Welcome to this Thursday, Farmer Rapid Fire edition of RealAg Radio, brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada. On today’s show you’ll hear from: Shawn Schill of Arthur, Ont.; A grain corn product spotlight with our show sponsor, Pioneer Seeds and area agronomist, Mike Weir; Ron Krahn of Brandon, Man.; and, Danny Ottenbreit of Grayson,… Read More
Welcome to this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio! And since it’s a Thursday, that means a Farmer Rapid Fire. On today’s show you’ll hear: Shawn Schill of Arthur, Ont., where the crops are looking good with just-in-time rains; Ron Krahn of Rivers, Man., where the excess rain from last year is really helping out this… Read More
Welcome to this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio; and because it’s Thursday that means a Farmer Rapid Fire! You’ll hear from: Alicia King of Antigonish, N.S. who is a seventh generation beef, sheep, and laying hen farmer, and a newcomer to the FRF!; Stewart Skinner of Listowel, Ont., who does the same thing 52 weeks… Read More
Welcome to this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio. If you’ve been tuning in for a while, normally you’re familiar with Farmer Rapid Fire on Thursdays, but today we’re excited to bring you something else: farmers are involved, but the whole show is on the Responsible Grain code of practice. You’ll hear from: Tyler Bjornson, executive… Read More
It’s Thursday, and that means we have a Farmer Rapid Fire! You’ll hear from: Stewart Skinner of Listowel, Ont; Ron Krahn of Rivers, Man; Danny Ottenbreit of Grayson, Sask; Tim Oleksyn of the Prince Albert area in Sask; and, Kevin Serfas of Southern Alta. Thoughts on something we talked about on the show? Connect with… Read More
Here at RealAgriculture, we truly appreciate you our listeners, so thanks for tuning in. It’s already October, and it’s a Thursday, which means it’s time for a Farmer Rapid Fire! On today’s show we’ll hear from: Mark Brock from Ontario; Ron Krahn from Manitoba; Danny Ottenbreit from Saskatchewan; Tim Oleksyn from Saskatchewan; and, Kevin Serfas… Read More
Thanks for tuning in on this Thursday to RealAg Radio. It’s time for Farmer Rapid Fire! Today you’re going to hear from farmers far and wide, geographically speaking: Mark Brock, Hensall, Ont; Ron Krahn, Rivers, Man; Danny Ottenbreit, Grayson, Sask; Kevin Serfas, Turin, Alta; Jessie Meyer, Woking, Alta; catch a product spotlight from Cory Willness… Read More
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for a Farmer Rapid Fire! Join host Shaun Haney as he “travels” across the country to see where farmers are at in the growing season. On today’s panel, you’ll hear: Kevin Serfas of Turin, Alta; Jesse Meyer of Peace River, Alta; Danny Ottenbreit of Grayson, Sask; Ron Krahn of… Read More
It’s Tuesday and the show is literally on the road. RealAgriculture’s TechTour 2019 kicks off today in Brandon, Manitoba. The four-day, four-cities, three-province tour features Realag Radio from the stage LIVE! (After the show they all get on a tour bus to head for Regina. After Regina tomorrow, it’s Lethbridge Thursday, and Red Deer on… 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
When five provincial crop associations in Manitoba announced they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to merge earlier this week, there was one commodity group notably absent. The Manitoba Canola Growers Association has issued a statement, explaining why its board has decided to monitor the merger discussions, but not participate in the MOU. “Canola… Read More
Despite a wet fall and the potential for flooding this spring, there’s definitely some optimism among Manitoba farmers heading into the 2017 planting season. Shaun sat down with three producers from across the southern portion of the province following the TechTour Live event in Brandon earlier this month. Kyle Friesen of Altona, Dwayne Leslie of Portage and Ron… Read More
In theory, price transparency is required for a free market to be efficient. In reality, farmers like to know they’re getting a fair value for their grain. A lack of transparency was seen by some producers as one of the reasons why the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly needed to be dismantled. That wish was granted… Read More