Sitting on multiple boards during a lifetime is an invaluable experience. Having dedicated board members involved in policy and agriculture commissions can spark real change for agriculture in Canada. Jeff Nielsen spent time as a director of the Alberta Barley Commission, and as the chair — through the position’s various names — of Grain Growers… Read More
Welcome to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! We appreciate you taking time to tune in. Today’s show features an issues panel with RealAg’s Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner, joined by Alberta farmer Jeff Nielsen. They’ll be talking about: Implementing tech on the farm; What’s going on between Canada and India with regards to vaccines… Read More
Happy Friday! Thanks for tuning in today, where we’ve got a great RealAg issues panel in store for you. You’ll hear from Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture, and Jeff Nielsen, former chair of Alberta Barley. They’re going to talk about: The recently announced federal climate plan; What Jeff Nielsen will do in his… Read More
The Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) have elected a new executive board for the upcoming year. Andre Harpe will take a spot as the new chair, and William van Tassel and Brendan Phillips as vice-chairs. Harpe, who farms in Valhalla Centre, Alta., says he looks forward to continuing the organization’s rich history of representing grain… Read More
Today’s episode of RealAg Radio is filled with a RealAg Issues Panel! On today’s panel, you’ll hear a discussion featuring issues such as the Canadian Emergency Business Account (CEBA), the seed industry, harvest 2020, the Conservative leadership race, lobbying as one voice, and so much more, featuring; Jeff Nielsen of the Grain Growers of Canada;… Read More
Editor’s note: The federal government announced an extension of the application window through the Ministry of Finance on August 31. The deadline to apply to the Canadian Emergency Business Account (CEBA) is Monday, August 31. With just days to go before the application window closes, many in agriculture, including producer groups, are calling on the… Read More
We have a special edition of RealAg Radio on this Monday! Today we are going to take a bit of a trip down memory lane to reminisce a bit. This past week we had Jeff Nielsen, previous board director for the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB), current chair of Grain Growers of Canada, and farmer from… Read More
For those just starting their careers in agriculture, it might seem strange to think that one of the most controversial topics in the past was about whether or not farmers could sell their own wheat and barley to an end user. Just eight years ago, the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) had its single desk removed…. Read More
Although there are still talks happening behind closed doors, progress of the business risk management program (BRM) review feels as though it’s slow-moving. At this year’s CropConnect conference held at Winnipeg, Man., the topic was acknowledged by federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, but there was no mention of action — which is what most are… Read More
Today’s show starts with an update from host Shaun Haney on the continued controversy surrounding rail blockades. Then: The future of business risk management (BRM) programs, with Jeff Nielsen, Grain Growers of Canada, and Jack Froese, Canadian Canola Growers; Will we see more grower group amalgamations in the future? Fred Greig, Manitoba Wheat and Barley… Read More
A Conservative Member of Parliament from southern Ontario tabled legislation in the House of Commons on Tuesday that would remove the carbon tax from fuels used for drying grain and heating on farms. The private member’s bill, which would amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, was introduced by Philip Lawrence, MP for Northumberland—Peterborough South…. Read More
The Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) has withdrawn its membership from national policy organization Grain Growers of Canada. GFO had only recently joined the organization in 2018, at the same time as SaskFlax and Productuers du Grains du Quebec. Markus Haerle, chair of GFO, says his organization left, in part, due to the lack of… Read More
The Canadian government has introduced legislation to implement the new trade deal between Canada, the United States, and Mexico — the last of the three countries to do so. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled Bill C-4, formally known as An Act to implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the… Read More
Although RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney had a bit of an oopsie yesterday, today is in fact Wednesday. Today on the show: RealAgriculture’s news lead, Jessika Guse with the top agriculture news of the day; Janice Gross Stein, founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs explains where Canada is headed and the challenges… Read More
Less than a day after the Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture had their meeting in Ottawa, farm groups are expressing their frustration with the lack of results from the meeting. Many feel as though the group missed the mark to address key concerns after a lot of producers dealt with a brutal harvest for the… Read More
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