Some weeks just require more. More energy, more coffee, more phone calls, more discussion. This week started with president-elect Donald Trump announcing a planned 25 per cent tariff on ALL goods coming into the U.S. There’s an on-going Canada Post strike. The House of Commons finally got one singular thing done late Thursday and passed… Read More
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As the Canadian harvest season gets underway, there’s a noticeable shift in farmer sentiment across the country. That’s according to the latest Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index, gathered in July from over 500 farmers. Justin Funk and Shaun Haney, co-founders of RealAgristudies, are here to unpack the July 2024 results, touching on key topics such as… Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this special issues panel Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio. First off, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Christine McCraken of Rabobank to discuss the hog markets. Smith is then joined by Kelvin Heppner and Shaun Haney, both of RealAgriculture, and Tyler McCann with the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI), for… Read More
For the late April intake of the Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index survey, RealAgristudies asked the Insights Panel some hard-hitting questions, such as “Who do you NOT want to win the Stanley Cup?” From there, though, we jumped back in to the same questions asked in previous surveys to plot a trend line for several topics… Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange for the Beef Market Update. Smith is then joined by Shaun Haney, Kelvin Heppner, and Ontario farmer Andrew Campbell for the RealAg Issues Panel. They discuss a number of topics including:… Read More
Say what you want about the state of farm transition in Canada, but the numbers don’t lie: farm business transition from one owner to the next is a huge deal both in dollar figures and families involved. According to Farm Management Canada, about 75 per cent of farm businesses are set to transition to new… Read More
It’s time for our “Tuesdays with Lyndsey” edition of RealAg Radio. Today is farm transition appreciation day, so host Lyndsey Smith will chat all things farm transition with Trevor MacLean of MNP. She will also be joined by Shaun Haney with Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index insights on farm retirement, management transitions, and where Canadian farm… Read More
The Bank of Canada considers several economic factors each month as it decides on what to do with the overnight rate. The overnight rate has risen from 0.5% in March of 2022 to 5% by mid-2023, however the BoC has held firm on the rate for a few months now. Expectations are for a decrease… Read More
On this episode of RealAg Radio, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodity Research to discuss the pea markets and the impact of Canada’s relationship with India on trade; Thijs Verploegen with CLAAS on their new CLAAS connect; A clip from our new Farming Forward series on advanced grazing with Steve… Read More
It’s time to breakdown the hottest political topics here at home and with our neighbours to the south with D.C. policy analyst for Pro Farmer, Jim Wiesemeyer. In this podcast, Wiesemeyer and Haney jump in to a myriad of cross-border issues, shedding light on current political situations in both Canada and the U.S. (scroll to… Read More