Welcome to RealAg on the Weekend with host Shaun Haney! On this week's edition of the show: Haney discusses farm record-keeping and best practises; Jeffrey Kukura of Black Earth discusses fertilizer concerns; Matthew Coulter of Syngenta joins Lyndsey Smith for a product spotlight; and, Kristjan Hebert and Evan Shout join the show in a Truth... Read More
Year: 2026
By Elisabeta Lika In the rural municipality of Rosser, just outside Winnipeg, a 94,000 square-foot canola and pea processing facility is being converted into a Bell Canada AI data centre. The building was completed in 2021. Merit Functional Foods, which built the facility with more than $100 million in federal financing went into receivership in... Read More
While the agricultural industry often equates growth with success, the financial challenges surrounding Monette Farms serve as a sobering reminder that scale is not a safeguard against volatility. As the initial excitement over the creditor protection news settles, the focus has shifted toward the structural lessons of rapid expansion, over-leveraging, and the management of extreme... Read More
Thanks for making RealAg Radio part of your Friday! Today on the RealAg Issues Panel, host Shaun Haney is joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith of RealAgriculture and Evan Shout of Maverick Ag and Farmer Coach! 00:00 - Coming up... 1:49 - Leafs lottery luck, hockey talk, and reconsidering AAFC closures; 15:20 - Changes... Read More
Grain Farmers of Ontario has opened the application period for its Legacy Scholarship program. Now in its fifth year, the Legacy Scholarship encourages the development of future leaders across a wide range of disciplines, reflecting the diversity of careers within agriculture, including science, technology, business, communications, and public policy. The scholarship supports students pursuing post-secondary... Read More
A new formulation of Liberty herbicide is hitting farms this season, and growers will want to pay close attention before heading to the field. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Canola School, Sean McKnight, technical marketing specialist for herbicides with BASF, says the launch of Liberty AMP brings a 20 per cent more concentrated formulation compared…Read More
Welcome to the Farmer Rapid Fire on RealAg Radio, brought to you by Corteva Biologicals and hosted by Shaun Haney! 00:00 - Coming up... 1:48 - Gerrit Herrema of Uxbridge, Ont. 15:05 - Eric Dietrich of Lucan, Ont. 26:32 - Chad Beagle of Rimbey, Alta. 36:33 - Wilco Van Meijl of Rapid City, Man. 46:19... Read More
The short answer is yes, but with major caveats. New genetics and market opportunities have put edible beans on the radar on farms where they haven't been grown in the past, but it raises a machinery dilemma: do you need to invest in a dedicated planter, or can the drill or air seeder that's already…Read More
In a letter to customers dated May 6, 2026, Corteva has announced changes to seed brand availability for Western Canada for 2027. As part of the process of separating into two independent companies — Corteva and the newly-minted Vylor, Inc. — Corteva says it has made several key strategic decisions to "strengthen portfolios and position... Read More
In a joint statement released today from the Canadian Wheat Research Coalition, the Canadian Barley Research Coalition, Seeds Canada, University of Manitoba, University of Saskatchewan Crop Development Centre and the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alberta, the group sets out a path forward on a shared vision for wheat... Read More