For the next few days, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney is taking a look back at some of the leading stories and interviews of 2018. On this second day of January, we take a look back at some of the top discussions from the first three months of the year, featuring: A discussion with Dr…. Read More
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Happy New Year, listeners! Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson is back with the 191st episode of Wheat Pete’s Word and it could be the very first episode in months not to use that dreaded three-letter word (DON). Instead, this episode talks soil sampling and nutrient recommendation philosophies, dealing with ruts and wet fall conditions, winter manure… Read More
It’s serious business at the RealAgriculture as RealAg Radio host, Shaun Haney has a daunting question for news lead, Jessika Guse. Eggnog, yay or nay? You’ll have to listen to her answer as it might shock some of you and don’t worry the pair cover all your top ag news stories of the day which… Read More
What a Monday in the markets as British Prime Minister, Theresa May, drops a bombshell statement in the House of Commons postponing Parliament’s vote on Brexit. The uncertainty rocked the markets along with the news that the bail hearing for Huawei’s CFO should be concluded by the end of the day. In news with Guse,… Read More
It’s Agronomic Monday with a dash of News with Guse on this early December edition of RealAg Radio. Your host, Shaun Haney, covers all the top ag news stories of the day with Jessika Guse including: Presidents Trump and Xi meet during the G20 summit Saskatchewan tightens up its regulations around driving a semi SaskCanola… Read More
He sings, he dances, and he hosts a weekly agronomy podcast — the multi-talented Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson is back for this week’s edition of Wheat Pete’s Word, and we’ve got some major miles to cover on destroying a corn crop effectively. It’s heartbreaking, of course, but Agricrop is releasing some acres to be destroyed…. Read More
Thursday on RealAg Radio it’s a U.S. Thanksgiving show featuring a festive lineup. Barry Senft of the Grain Farmers of Ontario discusses marketing opportunities for the high DON corn crop. Ontario field editor, Bern Tobin, reports on the happenings at this weeks Ontario Federation of Agriculture and Canadian Weed Science Society meeting. Then, Matt Fagnou… Read More
To say it’s been a tough few weeks of harvest for Ontario growers would been an understatement, and Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson has a thrown out a challenge to all — call your neighbour, check in, let them talk or vent their frustration. We’re a community, after all. On that note, the RealAgriculture has questions… Read More
On today’s RealAg Radio show, host Shaun Haney talks to our in-house agronomist Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson. The pair go over the ups and downs of the Ontario harvest and how some farmers are still trying to get the crop off. News with Guse is back, and Jessika and Shaun have all the top ag… Read More
It’s agronomic Monday on the show and there are definitely many topics to cover. Best of luck to all of you that are still trying to finish harvest and for those of you that are done, its never too early to start the planning for 2019. Sherry Waddingham, president of Mindshift, a Toronto-based workplace communications… Read More
It’s the first week of November which means winter is getting much closer to settling in. Farmers continue to race against the calendar to finish harvest in parts of the country with some challenges. Today on the show: Shaun talks about his amazement of the success of Alabama football coach Nick Saban and his dedication… Read More
It might not yet be December, but when things are all said and done the story of the year in agriculture for 2018 will be the U.S./China trade war. We have seen a a tit-for-tat tariff battle, shifting of traditional export pathways, and increased subsidy programs attempting to cover market losses while longer-term repairs are in… Read More
As the calendar flips to November, farmers and livestock producers attempt to get as much work done outside before the snow starts to fly. Today on the show we have the top ag news of the day including the end of the road fro Greyhound, Trump tweets the market higher and Carr looks to educate… Read More
To open the show it was a belated two year birthday for RealAg Radio on Rural Radio 147. Its been a great two years and we look forward to many more. Jessika and Shaun discuss the breaking news in which Canada became the fifth country to ratify the CPTPP, making them part of what Shaun… Read More
When you don’t have something nice to say you’re supposed to say nothing at all, but if you’ve ever met Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson you already know that’s not his style. Besides, the Ontario corn crop is such a mess there’s no way to NOT talk about it. This week’s Wheat Pete’s Word isn’t all… Read More