Reading Time: 5 minutes David Bekkering knows a thing or two about corn, and given the size of his operation, it only makes sense. As farm manage er of TFS Expanse, knowing how it’s grown and turned into feed goes a long way to defining success for his operation. Bekkering and his brother James run four Alberta feedlots with […] Read more
A ‘new’ corn trait makes for better feed
Enogen hybrid trait boosts an enzyme that enhances the breakdown of starch into sugar and increases ruminal starch digestibility in cattle
Corn hybrids still waiting to launch with farmers
Despite limited adoption so far, corn breeders continue to develop hybrids suitable for production across Western Canada
Reading Time: 5 minutes Four years ago we heard predictions of 10 million acres of corn in Western Canada by 2026, but it turns out that they have yet to launch on that trajectory. Grain corn acreage in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta peaked in 2017 and remained between 470,000 to 480,000 acres for the next two years. While this […] Read more
New in corn hybrids for Eastern Canada
2018 is bringing a host of new options for growers in the east
Reading Time: 14 minutes In the history books, 2017 will go down as a tale of two extremes. In parts of Eastern Canada, there was flooding while drought in the U.S. Great Plains reached north into Canada. And in between, growing conditions were anything up to and including perfect. So what’s in the cards for 2018? Few decisions are […] Read more
The right corn hybrid for your soil?
Pat Lynch says there are other ways to maximize production — and they’re more realistic
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s always high on any list of recommendations. No matter which researcher or agronomist you talk to, choosing the “right” hybrid for your field is always near their top of their Top 10 list for growing a more productive crop of corn. With precision ag systems, however, is it possible to determine which hybrids perform […] Read more
Your next corn hybrids
Corn is still king in Eastern Canada, and these new hybrids should help guarantee a long reign
Reading Time: 9 minutes Despite the fact that soybeans actually get planted on more acres, corn is still the driver of row-crop production in the East. At 3.3 million acres in 2015, it’s true that Canada’s farmers planted less corn than the 3.6 million acres they put in the ground in 2013, but it would be a mistake to […] Read more
Advanced corn crop management
Corn Guide: Nutrient uptake during grain fill is the new pathway to even higher yields
Reading Time: 8 minutes It’s a fair comment these days that corn production has reached a new level of complexity. Corn is anything but a simple, straightforward crop, even without taking into account the changing economics forced on producers by falling prices, and the constantly shifting mix of imports, exports and trait acceptability, Now comes research into a specific […] Read more
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