If you’re curious what RealAg Radio is all about but don’t have a SiriusXM subscription, here’s your chance to check it out. SiriusXM is offering a free listening period for 60-plus channels, including RealAg Radio’s home on Rural Radio Channel 147! (If you tried listening earlier and it wasn’t available, check again. It should be an option… Read more »
Category: Announcements
RealAgriculture Welcomes Kara Oosterhuis
This spring, the RealAgriculture content team is pleased to be joined by Alberta-based Kara Oosterhuis. Kara will be busy in the field filming across Alberta and Saskatchewan. Hello there! My name is Kara Oosterhuis, and I am excited and proud to be the newest member of the RealAgriculture team. I grew up on a mixed irrigation… Read more »
Catching Up on GF2 Changes for Next Ontario Funding Intakes
With government funding programs comes last minute changes and updates, but never fear, RealAgriculture and Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association regional program lead, Margaret May, have joined forces to bring you the latest updates to GF2 programming (That’s Growing Forward 2, for all of you who have been hiding under a rock). Of particular… Read more »
Grain Growers Launch New Logo and Revamped Site
The Grain Growers of Canada chose today, the inaugural Canada’s Agriculture Day, to launch its new logo and to unveil a completely re-designed website. The Grain Growers of Canada represents 50,000 active grain, oilseed and pulse producers through its 12 provincial and regional grower groups. Its mission and mandate are to pursue a policy environment that… Read more »
Leal Remains Ag Minister in Ontario Cabinet Shuffle; Takes on Added Portfolio
Ontario minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs, Jeff Leal, has kept his post in Premier Kathleen Wynne’s cabinet mini-shuffle announced today. In addition to remaining the agriculture minister, Leal was also named the minister “responsible for small business.” Today I was pleased to be named Minister Responsible for Small Business, in addition to serving… Read more »
SiriusXM Offering Free 14-Day Preview, Including RealAg Radio
If you’re curious as to what RealAg Radio is all about, but don’t have a SiriusXM subscription, here’s your chance to check it out. SiriusXM is offering a free, 14-day listening period for 60-plus channels, including RealAg Radio’s home on Rural Radio Channel 147. The free trial runs from November 16th through to November 29th. “RealAg… Read more »
RealAg Wins Awards at “Best of CAMA”
Real Agriculture was honoured to receive multiple awards at the Canadian Agri-Marketing Association’s annual “Best of CAMA” awards night held in Calgary on Friday. The annual gala celebrates the best in Canadian agriculture marketing, advertising and communications. While seeing Shaun Haney don a cowboy hat to emcee together with Dianne Finstad was a highlight (see… Read more »
Shop for RealAg Swag and Join Our Community
October is the month where we launch a lot of new stuff—new radio show, new store full of RealAg swag, new promos to save you money and new features to support the agriculture community! So what’s up with RealAg? Get Your Own RealAg Swag Today ShopRealAg.com is now your one-stop shop for all your RealAg… Read more »
RealAgriculture to Launch Daily Canadian Program on Rural Radio channel 147 on SiriusXM
(Picture Butte, AB) October 3, 2016 – RealAgriculture is excited to announce the launch of “RealAg Radio,” Canada’s only daily, one-hour agricultural radio show broadcast across the country. Hosted by ag experts Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner, the series premieres on Rural Radio Channel 147 on SiriusXM Radio on October 24th, and will air weekdays at… Read more »
Canola School Receives Three Year Partnership Renewal
(Picture Butte, AB) August 24, 2016 – RealAgriculture is excited to announce a three year renewal of the Canola School partnership with Alberta Canola, Sask Canola and Manitoba Canola Growers. This builds on the previous three-year agreement between the four partners. Canola School is an online agronomic educational series that assists growers in achieving higher… Read more »
Get Real. Get Reading. Introducing the Real Agriculture Book Club
Food, agriculture, politics, business, popular culture, current issues, and even sports. You’ll find it all on Real Agriculture’s new Get Real, Get Reading podcast. Every month we’ll chat with authors of popular (and not so popular) titles. But before co-hosts Bernard Tobin and Shaun Haney sit down with the author, we want the Real Agriculture… Read more »
Lyndsey Smith Rejoins Real Agriculture
Lyndsey Smith Rejoins Real Agriculture Smith returns to the content creation team this September Picture Butte, AB. – July 18, 2016 – RealAgriculture is pleased to announce that Lyndsey Smith will be returning to the company as a member of the content creation team. Lyndsey will step in for Debra Murphy who is going… Read more »
Owen Roberts Elected President of International Ag Journalists Association
Just like farmers have farm groups, agricultural journalists also have their own organizations. And we’re proud to have one of our contributors and a good friend here at Real Agriculture take the helm of the international association representing ag journalists from around the world. Owen Roberts, who writes a regular column on this site, was… Read more »
Wallbridge Named Thompsons Limited Organic Specialist
Thompsons Limited has announced that Rob Wallbridge will join the company as Organic Specialist. Wallbridge grew up on conventional dairy and cash crop farms in Central and Eastern Ontario. He comes to Thompsons with more than 15 years of experience in organic crop certification, production and marketing. Wallbridge is a registered Certified Crop Advisor (CCA-ON)… Read more »
Rebuilding RealAgriculture: New Apps and Website
I’ve got two big things to announce today. First, we redesigned our website back in March (more at the end)…you probably noticed. I apologize for not writing about it sooner, but I’ve been working to get our new iOS (iPhone, iPad, etc) and Android apps launched (which is the second announcement). New App is Customized… Read more »