May Day, May Day, yes, it’s May! On this edition of RealAg Radio, host Shaun Haney covers the top ag news, then is joined by ThinkShift’s Jeff English, Strathroy dairy farmer Andrew Campbell, and RealAgriculture’s Lyndsey Smith. For the issues panel, they discuss: Why more small processors isn’t a slam-dunk fix to the livestock processing… Read More
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It’s finally Friday, and the RealAg team is ready for an Issues Panel! On today’s show, you’ll hear: Anne Wasko, with this week’s (bummer of a) Beef Market Update; Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith join host Shaun Haney for a couple of segments to talk about the hog industry’s ask this week, summer jobs, work… Read More
Is the dust beginning to fly where you are at? Let us know! We’ve got a great line-up for you on today’s episode of RealAg Radio. On today’s show, you’ll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney; Lyndsey Smith of RealAgriculture, on a recent story she wrote on stacked… Read More
It’s Friday, and boy, are we ever glad it is! We hope you enjoyed your week, wherever you may be. On today’s episode of RealAg Radio, you’ll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney; A RealAg issues panel with Lyndsey Smith, field editor with RealAgriculture, Jeff English of ThinkShift,… Read More
We just want to say thank-you from everyone at RealAgriculture for tuning into our mid-week show! On today’s episode of RealAg Radio, you’ll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney; RealAgriculture’s Lyndsey Smith pops in for a quick recap of agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau’s video press conference; Dennis Laycraft… Read More
Happy Easter to those celebrating this weekend! Today’s radio show features: The top ag news with host Shaun Haney; An interview with Ontario ag minister Ernie Hardeman; and, An issues panel with Shaun, Kelvin Heppner, and Lyndsey Smith, where they discuss Easter traditions, closed livestock processors and animal welfare concerns, money for summer help, and… Read More
It’s been a long year this week, hasn’t it? Welcome to Friday’s RealAg Radio, where we’re all trying to keep up with just how wide-spread the economic carnage of COVID-19 will be. Joining host Shaun Haney on today’s show are: Andrew Campbell, Ontario dairy farmer and occasional host of the show; Jeff English, now with… Read More
It’s the end of a very long week, and RealAg Radio is going to send you into the weekend with a great show! On today’s episode, you’ll hear: The top ag news with host Shaun Haney; Patrick De Haan, chief petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, on diesel prices and what a slowdown on demand could mean;… Read More
It’s been a heck of a week, so we figured we might as well end it off with a bang. Today’s show is one you won’t want to miss. You’ll hear: Patti Durand of Farm Credit Canada, with a breakdown of the tools you have to build your succession plan on the farm that you… Read More
On today’s show — recorded live from the Lethbridge studio — you’ll hear: Top ag news of the day with news lead Jessika Guse; An update from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s AGM with Ontario field editor, Lyndsey Smith; and Patti Miller, chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission, on her decision to step down… Read More
On this Friday edition of RealAg Radio, stand-in host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Jessika Guse for a double helping of ag news you can use; Sean Finn, executive vice president of corporate affairs with CN Rail, on the end of some rail blockades — though not all — and how long it will take… Read More
Lyndsey Smith is back in the host seat with this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio. On today’s show: Rick White, with the Canadian Canola Growers Association, on developing a grain farmer Code of Practice; A recent poll on how the average Canadian feels about the rail blockades; Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, with this week’s Wheat… Read More
RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney is (mostly) on holiday this week, so it’s Lyndsey Smith sitting in as occasional host. On today’s show: The top ag news with Jessika Guse, including the introduction of private member’s bill regarding farm trespassing and changes to the carbon tax; Eric Broadbent with Kinze, on the company’s high-speed planter;… Read More
If you’re looking for a little snack and happen to be standing in a patch of weeds, it’s entirely possible the plants at your feet are edible — maybe even tasty. If you’re looking for help on which one to eat, you might be surprised to learn that Ontario’s weed specialist can tell you not… Read More
Happy Friday, everyone! We’ve got two of three major provincial farm shows in the can for this year. Next week: FarmTech. But first, on today’s show hear: Jim Bagshaw joins to share what’s exciting about the Alliance Seed portfolio for wheat, barley, and durum; How steady prices are in beef and cattle markets, the latest… Read More