In most circumstances in business and farming, the saying “slow and steady wins the race” is true more often than not. Since the start of 2014, farmers have been hearing […] Read more
Pearce: Short-term price rally may be just that
Pearce: UAV system adds immediacy to crop diagnostics
When Felix Weber brought the Swinglet Cam to market about three years ago, the capability for “reading” a crop’s progress through different imagining cameras was considered revolutionary. Adoption of the […] Read more
Pearce: Confusion remains surrounding new Fluency Agent
Many in the seed and seed treatment sectors hoped, as the 2013 growing season came to a close, that development of a new fluency agent would be the beginning of […] Read more
Pearce: Weather not the only story in Ont. fields
The planting season always seems that much closer when the first meeting of extension staff with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and local retailers and advisers is held. […] Read more
Pearce: Agco focuses on S. Ontario, East with new distribution centre
Recognizing agriculture in Ontario is “on the move,” one machinery company is showing its commitment, planting an investment in the heart of southern Ontario. Agco, the U.S.-based manufacturer of 11 […] Read more
Pearce: Ont. farmers remain frustrated by wet fall
Wet weather, now accompanied by the first significant snowfall for much of southern and western Ontario, is creating a new level of angst for a large number of farmers. Some […] Read more
Pearce: Rains drench S. Ont. ahead of soy harvest
The totals are in, the maps have been drawn, and they confirm what many farmers and residents across north Middlesex and much of Perth counties already suspected: it rained, a […] Read more
Pearce: Rootworm injury in first-year corn a concern in U.S. Midwest
Reports in the past month citing corn rootworm injury to certain hybrids in first-year corn in the U.S. Midwest are providing a red flag to growers — including reports of […] Read more
Pearce: Concerns over neonics, bee health spur Ont. notice
Every day, there’s another story, another study or another opinion expressed on what to do or who’s to blame in the issue surrounding the use of seed treatments in corn […] Read more
Pearce: Ont. corn estimated a week behind schedule
Corn production, generally, has seen a slight drop-off in terms of expected yields and performance in the field. Monthly estimates from USDA have been downgraded by an almost two-bushel per […] Read more
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