Thanks for tuning in to RealAg on the Weekend! Host Shaun Haney discusses his trip to the Nutrien potash mine as well as the RealAgristudies survey data on which U.S. presidential candidate will have a better impact on Canadian agriculture. Haney is then joined by Justin Shepherd and Graeme Crosbie, both senior economists with Farm… Read More
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Discussions surrounding different agricultural policies and their impacts on Canadian industry have been a common theme in the last while. A few of those policies that could end up having a notable impact are three that are in the process of being introduced in the United States. In an interview about these three policies and… Read More
Hops might possibly be the most intensive crop you could grow in Canada, and aren’t for the faint of heart. Growing hops commercially has gotten a lot of attention in the last five years on the Prairies with the influx of craft breweries. Previously, hops were mainly grown in Ontario and British Columbia, and, in… Read More
Why is ethanol important to agriculture, the environment, and consumers? On this episode of the Corn School, RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin travels to the Honda Indy in Toronto for a firsthand look at how Ontario grain farmers are reaching out to consumers to increase understanding of biofuels and the role farmers play in powering cars in the… Read More