Category: Podcasts

Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesdays with Lyndsey edition of RealAg Radio. Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Brenna Grant with Canfax on Canadian cattle herd stats; Ryan Kehrig with MNP on the complications deciding where to you build the farm house; Dr. Leigh Rosengren with Canadian Cattle Association on Bill C-293 in regards... Read More

Corn growers in eastern Canada will have a new residual herbicide option for the 2025 growing season. Surtain herbicide from BASF Canada uses new solid-encapsulated herbicide technology to deliver residual endurance in the field, the company says, and provides broad-spectrum control of key broadleaf and grassy weeds, including resistant biotypes. In this report, BASF technical... Read More

Canada's cattle sector has faced its share of environmental challenges in recent years, as wide-spread and multi-year droughts have put pressure on the overall size of the Canadian cow herd. Several factors, including positive price signals and a return of pasture productivity, will be crucial in stabilizing the cow herd. Brenna Grant, executive director of... Read More

Can a higher seeding rate make up the yield difference for planting late? How important are fall tillers? Why does winter barley look dead in the spring? All these questions, and more, are top of mind when talking fall cereals. For this episode of The Agronomists, Dr. Brian Beres, with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAgRadio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist, Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson to discuss a number of topics including: farm safety, Ontario corn moisture levels, fall fertilization and more! Also, hear a clip from a recent Canola School with Dr. Ken Fry of... Read More

Salford is looking to ramp up productivity and minimize crop damage with its new precision row crop cultivator. In this report from from Canada's Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ont., Salford product manager Josh Kettle shares how the company has integrated cutting-edge camera and wand guidance systems to create precise alignment that allows the cultivator... Read More

Soil type, water availability, hybrid choice, plant population and crop nutrients are just some of the factors growers have to consider when pursuing a high-yielding corn crop on their farm. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Soil School, we catch up with Aaron Stevanus as he shares how these factors are evaluated at the Stevanus Family... Read More

Thanks for tuning into RealAg on the Weekend! Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Scott Shelladay, host of The Cow Guy on RFD-TV on the markets; Farmer feedback on the port strike; Adrianne Good with Saskatchewan Agriculture on top tips for getting full value when feeding salvage crops; and, Todd Lewis of Canadian Federation of... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange for the Beef Market Update. Haney is then joined by Saskatchewan Farmer and a recently-named Nuffield Scholar, Cherilyn Nagel, and Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner both with RealAgriculture. The panel discusses... Read More

In the Beef Market Update this week, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange and RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney start the conversation with the good news that the U.S. fat cattle market in the south and the live market in the north appear to be gaining some ground, coming off of the early September lows. That being... Read More