Are proposed cuts to fertilizer applications to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions as damaging to crop yields as a recent report concludes?

Opinion: Better framework for fertilizer discussion needed

Assuming a direct correlation between reduced product use and yields is overly simplistic

Fertilizer Canada, which represents companies that produce and sell fertilizer products, certainly got people’s attention late last month when it said proposed cuts to fertilizer use could cost Canadian farmers $48 billion.  That’s a big number, albeit an estimate spread over the next decade or so. It’s based on tallying up the cost of lower […] Read more

Argonaute-like (AGO) proteins are shown in male germline precursor cells.

Mechanism identified to protect crop reproduction from heat stress

Science Notes: Climate change to impact crop yields

As temperatures rise due to global warming, the need to protect plants from stressful conditions has increased. Stress can cause a loss in yield and cause further impact economically. A consortium led by the University of Warwick has successfully identified two proteins that protect crops from stress, which is key in safeguarding food production. Plant […] Read more

The Crop Metrics program can be focused for each crop type.

New online tool provides yield estimates

Tool allows farmers to make appropriate alterations to crop care and marketing

A new web application is designed to provide farmers with more accurate yield forecasts. Crop Metrics is an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada app that allows farmers to get accurate data in one place for in-season crops. It is focused on 11 crops including corn, soybeans, canola, durum, spring and winter wheat. “(It) brings together numerous […] Read more

Don Kabbes, general manager of Great Lakes Grain (at right) checks out a soybean plant during the Great Lakes Grain crop tour. Also shown (from left) are Laura Kroeker and Rachel Duesbury.

Big Ontario corn and soy yields ahead?

Earlier planting and heat and rain when needed have boosted potential harvest yields

[AUDIO: Listen to John Greig, editor of Farmtario, talk with Don Kabbes, general manager of Great Lakes Grain about corn and soybean yield projections.] [UPDATE: Sept. 14, 2020] Ontario is in line for a record soybean crop. That’s the result from the recent Great Lakes Grain yield tour. The 11th edition of the tour, which […] Read more

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Trade expects mostly smaller crops in StatsCan report

CNS Canada –– Statistics Canada will release its first survey-based Canadian crop production estimates for 2015-16 on Friday, and figures for most major crops are expected to be down compared to last year. Yields are likely to be all over the map as weather conditions varied vastly from region to region during the growing season. […] Read more