When it comes to cover crops in Ontario, the three leading options for farmers tend to be red clover frost-seeded into wheat, oats after wheat, and the versatile cereal rye, which fits lots of spots that call for cover. There are also a host of other cover crops that make up multiple species mixes, as... Read More

Welcome and thanks for tuning in to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by: RealAgriculture's in-house agronomist, Peter Johnson on manganese, residue management and more; Garth Whyte of Genesis Fertilizers in our spotlight interview; and, Kristin Thompson of the Beef Cattle Research Council on dried distillers grains from the latest... Read More

Kansas City-based Bartlett Grain Company has announced a plan to acquire Ceres Global Ag Corp. and take the publicly-traded grain company private in a deal worth US$140.1 million. Ceres is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, and operates facilities at 10 locations in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, North Dakota, and Minnesota, with 29 million bushels of storage capacity.... Read More

By Tyler McCann, managing director of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI)   Canada's new Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Heath MacDonald arrives at a time when farmers and processors are facing more uncertainty—and more opportunity—than at any point in a generation. Prime Minister Carney has said his new cabinet reflects Canada’s “hinge moment.” Agriculture may... Read More

Drake Meats has announced plans to build a 53,000 square foot state-of-the-art meat processing facility in Saskatoon, Sask., capable of producing more than eight million kilograms of pork and beef products annually. The family-owned consumer-packaged meat company, founded in 1949 as a co-operative meat locker in Drake, Saskatchewan, produces a vast line of products including... Read More

Thanks for tuning in for the Friday Edition of RealAg Radio! On today's episode, host Shaun Haney speaks with new Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Heath MacDonald who shares his commitment to getting his boots on the ground on farms across the country and ensuring his cabinet colleagues understand the economic value of agriculture. Afterward,... Read More