Regulations around flying drones in Canada, especially drones in the 25-150 kilogram weight class, can be complicated. In agriculture, drones that show great potential for producers fall under two different jurisdictions. The first is Transport Canada, which oversees aviation safety and security. The second is Health Canada, which is responsible for pesticide regulations and approvals.... Read More
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Update: Since publishing, President Trump has indicated tariffs on Canada have been delayed again, and may only take effect on April 2, 2025. The value of agricultural trade between Canada and U.S. received some time in the spotlight in Washington, DC this week, as Canada's agriculture minister, his colleague from Saskatchewan, and farm group representatives... Read More
A new administration in the White House brings many questions about the future. Recently sworn-in U.S. secretary of agriculture Brooke Rollins joined Kansas senator Roger Marshall for a fireside chat at the Top Producer Summit last week in Kansas City, Missouri, to discuss Rollins' vision for the future of agriculture in the country. Between 2017... Read More
Access to high quality feed and water make for a good ranching location. They allow producers to raise productive livestock, setting up the ranch to turn a profit. Those same things are attractive to wildlife as well, and whether it is an ungulate, such as a deer or moose, or the predators that follow them,... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by: RealAgriculture's in-house agronomist, Peter Johnson, on the spring weather and soil biology; Scott Shearer with The Ohio State University on 3 places to consider tracks instead of tires; Tom Wolf with Agrimetrix and Sprayers 101 on spray drones;... Read More
Better together. That's a simple way to describe what happens when micronutrients and biostimulants join forces to alleviate plant stress. In this report from the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s MicroSmart Deep Dive meeting in Kingston, Ont., Agro-100 research and development director Pierre Migner and RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin explore the biostimulant-micronutrient connection and how... Read More
While the number of spray drones sold for use in Canadian farmers' fields is climbing, there are still no agricultural pesticides approved for application by drone in Canada heading into the 2025 growing season. It's up to crop protection companies to pursue changes to their product label through Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency —... Read More
It can be easy to get swept into the day to day of farm life and forget to celebrate the big and little moments that happen along the way. Celebration is something that 2025 Top Producer Women in Agriculture Award winner, Kimberly Ratcliff, tells other generational farmers is key to getting the next generation to... Read More
U.S. dairy producers are not satisfied with the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement and they want to take another look at it, says National Milk Producers Federation president and CEO Gregg Doud. That was Doud's message for RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney at the Top Producer Summit in Kansas City mid-February when they discussed dairy trade between the two... Read More
When it comes to doing business in Canada, the agriculture and agri-food sectors have distinct labour needs, skill gaps, and infrastructure requirements. However, when drilling down to the core solutions to these issues, many of the differences converge under a few pillars: coherent policy and a better functioning government sector, for example. The Canadian Agri-Food... Read More