We’ve made it to the end of another work-week. We hope you have some great plans for the weekend — whether it be sitting around a campfire, or out doing fieldwork. We’ve got a great lineup for you on today’s episode of RealAg Radio! You’ll hear: Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, with a Beef… Read More
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It’s finally Friday, and the RealAg team is ready for an Issues Panel! On today’s show, you’ll hear: Anne Wasko, with this week’s (bummer of a) Beef Market Update; Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith join host Shaun Haney for a couple of segments to talk about the hog industry’s ask this week, summer jobs, work… Read More
We’re heading in to the Easter weekend with just one more weekday to go! On today’s RealAg Radio episode, you’ll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney; Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange with the latest Beef Market Update, including the impacts of COVID-19 on the livestock sector,… Read More
It’s been a busy week, and we’re ending it off with some serious conversations. In today’s RealAg Radio show, with host Shaun Haney: It’s been an ugly week for live cattle markets, largely driven by fear of the coronavirus. Is there a bottom? Where is it? Anne Wasko, of Gateway Livestock, joins the show for… Read More
Provincially inspected abattoirs have until the end of April to apply for part of a $2 million Ontario fund aimed at improving food safety, animal welfare, and biosecurity measures at their operations. Available through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP), eligible projects may include: capital upgrades for enhanced food safety, improvements in the safe handling and… Read More
Happy Friday, everyone! We’ve got two of three major provincial farm shows in the can for this year. Next week: FarmTech. But first, on today’s show hear: Jim Bagshaw joins to share what’s exciting about the Alliance Seed portfolio for wheat, barley, and durum; How steady prices are in beef and cattle markets, the latest… Read More
It’s not every radio show that starts with the host discussing their first experience consuming bone marrow. But that’s why we’re one of your favourites, right? Shaun Haney is taking his own advice this week, and challenging himself to try new things. He’s also covering the top ag news solo, and sharing some thought-provoking feedback… Read More
Grain markets finished the week before Christmas mostly all in the green as follow-on technical buying and physical buying pushed the complex higher. Meanwhile there is still some uncertainty about how the trade deals are going to be executed, namely the $50 billion in agriculture purchases that President Trump has said China would buy. This… Read More
Before we begin, a shout out to our southern counterparts celebrating Thanksgiving today. Then, with RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney, hear: How a beef processing plant closure is hurting Ontario producers, with Joe Hill, president of Beef Farmers of Ontario; A product spotlight with Jamie Pegg of Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd.; and An update on… Read More
The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef held its general assembly at Christchurch, New Zealand, last week. As chair of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, Anne Wasko was there and shares her insight and experience below: As the current chair of Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB), I was pleased to represent CRSB at the… Read More
Although there’s no official statement released on the prime ministers website yet, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tweeted out that Canadian pork and beef exports to China will resume. To note, the prime minister thanks newly appointed Ambassador to China, Dominic Barton. He’s had the position since September 4th, and was quoted saying, “The relationship… Read More
First off, host Shaun Haney describes two instances where grade-school textbooks are not precisely accurate in their portrayal of ag challenges. Have you ever been shocked by something you saw in a textbook or in a magazine? Get in touch! (Details below.) Then, on the show: The top ag news with RealAgriculture’s Lyndsey Smith; The… Read More
Interested in having a RealAg personality speak at your event? Get in touch, says host Shaun Haney off the hop. Then, on this episode of RealAg Radio: A end-of-week banter with RealAgriculture’s Lyndsey Smith; Perspective on the grain markets, with FarmLead’s Brennan Turner; How do cattle prices compare to this time last year? Anne Wasko,… Read More
Lyndsey Smith gets one last chance to be the host with the most and kicks off the show with a little encouragement to bring some joy in to your everyday. Ten, on today’s show you’ll hear: Top ag news with Jessika Guse Cassandra Tkachuk, with the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, talks soybean cyst nematode… Read More
First off, a big thank you to Kara Oosterhuis, for another amazing summer with RealAgriculture, we wish you the best of luck heading back to post-secondary! It’s Labour Day long weekend, and you can look forward to a Monday show dedicated to human resource and labour discussion. But first, in today’s show: Top ag news… Read More