It’s Agronomic Monday, and we’ve got a great agronomy lineup for you here on RealAg Radio. On today’s show, you’ll hear: Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, RealAgriculture’s resident agronomist, on the several nights of frost in Ontario, and what some of your options are in the aftermath; Dr. Joy Agnew of Olds College, on crop storage,… Read More
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Canadian Beef Advisors (CBA) — a cooperative community made up of the national organizations representing the entire beef production chain — rolled out its national beef strategy 2030 goals at the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef annual general meeting recently. Tyler Bjornson, chair of the CBA, says the vision around the national beef strategy is… Read More
A light frost of minus 1 or so this early in the year shouldn’t have impacted Ontario grain crops like it has, but here we are. “It hurt way more than I ever anticipated,” says Peter Johnson, RealAgriculture agronomist. Eastern Ontario was much harder hit with colder temps over several nights, but in southwestern Ontario,… Read More
Chop and grind in the markets isn’t really the kind of headline you want to hear for the beef markets, but maybe chop and grind means good things for prices. “U.S. markets trading about a buck higher than how they closed the end of last week, so $103, $104 in the north, heading the right… Read More
Sustainability is a key topic in the beef industry right now, in both production and marketing. What makes sustainability all that more complex, is that it has so many different definitions depending on which part of the supply chain you belong. RealAgriculture founder and RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney recently moderated a panel discussion on… Read More
Thanks for tuning into Canada’s only agricultural-based radio program across the country! Of course, thanks to our American listeners as well — we’re a North American show! It’s Friday, which means it’s time for a RealAg Issues panel. On today’s show, you’ll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney;… Read More
Case IH is expanding their Precision Disk 500 series air drills — adding a new single-rank configuration with 15-inch spacing, a sought-after option for soybean seeding and other specialty crops in both no-till and conventional tillage fields. The drills are known for their placement, regardless of tillage, residue, or cropping practices, to give each plant… Read More
We have a pretty special LIVE for you as our own Kara Oosterhuis joins Shaun Haney for a discussion on farm management, as it compares to managing a sports team. They talk about specialization versus cross-training, mentorship, and taking the time to train your people. Not everyone is going to be good at operating the… Read More
Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says her government’s proposed Clean Fuel Standard will be “a great opportunity” for farmers, but she acknowledges the policy needs further consultation. The government is planning to introduce regulations to support the policy, which is designed to incentivize the use of lower carbon fuels such as ethanol or biodiesel, this… Read More
You’ve seeded it, sprayed it, watched it grow, harvested it, and now you’re putting the canola in the bin. On paper, storing canola may seem simple, but as per usual, the actuality of storing canola successfully is a lot more complex. There are many factors to consider to properly storing canola and in this episode… Read More
Thanks for tuning in to RealAg Radio. If you aren’t a first-time listener, you probably know by now that Thursdays are our favourite day on RealAgRadio, because we get to talk to you, the farmer! Also, a huge shout out to today’s shows sponsor, Nufarm Canada. On today’s Farmer Rapid Fire panel, you’ll hear: Gerard… Read More
The corn market is surprisingly strong due to various factors in the markets these days. Some yield reductions out of the U.S., and some production issues in China may be part of the equation, but there seems to be a little more optimism in the market than is maybe warranted. Brennan Turner, CEO of FarmLead… Read More
The news cycle has picked up on the Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) issue recently, but the topic isn’t all that new. The policy has been developed over the past couple of years — since about 2016 — according to the CFS website under the government of Canada’s environment and natural resources arm. “I think the… Read More
The number of soybean acres in Western Canada has declined to less than half of what it was when acreage peaked in 2017 — dropping every year since then — but there are expectations that acres have likely hit a floor in 2020. In this follow-up episode to our last Soybean School on soybean maturity… Read More
The combines are rolling and as the crops are coming in, storing it is the next piece in the farm management puzzle. How do we take care of a warm crop and what do we need to understand to manage our conditions? Dr. Joy Agnew, from Olds College, has the answers. Don’t miss the RealAg… Read More