Category: Podcasts

Is a healthy soil about what it has, or is, or does, or doesn't do? There are three ways to assess soil: through its physical, chemical, and biological components. But is a healthy soil one that produces the highest yield? Or is it the one with the highest biological activity? What about organic matter, trafficability,... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. On today’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by: Ken Fry from Olds College in a recent Canola School episode on sweep net tactics for a successful scout; Eric Richter with Syngenta Canada on winter wheat finding a home in Maritime potato rotations;... Read More

Scorching summer temperatures are great when you're at the lake, but for the reproductive phase of canola, temperatures above 27 degrees C can cause heat blast. When that happens, any seeds that would have been fertilized during the very hot temps fail to form, dragging down eventual yield. As Justin Nanninga, from Neeralandia, Alta., explains... Read More

Canola growers on the Prairies are always looking to save time and money, especially as combines roll at harvest. Straight-cutting instead of swathing canola can provide some time savings, but is best suited to use with a shatter resistant variety. At Ag in Motion at Saskatoon last week, Nutrien Ag Solutions announced their latest variety,... Read More

With a 90-foot boom for fertilizer, crop protection products, and seed, the Salford Group's new AB640 applicator has the capability to cover 22 per cent more ground per pass compared to traditional 70-foot applicators. In this report from Ag In Motion at Saskatoon, SK., Salford application equipment product manager Gavin Held notes that the new... Read More

Imagine a game of telephone, where someone shares a phrase with the person next to them and they whisper it to the person next to them and so on until at the end of the line of people, the last person shares what they think they heard. More times than not, something is lost in... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this episode of RealAg on the Weekend. On this show, host Shaun Haney discusses the Field of STARS event and the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers breakfast this past week at Ag In Motion. Haney is then joined by Jody Lawrence with the Strategic Trading Advisors to talk about corn and biofuel... Read More

Is anthesis the key timing for a fungicide pass if fusarium is the risk? Possibly, but going too early can leave heads or parts of heads unprotected, and later infection can cause some big downgrades due to DON production (a toxin produced by the disease). For this episode of the Wheat School, Amber Bell is... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this special Friday edition of RealAg Radio, brought to you by Helena Agri-Enterprises and recorded LIVE from their Evolve Innovation Expo at Memphis, Tennessee. On today's show, host Shaun Haney is joined by: Greg Smith with brand innovation and development with Helena Products Group on the research program and what... Read More

Depending on which side of the border you're on, cut-out prices and placements drifted lower in the last two weeks, but stuck with seasonal trends, says Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange. U.S. on-feed numbers are expected to climb by about 3 per cent year over year based on June data, while cash markets... Read More