With tight planting windows and unpredictable spring conditions, getting crops off to a strong start is critical for Canadian growers. That’s where seed treatments and seed care innovation play a central role, says Ravi Ramachandran, head of R&D for crop protection at Syngenta. ? “I’ve been with Syngenta for 28 years,” Ramachandran says, noting that... Read More
Year: 2026
Welcome and thanks for tuning in to this week’s edition of RealAg on the Weekend with Shaun Haney! Broadcasting from Calgary, Alberta, your host Shaun Haney is joined by Tyler McCann, managing director of CAPI, and Saskatchewan farmer Daryl Fransoo to talk about profitability in ag and the role of the biofuel industry from a... Read More
Imperial Seed is marking a major milestone, celebrating 75 years in the forage, turf, and cover crop seed business. Speaking with RealAgriculture at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show in Saskatoon, Kurt Shmon, owner of the Winnipeg-based company, reflected on both the company’s history and the changes shaping the forage industry today. Founded in 1950,... Read More
Welcome to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio with your host Lyndsey Smith! On today’s show, Smith is joined for the RealAg Issues Panel by Shaun Haney (briefly) and Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture and Darcy Pawlik of Ag in the Classroom Canada and the Wheat Growers Association. Plus, Andres Reyes Gaige of Acadian Plant Health... Read More
By Darcy Pawlik In hockey, when pressure mounts and the ice tightens, good teams don’t panic. They don’t dump the puck and hope someone else sorts it out. They make clean passes, keep possession, and stay in control of the play. Canadian agriculture is at one of those moments. Over the past several weeks, much... Read More
? Weather plays a critical role in determining disease impact in corn — and understanding that relationship can be the difference between a solid return and significant yield loss. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, plant pathologists Albert Tenuta, with OMAFA, and Alison Robertson, with Iowa State University, join host Bernard Tobin to... Read More
Update, as of late Feb. 20: President Trump is signing an executive order imposing a new 10 per cent "global tariff" under Section 122 effective Feb. 24 in response to the Supreme Court ruling. The White House says USMCA-compliant imports from Canada and Mexico will be exempt, along with a list of other products, including... Read More
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Farmer Rapid Fire on RealAg Radio brought to you by Corteva Crop Protection! On today’s show, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Philip Shaw of Dresden, Ont;. Korey Peters of Randolph, Man.; Shane Strydhorst of Neerlandia, Alta.; Jocelyn Velestuk of Broadview, Sask.; and, Corteva Agronomist Trevor Herzog of... Read More
Beef Farmers of Ontario held its annual general meeting this week and has elected a new executive to lead the organization. Jason Lebond from the northern Ontario region will begin a term as president to lead the 12 member board, and Don Badour, from eastern Ontario, will serve as vice-president. Also on the board, Don... Read More
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Agriculture surveyed over 200 fields in 2025 for several diseases that impact canola and have now published surveillance maps ahead of the growing season. As part of the General Canola Disease Survey a total of 201 fields were sampled in 2025 for verticillium stripe and clubroot. In addition to the Ministry of... Read More