How do you keep online events interesting? What's the next big thing in canola agronomy? This is where we kick off the LIVE! Q&A with none other than Jay Whetter, editor of Canola Digest! Whetter joins host Shaun Haney to talk about some of the biggest agronomic challenges of 2020 and what's ahead for 2021,... Read More
Category: Crop Production
Several farm industry groups are voicing their displeasure of the government's announcement last week to ramp up the carbon tax over the next 10 years. The Grain Farmers of Ontario say they are "infuriated" by the plan and call it a "continued campaign to tax food production for Canadians." Previously, the federal government had denied... Read More
Claire Coombs' first agronomy love might be soil, but teaching and extension work are likely a close second. Coombs is currently teaching at Algonquin College at Perth, Ont., in the Business Agriculture diploma program. Since March, it's been an adventure in adaptability, as programs shifted from in-person to online nearly overnight. That change alone would... Read More
The proposed rules for the federal government's new Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) are set to be published this week, and will include changes aimed at addressing some of the concerns farmers and farm groups raised regarding an earlier proposal, according to a government document and government sources familiar with the file. Several farm and commodity... Read More
The federal government has rolled out its new major plan for addressing climate change, including a proposed increase in the federal carbon price to $170 per tonne by 2030, and the implementation of the Clean Fuel Standard. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, and several other cabinet ministers announced the plan on Friday,... Read More
Today's RealAg LIVE! guest is Jim Hale, of Lancer, Sask. If you wonder where the heck that is, we did too; so we googled it (it's east of Leader, south of Eston, and west of Kyle, in the Brown soil zone area of Saskatchewan). Don't miss RealAg LIVE! weekdays on social media at 1 pm... Read More
Rounding out a year full of surprises, the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) took the mostly predictable route with its final World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report of the year on Thursday. The major figures in the December report were largely in line with the trade's expectations. Soybean ending stocks were down... Read More
Following Alberta Barley’s annual general meeting (AGM), the commission is announcing their new executive lineup. Tara Sawyer, of Acme, Alta., will be serving as the new chair, and enters into her second year as director-at-large on the board of directors. Wade McAllister, of Innisfail, Alta., is entering his third year on the board and second... Read More
Farmers work hard to maximize fertilizer applications, both for economic and environmental reasons. Making sure all that money spent in fertilizer gets turned into crop — not lost as greenhouse gas emissions — is a key concept in today's farming practices. "We want to make sure a producer is realizing value from every gram of... Read More
If you've been watching the feed market, it's been quite fascinating to say the least. Despite reaching record levels of production of barley in 2020, we are seeing feed barley as high as $6 in Southern Alberta. The numbers we are seeing are in the range of 50 cents higher than malt prices, and feed... Read More