In this episode of Managing for Profit, Scott Fenwick, technical director with Clean Fuels Alliance America, discusses the differences and similarities between biodiesel and renewable diesel, the benefits they bring farmers, and what’s on the horizon for the fuels. ...
Reducing our carbon footprint by decreasing our reliance on artificial fertiliser. In this instance establishing a permanent ‘understory’ of clover that captures atmospheric nitrogen and allows our crops to access it.
Manitoba Agriculture - Recorded session from the February 2022, Manitoba Protein Summit
Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers - 2022 AGM Package available at https://www.manitobapulse.ca/events/agm/
In the last few years more autonomous tractors have rolled onto fields around the world. These new tractors are smaller and while they require supervision currently, the hope is that in the future they’ll be left to roam fields by themselves. Kinks are still being worked out, but are autonomous tractors the future of agriculture? On the March 16 episode of Seed Speaks we’ll be talking with Roy Maki from […]
Dr. Nandika Bandara, associate professor and Canada research chair at the University of Manitoba, discusses using canola as a building block for polymer applications in the food and non-food industries. Dr. Bandara presented on Dec. 2, during Canola Innovation Day, the final day of Canola Week 2021.
Wisconsin has three new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, bringing the total number of affected premises to seven. The state now has four non-commercial or backyard flocks and three commercial flocks affected by the virus. Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection officials say 20-thousand birds will be depopulated from a commercial turkey farm in Polk County. Forty-four birds in Columbia County and 15 birds in Sheboygan County also […]
An economist with CoBank is not expecting any relief from tight fertilizer supplies and high prices. Kenneth Zuckerberg tells Brownfield, “More questions than answers at this point for the global fertilizer complex.” Zuckerberg just released an analysis on the industry, and he tells Brownfield he’s expecting fertilizer supplies to be adequate for now. “As of now, we’ve spoken with a lot of CoBank clients, and the co-ops appear to be […]
Soybeans finished the day mixed at on spread adjustments. Support to the complex mostly came to the nearby contracts with May futures leading the way. The complex came off a mostly higher close but sharp losses for soybean meal on Wednesday. Even so, strong crush values are keeping soybean meal supported at elevated prices. South American drought conditions are playing a strong role in supporting soybean prices with much of […]
