Year: 2025

There’s a lot more in a jug of crop protection product than just the active ingredient, and understanding what’s in the mix can have a big impact on performance in the field. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Canola School, Sean McKnight, technical marketing manager with BASF and self-proclaimed “herbicide nerd,” goes into detail about the... Read More

Thanks for tuning in for this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s show, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Peter Johnson, resident agronomist with RealAgriculture, to discuss fixing deficiencies with foliar applications (or not), winter canola heading towards harvest, and decisions about double cropping and cover cropping. Plus, Shane Strydhorst of Pulse Canada... Read More

Back in the days of summer fallow, rye covered more that three million acres of cropland annually in Canada. One of the reasons the crop lost its luster is lack of innovation, but with the arrival of commercial hybrid rye a decade ago and the recent emergence of new hybrids from the plant breeding pipeline,... Read More

What do barley, a farm near Red Deer, and the phrase “craft beer is going to save the world” have in common? Matt Hamill, president of Alberta's Red Shed Malting, ties it all together with a grassroots approach to value-added farming. Speaking from FarmVoice in Calgary, Hamill shares how Red Shed was born out of... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to RealAg on the Weekend! On this episode, hear from: Anne Wasko, with the Beef Market Update; Agronomist Colleen Redlick on improving moisture conditions; Farmer Pat Kunz on dry conditions; and, Shane Strydhorst on assessing nodulation success in pulse crops. Haney also discusses his favourite rodeo events. What's yours? Let us... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio, and a very happy Fourth of July to our American friends! On today’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Anne Wasko for the Beef Market Update, and then RealAgriculture's Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith pop on for the Friday Issues Panel. Topics up... Read More

As shifting market dynamics tighten margins and challenge growth expectations, the agricultural sector may be on the cusp of another wave of consolidation, perhaps driven more by necessity than ambition. In just the last two weeks, the North American ag sector has seen a seed company merger and the completion of a grain and crush... Read More

Come one, come all, buckaroos! In the spirit of the Calgary Stampede and all our other favourite local events, we want to know — what's your favourite rodeo event to watch?

Canada fleabane can be a real pain for edible bean growers growers but University of Guelph weed scientist Dr. Isabelle Aicklen is looking to change that. Earlier this year, Aicklen was named the new Ontario Bean Growers professor in weed management at the University of Guelph and one of her first priorities is to tackle... Read More

Whether it’s chickpeas, fabas, lentils, or peas, proper nodulation is key to ensuring a healthy, nitrogen-fixing pulse crop, and it all starts early in the season. Achieving that happens pre-seeding, with proper inoculation. But what happens if nodules don't form? In this episode of RealAgriculture's Pulse School, Shane Strydhorst of Pulse Canada and Alberta Pulse... Read More