Beef is facing stiff competition from other proteins as huge North American pork and poultry production is coinciding with big beef supplies. "We have issues on all sides of the fence. We're looking at record production on both pork and poultry right in front of us," explains Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock in this Beef... Read More
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Ontario’s focus on the environmental side of farming has just been underlined and intensified, even more. With the midpoint mandate of her provincial government having been reached, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne put pen to paper last week to help guide both new and established ministers on the next part of their journey. Her mission was... Read More
She’s a celebrity who uses her fame to pitch everything from gluten-free diets to colon cleanses. Does any of it work? Should you care? In our first RealAg Bookclub podcast, co-hosts Shaun Haney and Bernard Tobin talk with Tim Caulfield, author of Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong about Everything? to find out what happens when celebrity... Read More
It's late September, the days are warm, and the combines are starting to roll into the edible beans and soybeans. Corn silage harvest has also started and that means we kick off this week's Wheat Pete's Word with a reminder and a plead — stay safe and use those lights! From there, we head into... Read More
Canada's Outdoor Farm Show is in the books for another year, and the 2016 edition of the wrap up features not only resident agronomist Peter Johnson (@WheatPete) but also Lyndsey Smith's (triumphant?) return to RealAgriculture's signature farm show wrap. Covering a show of this magnitude takes a team, and Peter and Lyndsey highlight what they,... Read More
With every bounce off of a new low in the cattle market, there's hope prices have finally bottomed out. October live cattle futures in the U.S. have recovered by $7-8 in the last week, after dropping to around the $100 mark in the first week of September. "Hopefully we can look back, and I know... Read More
Harvest is rolling along in many areas of the province, including the first reported grain corn coming off earlier this week. This week, RealAgriculture's Peter Johnson tackles your toughest questions on troubled corn, late hay, and wheat variety selection in this September 7th edition of Wheat Pete's Word. (Highlights below). Listen or download below! And... Read More
Does agriculture have its own social licence, its own special bond with the public? I wondered that last week, thinking about the energy sector. My thoughts were prompted by the terrified look on Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre’s face, when he unwittingly found himself between a protestor (described by the media as “burly”) and participants at... Read More
Grains continued to be pressured by the Harvest 2016 season and continuous benign weather in the U.S. that are keeping crop conditions and yield projections at elevated levels. Estimates on the U.S. corn crop ranges between 170 and 175 bu/ac, suggesting around a 15-billion-bushel crop, while soybean yield estimates are sitting between 48.5 and 50.5... Read More
A frustrating summer has come to a head over the last few weeks, as already-weak cattle prices are on a streak lower. Cash prices in the U.S. have fallen to $110 per hundred weight, notes Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock. "That's the lowest they've been in five years, and that's five bucks off of last... Read More