AGGronomyTV: Honeybees: the workhorses of agriculture
Oct 15 to 31: It's hard to underestimate the value that honeybees provide to crops in Canada, but their pollination efforts have been measured in the range of billions of dollars per year. With such a valuable co-worker at the side of crop growers it's right to ask, just how healthy are these hard-working honeybee populations? In this video from Crop Diagnostic School recorded this past summer, Derek Micholson, apiarist with Manitoba Agriculture, provides an update to Manitoba's bee populations and shares how people can help pollinator populations thrive.
AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending October 13, 2023.
AGCanadaTV Special Feature: Worrisome grain supplies
Weather and global events continue to create more than enough uncertainty in the ag world, and grain markets are no different. At Ag in Motion this past summer, Ed White of The Western Producer spoke with Bruce Burnett of MarketsFarm about world grain supplies and his forecast for commodity markets going into the harvest season.
AGCanadaTV Special Feature: Up, up and away!
At Ag in Motion this past summer, there was plenty on deck to see and do, but one demonstration in particular captured the imagination of attendees. In a series of test flights one afternoon, LandView Drones showed how its fleet of drones can be used for precision mapping, field analysis and targeted spray applications.
AGGronomyTV: Getting covers under cover
Oct 1 to 15: Terminating a cover crop requires the right tool for the job, such was the case for a demonstration at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show last month. Didn’t make it to the show? Have a look at how the equipment performed when it was put to the test on the show grounds for attendees.
AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending September 22, 2023.
AGGronomyTV: Weeds in fields
Sept 15 to 30: Weed management is a perennial issue for growers wherever they sow a seed, but how are weed types changing for Manitoba growers and how can they be dealt with? In this video from Crop Diagnostic School in Carman, Man., provincial weed specialist Kim Brown-Livingston talks about the persistence of one particular weed and another weed species that is a relative newcomer for growers in the Keystone province.
