It’s time for our premiere episode of The Agronomists! This hour long, prime-time live show will run every Monday evening and be full of commentary, insight, and likely a few laughs. For this first episode, we kick things off with Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, RealAgriculture agronomist, and Marla Riekman, soil specialist with Manitoba Agriculture and… Read More

Selecting the right hybrids can make or break the profitability of a corn crop. There are a multitude of factors that combine to produce high-yielding, profitable harvests, but if growers make the wrong hybrid choices they’ll need some luck and good fortune to produce a successful crop, says University of Guelph associate professor Dr. David… Read More

It’s an Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. On today’s show you’ll hear from: Tom Wolf of Sprayers 101, with key tips for winterizing the sprayer; Ken Schaus of Ont., on some interesting soil-related practices happening on his farm; Dr. Mario Tenuta, University of Manitoba professor, on soil carbon and carbon sequestration; and Steve Denys… Read More

Between biotech and technology issues, monitoring regulatory work being done, and managing activist pressure, a lot of things happen in the background of the crop protection industry. CropLife Canada does much of that important work behind the scenes that isn’t necessarily thought about every day on the farm. Joining us for today’s RealAg LIVE is… Read More

Many farm shows and conferences have been cancelled, postponed or are attempting virtual versions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Multi-national companies have the brand strength and budgets to weather the storm of lost tradeshow sales, but for mid-size or smaller companies, tradeshows are sometimes their main method of marketing and selling to farmers. This past… Read More

It’s the end of October already! This Friday edition of RealAg Radio features an issues panel with host Shaun Haney, Meagan Murdoch of NATIONAL Public Relations, and Lyndsey Smith of RealAgriculture, discussing: Rural infrastructure costs; Canada-China leverage; Research funding; and, The move from diesel engines to electric ones on the farm. Plus, you’ll hear from… Read More

Soil management, soil structure, and soil health have all become incredibly important topics in all crop and pasture planning conversations. Many of those conversations centre on one particularly complicated topic: carbon. What is it? How do we add it to soil? How do we keep it there? If there’s one person who can at least… Read More

 

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