What’s a Thursday without a discussion about ticks? Well, probably just fine, but stand-in host of RealAg Radio, Lyndsey Smith, wants you to be tick smart and NOT end up with a red meat allergy. Listen to today’s radio show (also featuring the top ag news and Wheat Pete’s Word), for more: Have feedback? Story… Read More
It’s the first day of Calgary Stampede, and host Shaun Haney starts off the show with a big thanks to the volunteers who work to bring agriculture to the city. Then you’ll hear: The top ag news with RealAgriculture’s Jessika Guse; and, An issues Panel – Andrew Campbell, Jeff English, and Lyndsey Smith join to… Read More
Tuesday’s RealAg Radio is all about pests and policy — but perhaps not the pests you commonly think of. On this episode, host Lyndsey Smith speaks with: Jessika Guse, with the news; Sylvain Charlebois, about the national food policy; Ryan Brook, about wild hogs in Saskatchewan; and, Bern Tobin asks Albert Tenuta about what farmers… Read More
Happy Friday! Today on the show you’ll hear: Top ag news with RealAgriculture’s Jessika Guse. We want to hear from you: should Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reach out to Chinese President Xi Jinping for a meeting at the upcoming G-20 in Japan? Perceptions of agriculture could shape election issues this fall – RealAgriculture’s Bernard Tobin… Read More
Happy Friday! For today’s RealAg Radio show, host Shaun Haney has the following guests: RealAgriculture’s news lead, Jessika Guse with the top ag news stories of the day; Robin Speer with Prostate Cancer Canada is in to explain the #PlaidForDad campaign; J.P. Gervais, chief economist with Farm Credit Canada discusses interest rates; and, RealAgriculture’s Lyndsey… Read More
What does everyone want on their birthday? A day off. RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney didn’t quite manage that, but he did manage to get the day free from the radio show. Pinch-hitter, Lyndsey Smith steps in for Thursday’s episode of the show. On it, you’ll hear from: A double shot of news with Jessika… Read More
On Wednesday’s RealAg Radio show, host Shaun Haney has the following guests: RealAgriculture’s Jessika Guse with the top ag news stories of the day; Kelsey Johnson of iPolitics discusses the latest happenings on the hill; and, RealAgriculture’s Ontario field editor, Lyndsey Smith is in for another segment of Buying and Selling. We’re on Spotify! Be… Read More
Some things are a fad — like fanny packs — whose popularity seems inexplicable, but wanes quickly. A fad, even as terrible as a fanny pack, can and does come full circle, as it is now, but it’s rare that its popularity will stand the test of time. A trend, however, is usually larger, more… Read More
It’s not often the RealAg content team gets together in real life, but when we do, it’s time to record an entire RealAg Radio show! On today’s show the content team of Shaun Haney, Jessika Guse, Kara Oosterhuis, Bern Tobin and Lyndsey Smith (just missing Peter Johnson!) tackle: Trade and Canada’s unenviable position; Whether the… Read More
In this week’s Beef Market Update, Gateway Livestock Exchange’s Anne Wasko joins host Lyndsey Smith to talk about fed cattle markets, Canadian beef production demand, protein markets, and price insurance. “Usually by May, we can safely say in about eight or nine years out of ten, you’ve likely placed the highs for our fed cattle… Read More
Wrapping up day five of hosting the show, Lyndsey Smith might have out-done herself with today’s lineup. From two RealAggies, and on to a beef market update, planting review, and a frank discussion on animal rights activists, this is a show you don’t want to miss. You’ll hear from: New (but not new) field editor… Read More
Several Ontario producer groups and at least one lawyer are sounding the alarm on animal rights activists getting off scot-free in the province. Livestock producer groups are speaking out after a court decision this week to drop charges against an animal rights activist who recorded her trespassing on a Lucan-area hog farm multiple times in… Read More
It takes a certain boldness to ask a very visibly pregnant woman to leave her job of several years for a risky, completely new role. But in late 2011, Shaun Haney knew he needed an editor and writer full time to take a fledgling RealAgriculture to the next level. That person was Lyndsey Smith, then… Read More
On today’s episode of RealAg Radio, host Lyndsey Smith laments the bad day that was yesterday, the flooding in some areas, the frost, and freezing in others, and the joy of having a safe place to land in among it all. You’ll hear from: Jessika Guse, with the News with Guse, including how the snow… Read More
When RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney is away, Lyndsey Smith takes over the broadcaster’s chair (on a big cushion to reach the mic). On today’s show, you’ll hear from: Occasional host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Jessika Guse for the top ag news; Scott Reinhart, with Trimble, talks about the new FarmerCore offering; Neil Helfrich,… Read More