Picture Butte, AB – May 11, 2016 – With traffic and revenue increasing at an aggressive pace, the time has come for RealAgriculture to add to its team to ensure clients have the best experience possible. Relationships with clients have always been integral to the success of RealAgriculture and as opportunities increase, it becomes even… Read More

Calving, planting prep, and hockey playoffs — it looks like, despite the wintery weather in some areas, spring is here. And with it comes the conclusion of regular season hockey and the 2015-16 RealAg hockey pool. Unfortunately, Canadian hockey fans won’t have a hometown team to cheer for this year, but it was still an… Read More

A little over a week after the announcement of over $7 million for 40 crop-related research projects in Saskatchewan, the provincial government, along with the Government of Canada, gave another announcement — livestock and forage research projects will receive a $7.8 million funding contribution. “The livestock industry plays an important role in driving jobs and growth in… Read More

Many consumers have made the choice to limit or even eliminate beef from their diets, as animal agriculture is often considered highly inefficient, and a major contributor of greenhouse gases (GHG). But findings published in December, from the first part of a Beef Science Research Cluster project, demonstrate emissions from the Canadian beef industry have lessened in a recent 30-year span. According… Read More

The Canadian Agri-Marketing Association held the 2015 “Best of CAMA” awards night in Winnipeg on November 5, recognizing the best in agricultural marketing, advertising and communications. Real Agriculture was honoured to receive several awards, including the prize for best corporate web design. Together with Dow AgroSciences and AdFarm, Real Ag also received the top prize in the special… Read More

The days are getting shorter, temperatures are dropping and harvest is moving along. All signs that hockey season is almost here. After having lots of fun with the inaugural RealAg Hockey Pool last winter, people have asked whether we’re going to run another friendly competition this season. Well, the answer is yes! So whether you’re a hardcore fan or not,… Read More

RealAgriculture received a handful of awards at the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation Awards Banquet in Calgary on Saturday. For the fourth year in a row, RealAgriculture.com was recognized in the website category, receiving the Henry Heald bronze award. Kelvin Heppner and Debra Murphy received gold and silver awards in the radio/audio reporting class — the Tom Leach… Read More

Farm Management Canada (FMC) and the Canadian Association of Diploma in Agriculture Programs (CADAP) have launched the 2015-16 Excellence Award for Agricultural Students, designed to encourage students to improve their critical thinking, communication and leadership skills through a national competition. FMC and CADAP are collecting submissions from agricultural students across Canada and will award three… Read More

Statistics Canada today released its estimates of principal field crop stocks to July 31, 2015, including a bearish supply estimate for the canola market (see table below). Not surprisingly, most major crop totals were down substantially year-over-year, as 2014 levels reflected the stock still in the pipeline from the 2013 bumper crop. Total stocks of wheat decreased 32.0% from… Read More

As if an automated feed-pusher and barn-cleaner weren’t cool enough, Lely has announced a control panel option for the iOS platform, in addition to its Android-based app. Farmers with a Lely Juno feed pusher and/or Lely Discovery mobile barn cleaner will now be able to operate these robots with an iPhone, iPad or iPod through… Read More

A wise person once told me that the key to being productive was to make your toughest call first thing in the morning. Whether it’s an important sales call, broaching a difficult problem or delivering bad news, it’s best to get it out of the way so you can move on with your day without… Read More

Mondelez Canada flour mill at Mississauga, Ont., has been purchased by Ardent Mills, a U.S.-based flour-milling and ingredient company. Mondelez Canada is a part of Mondelez International, and produces cookies, crackers and more. Mondelez Canada produces hard and soft wheat flour for Canadian bakeries and a number of food manufacturing companies. The details of the transaction… Read More

The Canadian Total Excellence in Agricultural Management (CTEAM) course offered by Agri-Food Management Excellence (AME) is open for fall registration until October 30, 2015. CTEAM is a national farm management training program for farmers and ranchers, that uses participants’ own farm data to create a strategy and develop a plan specifically for their farm or ranch. Coaching… Read More

Significant changes are coming to Ontario’s rules regarding small-scale chicken production. Until now, any individual could raise up to 300 birds per year under the Chicken Farmers of Ontario small flock program, a program with the intention of allowing families to raise a few chickens for themselves without requiring the purchase of production quota. Expanding… Read More

 

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