Seed treatments are a very useful kind of insurance policy that help to build the strong foundation of a plant stand to start the growing season. What seed treatments do within a plant can be compared to putting on a Saskatchewan 'bunny hug' (that's a hoodie to the rest of us!) over a t-shirt in... Read More
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The people side of agronomy doesn't always get the attention it deserves. Every three months, The Agronomists takes a look at this other side of agronomy. This week, we're focused on navigating the busy growing season! On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Terry Aberhart with MNP AgIntellect and Joanna... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Kyle Larkin with the Grain Growers of Canada on the Vote for Grain campaign; Hear a spotlight interview with Carolyn Wilson for Syngenta; and, RealAgriculture's in-house agronomist, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson on early season scouting, protecting early N,... Read More
Whether you're a grower, agronomist, or ag retailer, Westfield, Indiana-based Taranis believes its crop intelligence platform can play a key role in helping make the right crop management decisions throughout the growing season. The foundation of the Taranis program is artificial intelligence (AI). Cory Edge, the company's customer success influencer, is a big believer in... Read More
If tariffs are meant to deter imports by making them more expensive, eventually imports will decrease. Logic would have it, then, that depending on tariff revenue in the long-term would be folly, as it's intended to decrease over time. The tariff-income-as-monetary-policy is just one sticking point in the U.S. administration's new trade policy arc. Oliver... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this episode of RealAg on the Weekend! On today’s show, host Shaun Haney discusses the week that was including a look at the polls, USMCA renegotiation, and more. Haney is then joined by: Arlan Suderman with StoneX to discuss the markets; Anne Wasko with the Gateway Livestock Association on the... Read More
On March 27, RealAgriculture and the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) hosted a webinar to discuss the future of the Canada-U.S. trade relationship, as the Trump administration's trade agenda has become the prevailing issue in the Canadian election campaign. The webinar started with Shaun Haney getting a firmer understanding of the White House's strategy in... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! Shaun Haney is joined by Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange for the Beef Market Update. Haney is then joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith, both of RealAgriculture, for the RealAg Issues Panel. They discuss a number of topics including: Update on... Read More
Vive Crop Protection has received expanded Canadian registration for AZteroid FC 390. Canadian potato growers first gained access to fungicide in 2024 to fight rhizoctonia and black scurf. The updated registration now allows sugar beet and radish growers to add the fungicide to their disease control toolboxes. Vive chief technology officer Dr. Doug Baumann says... Read More
"Incredible" and "on-fire" are just a couple of descriptors that Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange uses to describe the markets in this episode of Beef Market Update. When it comes to the U.S., new records continue to be set and Wasko says that a 'pile of cattle' were traded last week. This week started... Read More