Host Shaun Haney starts off the show speaking about the recent price-fixing scandal in bread, and what this means for consumer trust. Also on the show: Top Ag News What could the new pulse tariffs do to acreage in 2018? Dwight Nichol, DLN AgVentures. Dalhousie University’s Sylvain Charlebois on the price-fixing news (was he shocked… Read More
Today on the show: Top Ag News Rocky Talk – An update from New Holland. The Ontario corn and soybean market; and how to get through this supply issue with Peter Archer, Maizeing Acres. Are the rails too tied up with oil to deliver grain? CN Rail’s David Przednowek joins the show. Join us for RealAg… Read More
Host Shaun Haney starts the show talking about water use in the beef industry. This, he says, needs more focus. We need to communicate this story. Also on the show: Top Ag News Farm Journal Pro’s Jim Wiesemeyer joins for an update from Washington — What is the intention of the Trump administration as it… Read More
On Monday’s edition of RealAg Radio: Shaun and Kelvin discuss the day’s top news, including a new corn yield record set by David Hula (542 bu/ac!), lacklustre rail service and the latest surrounding Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto Lana Shaw of the Southeast Research Farm at Redvers, Saskatchewan on where to begin if you’re looking at… Read More
Host Shaun Haney starts off the show talking music, and supporting autism charities. Check out our ‘Friends of Len’ post for the details, and listen to learn how you can win a free CD. Also on the show today: Top Ag News Matthew Pot, GrainPerspectives, joins the show for an update on the grain markets…. Read More
Host Shaun Haney starts off the show talking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s relationship with Canadian farmers (from trade to transportation). Also on the show: Plant protein opportunities for Canadian farmers, with Canada West Foundation’s Carlo Dade. The Federal Open Market Committee increased interest rates. Farm Credit Canada’s chief economist JP Gervais on the impact to… Read More
Host Shaun Haney starts off the show talking about the importance of local media. Has your local newspaper gone out of business? Your TV station? Has that changed your community’s identity? Also on the show: Top Ag News How Bill C-49 is now hung-up, right around the same time as StatsCan increased the production numbers…. Read More
Host Shaun Haney starts the show with a talk on trade, and the role of primary producers in trade deals. Should they just let politicians negotiate, without saying anything? Also, on the show: Top Ag News Audience feedback on tightening canola rotations on the prairies. Olds College president, Stuart Cullum, joins to talk about adapting… Read More
Today, on Agronomic Monday: Soil and soil maps in precision ag; mining genetic sources of disease resistance; the environmental benefits to canola production; and more, with RealAgriculture’s Kelvin Heppner, Canola Digest and Canola Watch’s Jay Whetter, and Curtis Rempel of the Canola Council of Canada. Agronomy panelists Peter Johnson and Terry Aberhart join the show… Read More
It’s Friday, but we’re not slowing down! Today, on the show: Top Ag News Beef demand, pulling back in the markets, bred cows and more with Gateway Livestock’s Anne Wasko on the Beef Market Update. Barry Senft, CEO of the Grain Farmers of Ontario, joins to talk about the big ethanol announcement in Ontario. Should… Read More
Host Shaun Haney starts off the show asking all of you: what is the future for soybeans? Also on the show today: Top Ag News When’s the last time you ‘paid it forward’? Food marketing and the future of labeling — will we see a “made-by-humans” label? We hear from food and agricultural economist Jayson… Read More
Yesterday’s show started off with host Shaun Haney talking about progressive trade agreements. Today, he reads some of your feedback. Then: Top Ag News Retrofitting older equipment with the latest precision gear. The potential impact of blockchain technology with Elaine Kub, author of Mastering the Grain Markets. Robynne Anderson, president of Emerging Ag, on her recent… Read More
Is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s progressive agenda hurting free-trade talks? Host Shaun Haney thinks so — he starts the show talking trade. Then: Top Ag News Two crop farmers, a hog farmer and a beef farmer join the show for a panel to talk about the 2017 growing season, trade, and local media outlets struggling… Read More
Today, on the show: Top Ag News What should we do if we see suspicious drone activity? (No, don’t shoot at it!) Matthew Johnson, president and founder of M3 Aerial Productions, joins the show to explain. Double crop soybeans, incredible corn yields, improving soil organic matter and ‘bushels of differences’ with RealAgriculture’s agronomist Peter Johnson. Join… Read More
There’s a great deal of focus on trade in China now. Could we become the first G7 nation to secure a bilateral trade deal? Host Shaun Haney starts us out with a summary of what’s happening on that front, and the potential opportunities (and challenges) there. Also in today’s episode of the show: Top Ag… Read More