Prime Minister Mark Carney is leading a delegation to Beijing this week, that includes Minister of Agriculture Heath MacDonald, Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand, Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, Industry Minister Melanie Joly, and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, Parliamentary Secretary Kody Blois and new Liberal MP Michael Ma are... Read More
Year: 2026
Welcome to RealAg Radio with your host Shaun Haney! For this Tuesday show, Haney is joined by: Ted Sefried of Zaner Ag Hedge on the Bearish USDA report; Charlotte Greenshields of CANTERRA Seeds for a spotlight interview; Craig McLaughlin of the Beef Farmers of Ontario on pushback on new traceability rules; Darren Bond of Manitoba... Read More
Maintaining good air quality inside a chicken barn, especially during Prairie winters, is critical for egg production and bird comfort, but it comes with significant energy demands and costs. A newly-renovated laying hen barn in southern Manitoba features several technologies aimed at delivering cost savings over the long term through energy efficiency. As part of... Read More
The rate at which grain farming costs have escalated over the last five years is more than double Canada’s overall inflation rate, according to analysis looking at Manitoba farmers' costs. Both the Bank of Canada's inflation calculator and Statistics Canada's Consumer Price Index gauge inflation from 2020 to 2025 at around 20 per cent. However,... Read More
It’s not often Chicago Bears fans and grain market bears get to celebrate the same week — but here we are. As Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge puts it, “Bears are on a roll in lots of different facets,” following Monday's USDA report packed with downside surprises for corn, soybeans, and wheat. Seifried joined... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Dr. Yvonne Lawley of the University of Manitoba, Callum Morrison of Manitoba Agriculture, and Marty Vermey of the Grain Farmers of Ontario, to discuss a large-scale cover crop survey currently underway, five years after the first. What have we learned? How have the... Read More
Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to China this week with a contingent of Canada's political leadership, including Minister of Agriculture Heath MacDonald, Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand, Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, Industry Minister Melanie Joly, and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu. It's the largest cabinet delegation that has accompanied Carney on an... Read More
Syngenta Canada has introduced Elatus Era fungicide to help growers fight anthracnose and white mould in lentils. The company says the fungicide delivers protection against anthracnose, white mould and ascochyta blight in lentils, and gives growers a wide application window from first flower to row closure. “Anthracnose and white mould can significantly reduce yields and... Read More
Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio brought to you by FMC Ag Canada! On today’s show, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Dr. Fred Below of the University of Illinois on corn population and row spacing; Bryan O'Hara of FMC Ag Canada for a spotlight on FMC Avireo; Christine O'Reilly grazing specialist... Read More
One of a farmer's greatest assets is the story of how they produce food to feed a growing urban population, says Terry O’Reilly, host of CBC's popular program Under the Influence. At the Southwest Agricultural Conference at the University of Guelph's Ridgetown Campus, O’Reilly, a seasoned marketing expert and noted author, reminded farmers that they... Read More