Today’s edition of RealAg Radio features a special guest host in a very special recording locale, but don’t worry, it’s the same calibre of farm radio you’ve come to expect from the RealAgriculture team (we hope). RealAg Radio Co-host Shaun Haney is joined by resident fast-talker and field editor Lyndsey Smith for an Ottawa-based recording… Read More
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We debut our new agronomy-themed Monday show on RealAg Radio this week. Bern Tobin endures a Christmas baking hangover to join co-host Kelvin Heppner, highlighting the newly-crowned Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2016 and previewing plans and themes for the upcoming busy agronomic conference season. Topics and guests on today’s show include Sheri Strydhorst on variety-specific… Read More
At its seasonal peak, Canadian farms need about 100,000 more workers than at seasonal lows, which represents a 30 per cent fluctuation. The average difference between the seasonal peak and low in employment for all other sectors is just 4 per cent, according to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. The Conference… Read More
The federal and Alberta governments are offering $16.7 million in TB quarantine compensation, a Bayer executive is talking about selling some canola business, pulse acres in Montana are climbing quickly…there’s lots of ground to cover on today’s edition of RealAg Radio. Back from the Montana Grain Growers’ meeting in Great Falls, we hear Shaun’s conversations… Read More
From OPEC’s decision to limit oil output to farm equipment export numbers to the NFU electing a new president, Shaun and Kelvin catch up on the day’s top news to kick off the Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio. Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend Marketing drops in to discuss the strong canola crush demand and potential for… Read More
The bovine TB quarantine in southeast Alberta continues to grow — Shaun and Kelvin have the latest on today’s edition of RealAg Radio. Guests include Canada’s chief negotiator for NAFTA, John Weekes, on Trump’s plans to re-open the trade deal, Helmut Speiser on corn drying and Nicole Rogers on marketing grain directly to customers around… Read More
The Ottawa REDBLACKS (worst team name ever?) are Grey Cup champions, Agribition 2016 is in the books, and hydro rates are discouraging new business in Ontario…that’s just some of the news Shaun and Kelvin discuss on today’s edition of RealAg Radio. We’re discuss some top-of-mind issues for young innovative farmers taking over their family operations… Read More
Health Canada’s plans to phase out use of a specific neonic insecticide, the EPA has raised its ethanol mandate in the U.S., people from more than 70 countries are looking for beef genetics to take home from Agribition…there’s plenty to cover on this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. Guests include Blake MacMillan, chair of the… Read More
Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends! On today’s show, Shaun and Kelvin take us on a tour of the Agribition grounds, with conversations on how bovine TB is spread, what it takes to be named Agribition’s auctioneer champion, growing demand for lamb, an update on the lentil market, an interesting conversation with two high school… Read More
Glen Murray’s apology to Ontario farmers, what it takes to be a successful purebred beef breeder, could canola fundamentals support a further rally — it’s all covered in Wednesday’s edition of RealAg Radio. Shaun and Kelvin co-host the show from Agribition in Regina, while Lyndsey and Bern join from Ontario to discuss the environment minister’s… Read More