It's Thursday — you know the drill. It's time for a Farmer Rapid Fire. On today's episode of RealAg Radio, you'll hear: John Wiebe Dykstra of Salisbury, N.B. who runs a dairy operation and is hauling in pricey round bales; Josh Boersen of Stratford, Ont., where they're a lot further from putting corn in the... Read More
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Pulse Canada's president, Greg Cherewyk, will step up as leader of Pulse Canada, April 1, 2021. Long-time CEO Gord Bacon has announced his retirement from the role after 25 years with the organization. “Greg Cherewyk is a respected leader, is well known to Canadian pulse growers, traders and processors. He will, without a doubt, continue... Read More
Happy Thanksgiving to our American listeners! If you're carving up your turkey or putting the marshmallows on your sweet potatoes (editor's note: why though?), thanks for tuning in! If it's a regular day in Canada for you, we appreciate you being here. There's a new question of the week for this Thursday's Farmer Rapid Fire:... Read More
By many accounts, if the sun shines and the creek don't rise, there's a monster spring wheat crop coming in the west. But don't just take our word for it; mounting evidence from several sources points to a rather large spring wheat supply building in Western Canada. Jon Driedger, senior market analyst with LeftField Commodity... Read More
How is it Thursday already? Those long weekends can really throw the timing off. But you know what today means — Farmer Rapid Fire here on RealAg Radio. This Thursday's segment brings together: Murray Froebe from near Carman, Man.; Scott Keller from New Norway, Alta.; Corey Loessin from Radisson, Sask.; and, Ken Schaus from near... Read More
What a difference a couple of years make. It was not that long ago Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SaskPulse) was sitting on a $30 million surplus and the projection was for the surplus to just get bigger and bigger. Now, after what may have been the most disruptive year in Saskatchewan's pulse growing history, reducing the... Read More
It's the middle of October and there is a lot of harvest yet to do in the Prairie Provinces. Many farmers got off to an early start, progress was ahead of schedule, and then things ground to a halt. No one knows for sure, but back of the envelope estimates conservatively put the value of... Read More
The majority of Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission members at the group's annual meeting in Saskatoon on Wednesday voted in favour of a resolution to join Cereals Canada. The commission is notably absent from the list of producer organizations that are already members of the national group that aims to "ensure a profitable and vibrant future... Read More