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VIDEO: AGGronomyTV: Identifying smut in cereal crops

Sept 1 to 15: There are three different types of smut that can infect cereal crops: covered, true and false. But would you know smut if you saw it? In this video from this year’s Crop Diagnostic School in Carman, Man., provincial crop pathologist David Kaminski outlines the differences of each type and shares how growers can keep this seed-borne disease from spreading in their fields. (Video by Greg Berg)

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VIDEO: Global grain supply questionable, and with it, prices
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VIDEO: Global grain supply questionable, and with it, prices

Reading Time: < 1 minute According to grain markets expert Bruce Burnett of Glacier MarketsFarm, the outlook for grains in the near future isn’t good. Burnett offered up his assessment of grain markets after his latest crop tour during a presentation at Ag in Motion in July where he covered topics such as the impact of drought on the prairies, […] Read more

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VIDEO: AGGronomyTV: What’s ‘bugging’ Manitoba growers in 2023?

August 15 to 31: At this year's Crop Diagnostic School, John Gavloski, extension entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, highlighted a number of insect pests growers were keeping an eye on this year. Here, Gavloski shares which bugs have been getting much of the attention in 2023 and some 'good news' for growers on at least one insect front.

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VIDEO: Weather and harvest update

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia senior editor Gord Gilmour, and MarketsFarm’s director of weather and markets, Bruce Burnett, discuss their latest take on crop conditions, harvest operations and the weather.



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VIDEO: AGGronomyTV: How corn responds to dry conditions

August 1 to 15: Earlier in July at the Crop Diagnostic School in Carman, Morgan Cott with the Manitoba Crop Alliance spoke to how the province’s corn crop was doing given that much of it was planted into dry soil this spring.

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