It’s Thursday. Today on the show (after the obligatory basketball talk): Top ag news with RealAgriculture’s Jessika Guse. Soy Canada’s Ron Davidson on soybean growers, trade disruption, and his thoughts on direct compensation. Are soybeans different than canola? The markets and planting progress with Brian Voth of IntelliFARMInc. Carlo Dade of the Canada West Foundation… Read More

The trade war between the U.S. and China has been a stress point for many people in agriculture.  Soybeans are continually the focus of any discussion involving agriculture and China because of the appetite that the Chinese have had for the protein source. It is difficult to determine how much of the price fluctuation in… Read More

The United States and Canada have found a truce on the steel and aluminum tariffs which, as promised, presents a window to ratify USMCA (NAFTA 2.0) before the fall. As export-related agricultural commodity organizations push for a Canadian ratification of the USMCA agreement, the Dairy Farmers of Canada is asking the Canadian government to tap… Read More

When most people think of robotics, they probably don’t imagine dairy parlours or farm fields. In this episode of Food Bubble, host Andrew Campbell takes us to those very places, as he investigates the role of robots in food production, from milking systems to automated field work. Dairy Lely Canada’s Tony Brazda first became interested… Read More

It’s World Hunger Day, and National Hamburger Day… In today’s episode, host Shaun Haney facilitates and introduces discussions around: The top ag news with RealAgriculture’s Jessika Guse; CanolaPALOOZA – An update on the upcoming events in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; Planting in Ontario – Barry Senft, CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario, joins for a… Read More

Statistics Canada is reporting last year’s 45.1 per cent decrease in realized net farm income (to $3.9 billion) as the largest since 2006. Realized net income is the difference between a farmer’s cash receipts and operating expenses, minus depreciation, plus income in kind. The attribution for the steep decline includes rising feed, interest and labour… Read More

 

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