Merry Christmas and welcome to today's edition of RealAg Radio! On today's show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith of RealAgriculture and Tyler McCann of CAPI for today's RealAg Issues Panel. On today's show, the panel takes a look back at 2025 and discusses international issues, the biggest surprises, and... Read More
Year: 2025
Welcome to this Christmas Eve edition of RealAg Radio with your host Shaun Haney! On today’s show, Haney is joined by: JP Frossard of Rabobank on how the rise of GLP-1 use impacts food consumption trends; and Antoine Bernet of Bayer Crop Science Canada on innovation and the canola’s future. Merry Christmas, everyone and have... Read More
The National Index on Agri-Food Performance provides a consolidated picture of sustainability across Canada’s agri-food system. It brings together the most current national data to show where the system is improving, where it is holding steady, and where challenges remain. Just as importantly, it maps the data gaps and limitations that prevent a complete picture... Read More
Palmer amaranth and waterhemp are two weeds that prairie growers may not yet be familiar with, but that may soon change. According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research scientist Dr. Shaun Sharpe, these two weeds should be on farmers' and agronomists' radar as these invasive species continue their slow push north. Sharpe says in the... Read More
It’s the final Word of 2025, landing just in time for Christmas! In this special year-end episode, Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson shares agronomic insights with a philosophical twist — encouraging rest, reconnection, and a deeper look at the long-term impacts of what we do, both in the field and in life. Have a question you’d... Read More
Welcome to today's edition of RealAg Radio with your host Shaun Haney! Today's show is brought to you by Sask Crops and the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan. Today's show focuses on strengthening grain market transparency in Canada through weekly reports for grain exports. For this discussion, Haney is joined by: Jeremy Welter of APAS;... Read More
As artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT gain traction across agriculture, questions are growing about where they fit — and where they fall short — in agronomic decision-making. That is the focus of this Pulse School episode hosted by Amber Bell, joined by RealAgriculture’s Lyndsey Smith, examining how ChatGPT stacks up against experienced agronomists when answering... Read More
The U.S. has banned the sale of certain unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), such as foreign-made drones, citing "unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States and to the safety and security of U.S. persons." Devices and/or drone parts listed on a sanctioned "Covered List" are prohibited from receiving Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorization... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Peter "Bah Humbug" Johnson of RealAg and Mike "Ho Ho Ho" Palmier of MNP Ag Intellect to review the 2025 growing season and discuss top agronomic issues, challenges and wins or surprises from spring, summer, and fall! This episode of The Agronomists is... Read More
Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio with your host Lyndsey Smith! On today's show, Smith is joined by: Saskatchewan Agronomist Kerry Nell on underseeding red clover into canola; Stuart Person of MNP for a spotlight interview; Jodi DeJong-Hughes of the University of Minnesota on the power of organic matter; and Meghan Vankosky... Read More