As the use of data to manage farm operations increases with both the availability and adoption of new technology, so does the farmers’ trust in sharing this data with suppliers. In November of 2022, RealAgristudies partnered with Farm Credit Canada to learn more about how farmers’ feelings towards the usage and sharing of their data… Read More
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A new year often brings out the resolutions, plans, and ambitions for the year ahead. Every two months, the RealAgristudies Insights Panel will weigh in on the Canadian Farmer Sentiment index. Beginning in September 2022, the index measures how farmers are feeling — either positive or negative — on a range of issues, including crop… Read More
The Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index launched in September, asking nearly one thousand farmers a wide-range of questions on how they felt about marketing capacity, the direction of the agriculture industry in general, and the capability of governments to navigate the current political landscape. Now, in our first look at how sentiment may have changed after… Read More
The technology that allows for varying seed and fertilizer has evolved well past on/off sectional control, despite less-than-widespread adoption of the tool. Any new agronomic tech has to solve a problem, save time, or make more yield in order to earn its way onto farms. That said, if regulations require a certain outcome, such as… Read More
Canadian farmers are very concerned about the impact managing fertilizer emissions through regulation may have on farm profitability. Over 900 farmers from the Insights Panel responded to the RealAgristudies Fertilizer Emissions Survey and offered their concerns, insight, and action on the topic of emissions reductions. 68 per cent of respondents noted they were “very concerned”… Read More
It’s said that when the U.S. sneezes, Canada catches a cold. But is that really true of all things? Until now, Canada hasn’t had its own farmer sentiment index, like farmers have in the U.S., and so the industry has been left to extrapolate how Canadians feel about the state of agriculture from our southern… Read More
Most of the RealAgristudies surveys focus solely on a current situation or soon-to-happen event. But in late July, we decided it was as good a time as any to take a look back, before we asked about the here and now. That’s because August 1, 2022, marked a full decade since Stephen Harper’s Conservative government… Read More
In late June, RealAgristudies surveyed more than 600 farmers on adoption rates of business risk management programs, perceptions on usefulness, and opinions on what modifications are needed to the Ag Policy Framework (APF). This week, we’ll finally get a peek at the next generation APF. Will the changes and updates be what farmers wanted? To… Read More
The next Agriculture Policy Framework is set to roll out in April 2023, and ministers meet next week in Saskatoon to hash out what the next version of funding and programming will look like for Canada’s agriculture industry. As the deadline approaches for changes to business risk management programs and choosing funding priorities, we asked… Read More
Purchases of diesel fuel happens several times a year on nearly all Canadian farms, and yet, it’s a purchase that is rarely hedged. That’s according to the latest RealAgristudies survey on diesel fuel purchasing, which wrapped in late May. Regardless of acreage or gross income level, most farms don’t have more than 25 per cent… Read More
Larger farms store a greater portion of fuel needs at any given time, and most farmers don’t shop prices before a fill up. Those are just two findings of the latest RealAgristudies survey, answered by 750 members of the Insights Panel in mid-May, 2022. Co-founders of RealAgristudies, Shaun Haney and Justin Funk, explore the questions… Read More
Wow, last day of May already! We are going to end the month on a high note with today’s show. We are talking about everything from trade issues with Carlo Dade with Canada West Foundation to checking in with Jimmi-Lee Jackson of Bayer and chatting about their fungicide, Proline GOLD. Lastly, we’ll have Justin Funk… Read More
Just ahead of the busy planting and seeding season, another almost-as-important season began: hockey playoff season. Here at RealAgriculture, we know hockey plays a key role in the rural experience, in our communities, and our relationships, especially when it comes to friendly rivalries over our favourite teams. To honour the very important playoff season, RealAgriculture’s… Read More
The RealAgristudies Inflation Survey 2022 garnered an incredible amount of interest from the Insights Panel. In all, over 850 people participated in this proprietary survey launched April 5, 2022, weighing in on the concerns surrounding inflation, interest rates, and rising input costs of farmers. Below, Shaun Haney and Justin Funk, who lead RealAgristudies, dive in… Read More
In the face of prolonged uncertainty, many farmers aren’t sure if the fertilizer required for the 2022 planting and seeding season will arrive in time. There’s an added layer of uncertainty in regards to what the final price tag will be when the fertilizer does arrive, as well. In late March, the RealAgristudies Insights Panel… Read More