business in 2024. Read More

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 22, 2024

Helping farmers prep soil and seed crops in small spring planting windows is the driving force behind a new harrow and seeder combination for Kuhn. Read More Helping farmers prep soil and seed crops in small spring planting windows is the driving force behind a new harrow and seeder combination for Kuhn. Read More

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 25, 2024

Also hear from Ruoxi Xia with Alberta Grains on seeding rates and tackling seed borne diseases. Also hear from Ruoxi Xia with Alberta Grains on seeding rates and tackling seed borne diseases. Read More Thanks for tuning into this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! Read More

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Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Farmers Weekly Diversifying a traditional arable rotation with a wildflower seed business has helped secure a viable future for one tenant farming family, who faced losing their farm to building developments.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Welcome to the Corteva Seed Treatment podcast, brought to you by Corteva Agriscience. In this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by Chad Garrod, Portfolio Marketing Manager, Eastern Canada Seeds with Corteva, to talk about LumiGEN® seed treatments, a game-changing seed treatment product for corn and beans.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Developed through RNAi technology, PRIDE Seeds SmartStax Pro rootworm control G9 corn hybrids offers a three-pronged attack for control of this yield robber. Matt Chapple, product development manager with PRIDE Seeds, says this new trait will offer a third mode of. Read More

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Jim Wilson has been named as chair of Canterra Seeds. Wilson steps in after Lloyd Affleck retired from his position as chair. Affleck will remain as a board member. Wilson has been a board member since 2010, and has served as vice chair for the last 14 years. Jim and his wife operate a grain. Read More

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Real Agriculture

MAY 8, 2024

On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by: Krista Thomas with Canada Grains Council on gene editing approval; Barry Senft and Lauren Comin with Seeds Canada on the Seed Regulatory Modernization (SRM) process and the potential impact on farmers; Chris Vervaet with Canadian Oilseed. Read More

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Pulse growers challenged with seedling disease pressure will have a new treatment option in Vibrance Total seed treatment from Syngenta Canada. With five modes of action, Syngenta says this product offers broad-spectrum disease control against multiple pulse diseases, including pythium and ascochyta blight.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 29, 2024

Large seed capacity and the ability to fold into a three-metre (about 10-foot) travelling width are two key features of the new Efecta CM 1200 air seeder from Bednar. In this report from Agritechnica, the company’s business director, Jan Bednar, explains how operators can manage seed flows from the two 6,000-litre tanks and monitor seed.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MAY 12, 2024

Banana seed exchange networks in Burundi – Linking formal and informal systems. Yes, yes, it’s not just about the breeding, the seed system also has to work. Again, ecological knowledge conspicuous by its absence. Maybe the passport data just weren’t up to it?

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Walter Smith would still fall into the category of “young” farmer, but after ten years of running a seed. Read More

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Real Agriculture

JULY 21, 2023

A seed treatment can be a useful tool in protecting tiny plants, and BASF is launching new treatment treatment stack options in the 2024 Invigor line up. A seed treatment can be a useful tool in protecting tiny plants, and BASF is launching new treatment treatment stack options in the 2024 Invigor line up. Read More

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

To add insult to injury, this meant that travelling was not possible, not even for […] The post Farmer Focus: Dampened seed-beds but not spirits appeared first on Farmers Weekly More concerning though, was that the fields we recently drilled did not take the rain well and created a waterlogged mess.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Farmers Weekly Cereals and oilseeds, as well as precision-planted crops such as maize, can be established using a choice of seeding units for Kuhn’s latest folding power harrow, the 4.5m See also: Yorkshire farmer […] The post More seeding options on offer for latest Kuhn HR power harrow appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 20, 2023

Farmers Weekly A mini seed drill for use behind a quad bike, farm buggy or compact tractor has been introduced by Corvus UTV distributor Boss ORV.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MARCH 27, 2024

Did you have to develop new methods to clean the seed? The catch is that the “you” has to be a botanic garden, but I do like the idea of the Global Seed Conservation Challenge Awards. Is it one of the longest cleaning or dormancy breaking processes?

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 21, 2024

Thanks for tuning in to this Thursday edition on RealAg Radio, brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada! Read More Thanks for tuning in to this Thursday edition on RealAg Radio, brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada! On this week’s Farmer Rapid Fire, host Lyndsey Smith checks in with: Josh Boersen of Gadshill, Ont.; Plus, we will hear.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

After all, crop genetic diversity is “the very foundation of agriculture,” says Nora Castañeda-Álvarez, Project Manager of Seeds for Resilience at The Crop Trust. Seed saving is how we can regain control over our food production and build resilient local food systems. We must remember: Saving seeds is saving culture.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 24, 2023

Farmers Weekly Europe’s first Redekop seed control unit (SCU) fitted to a Fendt Ideal 10T combine, aimed at controlling weed seeds, is being put to the test this harvest in Leicestershire at the Belvoir Farming Company.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Farmers Weekly Farmers and growers will continue to have access to important seed treatments and pesticides from Europe when the current post-Brexit arrangements expire at the end of the year. It had been feared that access to such products would be lost after 2023.

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Food Tank

APRIL 4, 2024

The Institute has three seed banks, a greenhouse, ceremonial women’s house, restored adobe, and more. It offers classes on how to lead healthy and sustainable lifestyles and facilitates seed saving and other cultural practices. According to the FNDI, many indigenous communities have developed ways to save seeds for hundreds of years.

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Farmers Weekly

JULY 30, 2023

Farmers Weekly Borage and herbage seed break crops have helped one heavy land Essex arable farm get on top of blackgrass, with double spring-sown breaks and low soil disturbance seen as the key in its grassweed battle.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We’ve gone with a […] The post Farmer Focus: Farm-saved seed wheat blend tailored to farm conditions appeared first on Farmers Weekly The wheat was sown direct into the linseed stubble with the Moore Unidrill and the barley disced before drilling into the wheat stubble with the same machine.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

El Colombiano visits Future Seeds , evokes The Walking Dead. Seed saving resources from the California Seed Bank and the herbarium at the University of California, Berkeley. The Tunisian farmer goes back to wheat landraces (I think). The Kenyan farmers who want to exchange landraces.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist Peter Johnson to discuss: New RealAgristudies survey results on soil testing; Seeding of spring wheat in Western Canada; If autonomy can benefit smaller farms, and much more! It’s Agronomic Monday on RealAg Radio! Read More

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Corteva Agriscience has launched Straxan fungicide treatment for cereals that provides protection against both seed- and soil-borne diseases. Read More Corteva Agriscience has launched Straxan fungicide treatment for cereals that provides protection against both seed- and soil-borne diseases.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Seed saver, writer, educator, and worker and co-owner with the Virginia-based Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Ira Wallace wants people to know the story behind the seeds that are grown. The Southern Exposure Seed Exchange is a cooperatively managed seed company that encourages self-reliance in agriculture.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JANUARY 9, 2024

Why EU seed laws matter. Why seedbanks matter. But are they hyperlocal ? Why local rice varieties matter in Bangladesh. Why millet matters for climate resilience. Why taro matters in Hawaii. Why diversification of food systems matters. Among other things.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 11, 2023

A job worth doing is worth doing right — and seed treating is no different. This is the sentiment Brian Ellis of Graham Seed Treating Systems Ltd. Read More A job worth doing is worth doing right — and seed treating is no different. Read More A job worth doing is worth doing right — and seed treating is no different.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 8, 2023

Conventional soybean varieties from Syngenta Seeds will now be sold under the Silverline brand. The announcement comes after the company announced early this year that it would move to a new licensing and distribution model with two licensees, Hensall Co-op and Jackson Seed Service, for the 2024 crop year.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 3, 2023

UAVs, or drones, have evolved past aerial imagery and are quickly becoming a useful tool in the early fly-on of seed into standing crops. Read More UAVs, or drones, have evolved past aerial imagery and are quickly becoming a useful tool in the early fly-on of seed into standing crops.

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Farmers Weekly British maize growers can breathe a sigh of relief that three European seed treatments have been given the green light for UK use next year. This ends 11 months of frantic lobbying and negotiation by […] The post Maize grower relief at emergency seed treatment ruling appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 12, 2023

When it comes to seed-placed fertilizer, canola can be quite sensitive. According to Shawn Senko of the Canola Council of Canada (CCC), for the most part the only nutrient you need in-furrow with the canola seed is phosphorus, as it has an early season uptake and doesn’t move very far. There are published seed safety.

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Farming First

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The global seed sector is working to advance sustainable food systems — creating coalitions, delivering innovative seed to farmers and more. The post Planting Seeds for Sustainable Future Food Systems appeared first on Farming First.

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