Is it Wednesday already? In today’s episode of the show you’ll hear: The top ag news with RealAgriculture’s Jessika Guse; Thoughts on the upcoming planting season, with Southern Alberta farmer Kevin Serfas; About a new competitiveness study comparing Alberta’s beef industry to beef industries in three states, with Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association’s Janice Tranberg; and… Read More
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Today’s episode is a special one, featuring farmers from across Canada, with updates on crop conditions, harvest quality and yields, and much more. Hear from Kent Erickson and Kevin Serfas (Alberta); Rob Stone (Saskatchewan); Gunther Jochum (Manitoba); Peter Gredig and Shawn Schill (Ontario). Have feedback on the show? Connect with host Shaun Haney via email [email protected],… Read More
Host Shaun Haney is back from Las Vegas and ready to cover the top ag issues impacting your farm! In today’s RealAg Radio: You’ll hear the top ag news stories of the day with Jessika Guse We dip into the RealAg mail bag to hear your feedback and thoughts from email and the RealAg listener… Read More
In case you missed it, there are new rules and regulations regarding Class 1 driver training and licensing coming to Alberta March 1, 2019. The new rules — which significantly increase the number of training hours required to attain a Class 1 — were consulted on for one week last July. News to you? You’re… Read More
It’s the last day of January and the last day of FarmTech! Today’s, RealAg Radio show is a special one as news lead Jessika Guse gets to host the show for the very first time. Today’s guests include: •Tasha Kheiriddin, from the global news radio network, discusses all things politics, and what the key issues… Read More
FarmTech day two is has been filled with lots of intriguing discussions. For today’s RealAg Radio show, host Shaun Haney is live from the RealAg Lounge in the middle of hall E, if you haven’t already, be sure to swing by and say hello to the crew. Guests on today’s show include: Jessika Guse with… Read More
As 2018 ends, many want to forget about the tough harvest this past year. Everything from drought and high DON levels, to frost in August and snow in September — it all played a major factor of the stress of farming and hampered this year’s crop quality and tonnage. The wonky harvest caused a lot… Read More
There have definitely been some real challenges this growing season across many parts of the Prairies. Although some areas have received adequate moisture, the majority of acres have been under a drier bias when it comes to weather conditions. With this variability comes decision making, but you have to make sure you are getting out… Read More
Planters and drills are starting to roll across much of the country as we enter the second week of May, with concerns about moisture (a lack of moisture in the west, and too much in the east) growing. With the start of the new growing season, it’s time for Farmer Rapid Fire, where we chat… Read More
Spring has not sprung. Spring is still buried in the hole that the groundhog climbed back into. With a gross return to winter weather in the first week of April across much of Canada, farmers are facing the reality that it will likely be a later start this spring. But is panic setting in or… Read More
Planting and seeding (depending on your geography) is sort of underway across the country. The harvest of 2016 still lingers in some areas of northern and central Alberta and Saskatchewan. With rain hammering much of Ontario this week, planters getting going in Manitoba. Saskatchewan has more than its fair share of moisture, and around a… Read More
The 2015 growing season is not only in the books, it’s also up on YouTube. Thanks to UAVs, GoPro cameras and simple film-editing software, it’s become easier to capture breathtaking visuals from each growing season. So whether you’re dreaming of getting back into the field as the snow starts to fly, curious what kind of airseeder… Read More
Each farm has its own advantages that make it viable and competitive. So if you sit down and think about it, what’s one piece of technology that gives you that advantage? Or is there something that another farm is doing that you could implement to make your farm more competitive? Each stop on the TechTour… Read More
Who makes the best equipment salesperson — a former mechanic? How great is your local equipment dealer at trouble-shooting all the new tech and equipment in the tractor and combine cab? For this very special FarmTech edition of the Kickin’ Tires podcast, co-hosts Shaun Haney and Jim Hale are joined by spray application specialist and… Read More
Farming can be a strange business, even stranger can be some of the things you find in your field. From crop circles, artillery shells to burned up stolen vehicles (2 out of 3 were at Serfas Farms) farmers are always finding strange things popping out of the ground or left for no one to ever… Read More