Tag: Bernard Tobin

Despite an extremely dry September that played havoc with plant establishment, the winter wheat crop across Ontario appears to be packing plenty of yield potential as it heads into the dormant winter months.RealAgriculture agronomist Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson says the crop is not as big as he had hoped — estimates peg it between 1.06… Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this mid-week episode of RealAg Radio, brought to you by Farmers Edge. Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Karen Proud with Fertilizer Canada on the permanent changes to the Canada Labour Code; Micheal Harvey with Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance on Canada deciding to place tariffs on China EV’s and steel;… Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s show, guest host Lyndsey Smith is joined by RealAgriculture’s resident agronomist Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson to discuss a number of topics including: cool conditions and corn, tissue testing wheat, Group 14 resistant ragweed, and fall weed control results. We will then… Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio brought to you by Lakeland College. On today’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Kara Oosterhuis, Bernard Tobin, and Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson for an agronomic panel. They discuss a number of topics including: Spring moisture; Winter wheat; Old wives tales, and much… Read More

Long-time contributor Bernard Tobin is now a full-time member of the RealAgriculture team. The Newfoundland native, who grew up on a dairy farm just outside St. John’s, has had a seat on the RealAgriculture bus for more than 10 years, but he’s always lent his talents to other media and communications projects as well. Over… Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio. Guest host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Heather Watson of Farm Management Canada, to discuss farm succession stories. As well, you’ll hear a clip from the Ontario Agriculture Conference with Bernard Tobin of RealAgriculture and Susan Fitzgerald of the Ontario Certified Crop Advisors. As… Read More

Every year around this time, I start thinking it’s time to reflect. Reflect on the last year, the good, the not-so-great, and most of all — what I’m thankful for. I have started this more than a handful of times over the course of the last couple of days. So, I’ve turned on my favourite… Read More

Welcome to this Agronomic…Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio. We’re live and in person again today for day three of our RealAg Summit — so needless to say, there’s a couple of laughs on today’s show. On today’s episode featuring host Shaun Haney and panelists Kara Oosterhuis, Bernard Tobin, and Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, you’ll hear… Read More

It’s time to wrap up the 2021 growing season, with a discussion on the most challenging agronomic topics of the year: from soil management, to determining yield capacity, to managing plant growth regulators. For this special year-end edition of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Jeremy Boychyn with the Alberta Wheat and Barley… Read More

We try to keep each other on our toes here at RealAgriculture. So, we’re switching things up a bit for today’s RealAg LIVE! Joining our appointed host Kara Oosterhuis today, we’ve got some of the members of our content team: Bernard Tobin, Lara de Moissac, Lyndsey Smith, and Shaun Haney. What are we talking about… Read More