Grain is set to move through the Port of Churchill for the first time in six years. The Arctic Gateway Group (AGG) announced Wednesday that grain shipments will resume on the Hudson Bay Railway from The Pas, Man. toward the Port of Churchill starting Friday, July 17. This marks the first time grain has headed... Read More
Year: 2026
Well-nodulated soybean plants are essential for producing the nitrogen needed to support high yields, but the only way to know if the crop is on track is to get out of the cab and dig some plants. In this episode of Soybean School, RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin talks with Lallemand Plant Care field solutions specialist Nikki... Read More
The United States is slapping another set of tariffs on fresh mushrooms from Canada. On July 14, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a preliminary affirmative decision in its anti-dumping investigation into fresh mushrooms from Canada. The determination is drawing immediate condemnation from the Canadian mushroom sector, which argues the calculations relied on flawed methodology... Read More
The spread of cabbage seedpod weevil (CSPW) into new areas of Western Canada means many canola growers are facing an unfamiliar pest in the battle to protect canola yields. Historically confined to southern regions on the western side of the Prairies, higher CSPW populations have pushed into central Alberta (reaching as far north as Edmonton),... Read More
The Canadian beef industry is welcoming a federal proposal to ease 20-year-old restrictions implemented to combat BSE, a move sector leaders say will save millions of dollars annually and fix a long-standing competitive disadvantage with the United States. Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced Monday that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has... Read More
Communication and planning often take a back seat to production on the farm, until a crisis forces them to the forefront. For Alberta farmers Mike and Monika Benoit, a series of unexpected challenges reinforced that business resilience depends on more than growing a good crop. It requires strong planning, open conversations, and the ability to... Read More
For this episode of the Truth About Ag podcast, co-hosts Evan Shout and Kristjan Hebert sit down with Dick Wittman, farm management consultant, educator, and longtime faculty member of Texas A&M's Executive Program for Agricultural Producers (TEPAP). The conversation takes a hard look at an uncomfortable trend: using a proficiency checklist tracked over 25+ years,... Read More
When a pulse field starts yellowing off, it is easy to assume a destructive root disease is taking hold below the surface. But until you step into the field and start digging, you might be misdiagnosing a completely different agronomic headache. Erica Yaskowich, crop extension specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, joins Amber Bell... Read More
Welcome to RealAg Radio with your host, Shaun Haney! On today's show, Haney is joined by Dr. Edward Bork of the University of Alberta to discuss virtual fencing on Western Canadian ranches, Tim Gardner of Bayer for a spotlight interview, and Blaine Woycheshin of BASF to look back on 30 years of InVigor canola. Coming... Read More
Ag-West Bio's board of directors has announced the appointment of Darcy Pawlik as president and CEO, effective July 13, 2026. Pawlik served as director of communications and director of regulatory affairs at Ag-West Bio in the 2000s. He most recently served as executive director of the Wheat Growers Association. "We are pleased to have Darcy... Read More