Category: Podcasts

There are many things that are outside of a producer's control when raising cattle. Rain, or lack of it, market prices, and predators can make farming livestock a risky business. Then there is the risk of having cows that do not birth easily, have low immunity, or do not process feed efficiently. While the first... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesdays with Lyndsey edition of RealAg Radio. Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Wade Sobkowich with Western Grain Elevator Association on the Vancouver port strike; Rob Stone with Sask Wheat on the funding for GATE; Adriane Good with Saskatchewan Agriculture on salvaging grain crops for feed; and, RealAgriculture's Amber... Read More

Over the past 20 years, advancements in corn genetics have helped produce an average yield gain of better than two bushels per acre, per year. What does the future hold for further yield advancement and where might genetic improvement take the king of crops? On this episode of the The Sharp Edge, host Bernard Tobin... Read More

Update: Grain workers who were on strike in Vancouver are returning to work as early as Saturday (Sept. 28) morning after reaching a tentative four year deal on Friday evening. Read more here. The timing couldn't be worse for a port strike and the union representing grain workers in the six main grain terminals in... Read More

Soil fertility is the powerhouse that drives crop yield — and this episode of The Agronomists is an absolute powerhouse of soil fertility knowledge in order to learn more about soil pH. When too high or too low, the pH of soil can create huge issues in nutrient availability, nitrogen fixing capability, and soil microbe... Read More

Soil sampling is perhaps now easier than ever before, and field sampling can now go much further than it used to in regards to mapping and data. Farmers and agronomists can, through modern soil sampling, learn more about the nutrient profile of soil - but how samples are taken is changing. Generally, soil sampling has... 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: Considerations for fall weed control; Soil pH; Soybean yield optimism; and, Corn yield hits from tar spot. Thoughts on something we talked about on... Read More

While policy leaders around the world are pushing to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at an unprecedented speed, the science is still working to catch up, at least when it comes to measuring carbon sequestration rates and emissions at the farm level. The conventional way of measuring carbon is to look at what is currently... Read More

Thanks for tuning into RealAg on the Weekend! Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Matt Makens with Makens Weather on the weather forecast; Rob Stone with Sask Wheat on the funding of the GATE project; Greg Cherewky with Pulse Canada on the India pulse tariffs; and, James Moore, with Dentons, on the return of parliament.... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by Marvin Slingerland of MNP, and Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner both with RealAgriculture. The panel discusses a number of topics including: The return of Parliament; North West Terminal suspends elevator operations; Trade with the U.S.; and, Provincial grain... Read More