Last last week Amazon made a 13.7 billion USD bid for organic upscale retailer Whole Foods. The announcement sent competing grocer stocks reeling with the potential that Amazon-type competition could create major struggles for Kroger, Walmart and Costco in the long term. Financial market commentator Jim Cramer, stated on CNBC that "this is a game... Read More
Category: Eastern Canada
What about that weather? It’s uniformly variable and mostly what we don’t want, explains RealAg agronomist Peter Johnson on this week’s Word. In 17 power-packed minutes, Peter laments the arrival of armyworm, soybean aphids and cereal leaf beetle. He also describes how you can fit the roots of 8-leaf rootless corn in your coffee cup.... Read More
Dan Foster has seen a lot of agronomic head scratchers in his career, but he witnessed a first in a cornfield near Sarnia, Ontario this spring. On this episode of Real Agriculture Corn School, Foster, Pride Seeds market development agronomist based at Chatham, takes you to a field with rootless corn syndrome. Foster describes how... Read More
Agvocacy, agvocate, advocating for agriculture... As a farmer or rancher, do you like these words? Do you embrace these terms? Whether you embrace "agvocacy" or avoid it, what would the implications be in five years if the entire sector adopted your position? Producers tend to have strong positive and negative reactions to the activity of... Read More
For all the tough talk from the White House with trade negotiations looming later this summer, the first in-person meeting between the top agriculture officials for Canada, the U.S. and Mexico appears to have been a very friendly and folksy affair. Canada's Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue and Mexico's Secretary of... Read More
Canada's freight railways say they anticipate paying over a billion dollars per year by 2022 under carbon pricing policies proposed and planned by the federal and provincial governments. "It's difficult to get a precise figure, but we've tried to run some estimates based on the existing pricing structures and fiscal instruments, as well as the... Read More
It’s been a rugged start for Ontario’s soybean crop. With cool, wet growing conditions, late planting, insect feeding and soil crusting, many growers find themselves squarely behind the eight ball. According to OMAFRA soybean specialist Horst Bohner, most soybeans have been planted but some growers are still struggling to get seed in the ground. What... Read More
Higher water volumes are always best when spraying crops. Right? Actually, that’s a myth. In this episode of Spray Tips Special Edition we find our Sprayers101.com dynamic duo – Tom Wolf of AgriMetrix, and Jason Deveau of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs – enjoying a well-deserved coffee break. Enjoying their java,... Read More
Whether it's making sure the day-to-day chores get done, passing on wisdom, or nudging the business in the right direction, many of us owe a great deal to our dads. In a tribute to fathers this Father's Day, the makers of the "Before the Plate" documentary took a break from filming (they're planning to debut... Read More
Risk — a four letter word that drives farmers crazy. As farmers, our chances of success are greatest when we know the risks we're exposed to and have mitigated risks that are in our control. To help us dive deeper into the topic of risk - specifically business risk and financial risk - RealAgriculture's Shaun... Read More