Category: RealAg Radio

Monday’s RealAg Radio podcast, hosted by Kelvin Heppner and Kara Oosterhuis, featuring: Peter Johnson with tips for boosting protein to capture premiums in the wheat market, the impact of the current heat wave on wheat yield potential in Western Canada and the Northern U.S., and his thoughts on the reports of dicamba injury in the… Read More

Here’s Friday’s edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Kara Oosterhuis and Kelvin Heppner: With current heatwave, concerns about drought and heat stress are mounting. Kevin Grier chats with Kelvin about the 9-month run of food price deflation in Canada, as well as the uptick in consumer spending on food. John Malott of Hiram Walker discusses… Read More

Thursday’s edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Bern Tobin and Kelvin Heppner: Field day season is here, and along with it, heat; Cover crop lessons from Ridgetown Crop Diagnostic Day and other highlights (shout out to the people who found Bern’s keys in the field!); Manitoba farmer Matt Reimer discusses his self-made driverless grain cart… Read More

Wednesday’s RealAg Radio podcast, co-hosted by Kara Oosterhuis and Kelvin Heppner, featuring: latest news surrounding changes at the Canadian International Grains Institute, the PEDv outbreak in Manitoba, U.S. producer sentiment survey, Joey Chestnut’s 10th world hotdog eating title and more. Rocky Talk…looking back on 175 years of Case. Tom Wolf of AgriMetrix on the issues… Read More

Happy 4th of July to our American friends. Tuesday’s RealAg Radio podcast is a ‘best of’ show featuring interviews on countering misinformation and fear when it comes to the science of food and agriculture, with Tim Caulfield, Kevin Folta, Mark Lynas, Pam Ronald and Joe Schwarcz. Join us for RealAg Radio every weekday at 4pm… Read More

Monday’s edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Kelvin Heppner, featuring: Trent Meyer of SeedMaster and Dot Technology Corp describing the DOT Power Platform — the new autonomous multi-use machine they’re unveiling this summer. Horst Bohner of OMAFRA on whether rolling soybeans can boost yields Mario Tenuta of the University of Manitoba on nitrogen fertilizer placement… Read More

Friday’s edition of RealAg Radio — listen below or download the podcast Highlights: – big USDA report — bullish for soybeans and wheat — analysis from Matthew Pot – rally in bacon and pork markets has provided some support to beef — Beef Market Update with Anne Wasko (“The best place to put a piece of… Read More

Thursday’s radio podcast, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner — highlights: Statistics Canada released its updated acreage estimates today, with plenty of numbers to talk about, from spring wheat to canola to soybeans and beyond. Dwight Nichol of DLN AgVentures and Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodity Research discuss the StatsCan acres, fundamentals behind the… Read More

Wednesday’s show includes more coverage from CanolaPalooza in Lacombe, including an interview with Tom Wolf on sprayer cleanout, spraying and AOS on this week’s Rocky Talk, and a farmer panel featuring Alberta farmers Greg Sears, John Guelly and John Kowalchuk (pictured above). Shaun also highlights the yet-to-be-unveiled DOT autonomous seeding machine that SeedMaster’s new sister… Read More

Tuesday’s radio podcast, on-location from CanolaPalooza at Lacombe, Alberta, featuring an all-star lineup of canola agronomy experts, including Gregory Sekulic, Dilantha Fernando, Clint Jurke, Neil Harker and Scott Meers. Join us for RealAg Radio every weekday afternoon — 4pm eastern on Rural Radio 147 on SiriusXM! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS

June 26 Agronomy Monday radio podcast highlights: Saskatchewan’s newly-crowned Outstanding Young Farmers, Derek and Tannis Axten; Canadian Grain Commission Commissioner Lonny McKague on plans to reduce CGC user fees and differences in DON test results between grain buyers; Dan Foster of Pride Seeds on what’s causing rootless corn syndrome in Ontario; OMAFRA’s Ben Rosser discusses… Read More

Friday’s radio podcast, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner, from the final day of the Farm Progress Show in Regina — highlights: Meteorologist Drew Lerner’s weather outlook for the prairies and Ontario (recorded on Thursday, before the torrential overnight rains in Ontario) A farmer panel discussion on crop progress, trade, the federal Liberals and… Read More

Wheat Pete joins Shaun and Kelvin for today’s show, from day two of Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina. Among other things, topics include meeting Brock Lesnar, fungicide timing, equipment innovation (is bigger still better?), new name for PotashCorp-Agrium merger, wheat markets (with Neil Townsend of FarmLink Marketing Solutions), windy conditions, and Wheat Pete’s impressions… Read More

Wednesday’s radio podcast, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner from the Farm Progress Show in Regina — highlights: Observations from a windy first day of the Farm Progress Show; Ag ministers/secretaries wrap up their friendly trilateral meeting in Georgia; Candace Hill on five years of Ag More Than Ever; Wheat Pete’s Word (Peter’s in… Read More

June 20th edition of RealAg Radio, hosted by Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner from Regina, Sask. — highlights: U.S. spring wheat crop ratings drive wheat market higher (again) Kevin Grier on the impact of Amazon’s proposed purchase of Whole Foods Melanie Dubois of AAFC on what we know about wild bees and farm practices that… Read More