The evolution of nitrogen emission policy in Canada is, well, a bit of a dog’s breakfast. There’s overarching emissions targets, there are several regulations and standards to follow, plus, there’s funding and support to achieve some of this — all tallied up in a ledger that’s controversial (and confusing) in where numbers are added in,… 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

Thanks for listening to RealAg Radio! Join Shaun Haney, Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner as they discuss all things from The Calgary Stampede, including cowboy hats, interest rate hikes and farm land values, plus farmer protests in the Netherlands, re: emissions and livestock reductions, and productivity in agriculture and the environment. Thoughts on something we talked… 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

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 February, the seed industry participated in a three-day Seed Summit over the course of three Mondays. The summit brought together the entire value chain to discuss and answer some questions that have been top of mind between seed sellers and buyers, including what it means to meet the needs of producers. RealAgriculture founder and… Read More

Recently, RealAgriculture’s founder Shaun Haney joined Jeff Sammut, host of the program Canada Now on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks channel, to talk about the upcoming election from an agriculture perspective. One of the main questions was: have those that are running for the Prime Minister’s office done enough to appeal to those that grow or… Read More

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA)’s National Agriculture Leaders debate hit the airwaves at 7 pm E Thursday night for 90 minutes of lively banter between the four participants: NDP: Alistair MacGregor, Critic for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, MP for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford CPC: Dave Epp, MP for Chatham-Kent—Leamington BQ: Yves Perron, Critic for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, MP… Read More

 

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