Today’s show features a pair of the keynote presenters at FarmTech ’17 in Edmonton — Olympic medalist and mental health warrior Clara Hughes on putting mental health awareness into action, as well as political commentator Andrew Coyne on the the challenges facing the Trudeau government, with Canada-U.S. relations at or near the top of that list…. Read More
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On the heels of Super Bowl Sunday, it’s an info-packed Agronomy Monday on RealAg Radio, including: a discussion with Alberta barley growers Scott Keller and Wade McKallister on the keys to consistently making malt with your barley. Scott Meers of Alberta Agriculture (and Forestry, but don’t ask him about forestry) chats with Lyndsey about the… Read More
We have a special show today, featuring the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney. The 18th Prime Minister of Canada stopped by the RealAg studio prior to his keynote address at FarmTech on Thursday for an interview with Kelvin on NAFTA and Canada-U.S. politics. Down in Nashville at the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA trade show, Shaun… Read More
Right from the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA trade show in Nashville, Shaun and special guest co-host Anne Wasko discuss the latest news and sentiment in the beef industry on today’s program. American Farm Bureau Federation president Zippy Duvall also joins Shaun to discuss trade, environmental policy and immigration under President Trump. Sarah Foster and Kendra… Read More
And just like that, it’s February! This February 1st episode of the RealAg Radio program, recorded at FarmTech at Edmonton, has co-hosts Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith talking top news, coffee controversies and contests, and wheat variety choices. In this episode you’ll hear from General Roméo Dallaire as he talks leadership in the face of… Read More
It’s FarmTech time! RealAg Radio co-host Kelvin Heppner is joined by resident loud-talker Lyndsey Smith for this on-location-in-Edmonton recording of the show. In the top news, these two Manitobans talk spring flooding (it happens a LOT), rabies incidence in Ontario’s Perth County, and a new mystery midge in Saskatchewan. Later in the show, you’ll hear… Read More
We’re talking cover crops in corn/soybean rotations, how soybean plants have changed over the decades, the increasing number of herbicide-tolerance traits in soybeans, and a top five list for growing a good lentil crop on this “Agronomy Monday” edition of RealAg Radio. Catch RealAg Radio every weekday afternoon at 4pm eastern on Rural Radio Channel… Read More
Farmers debating how to approach government on carbon tax, Tim Hortons goes to Mexico while a couple competitors launch all-day breakfasts in Canada, and does anybody really watch the NHL All-Star Game? — it’s all on this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. Guests include Manitoba Ag Minister Ralph Eichler on his government’s plan to reduce… Read More
Lyndsey Smith and Shaun Haney host today’s edition of RealAg Radio, which includes some discussion about the impact of rural school closures in Ontario, farm building code changes in Manitoba, and the effort to bring new farmers into the dairy industry. Shaun is also joined by author Jim Thomas on ‘negotiating to win’ and Peter Johnson wraps… Read More
The latest news surrounding NAFTA and Donald Trump’s trade plans, the recent rally in canola futures, our weekly Rocky Talk segment, livestock research funding in Saskatchewan, Manitoba farm groups talking collaboration, and ending the stigma around mental health in the farm community — all up for discussion on today’s edition of Real Ag Radio. Today’s show also… Read More
There’s plenty of news to discuss and digest on the trade front today, with President Trump withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and promising to open up NAFTA. Shaun and Kelvin highlight the Leafs-Flames score from Monday night, and break down the latest trade developments and what they mean for agriculture. Guests include Ron Davidson… Read More
It’s Agronomy Monday on RealAg Radio today, as we hear from a number of speakers from the SouthWest Ag Conference held earlier this month at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown campus. Shaun and Kelvin kick off the show catching up on Trump officially beginning the United States’ withdrawal from the TPP and the Liberals cabinet… Read More
If you’re unfamiliar with chicken tractors, prepare to be blown away by the fact that there is now an autonomous version of this pasture-chicken-raising kit. That’s just one of the many super neat innovations that rolled out at Ag Days in Brandon, Man., this week, and that discussion is how we kick off this January… Read More
We’ve finally got an American Secretary of Agriculture named, Manitoba gets a pea processing facility, and Wheat Pete talks corn stalks, corn husks, and manure spreading on snow no-nos — and that’s just a part of what you’ll hear on this January 19th edition of RealAg Radio. Co-host Shaun Haney is joined by Ontario field… Read More
Today’s show includes the latest news on Bayer-Monsanto, Case’s agronomic trends for 2017, as well as conversations about the future of the oat market in Chicago, the fascinating way in which crops and weeds communicate, and how the ag community can more effectively communicate the complicated science of growing food and fuel and everything else… Read More