Category: Podcasts

Although ranching comes with a whole host of risks, vaccinations have the potential to lower that risk substantially. While vaccines may not save every cow in a herd from disease, it does give producers the chance to protect the majority of the herd from several diseases that cause sickness and even death. In this Ruminating... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to the last RealAg Radio show of 2024 on this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by: John Ibbitson with The Globe and Mail on his column on how Canada is governing currently as a "failed state"; Becky Vargas with International Dairy Foods Association on the potential... Read More

It's the very last episode of The Agronomists for the 2024 season and host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson and Ray Dowbenko to discuss the top agronomy stories of the year! On this episode, the trio talk about: Current and future uses of spraying technology in farming production; The mysterious but... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture's in-house agronomist Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson to take a look at the year in review; discussing the good, the bad, the challenging, and a look ahead to the 2025 season. They discuss a number of topics... Read More

Canada is not a "failed state," but the longer Justin Trudeau remains as leader of the Liberal party and the Prime Minister, the more like one it becomes, says John Ibbitson in his recent column in the Globe and Mail. A failed state is one with no functioning, national government and by many accounts, Canada... Read More

While corn has been grown for over 9,000 years, equipment, processes and even the geography that it is grown in has changed. One of the evolving markets when it comes to growing this nutritious grass plant is in conjunction with cover crops. Cover crops and corn is not a new idea — Indigenous peoples grew... Read More

Picking rocks from fields has been required back-breaking work since fields have been cleared for farming. The practice protects expensive equipment from being damaged, increases seed to soil contact, and creates smoother fields. Todd Hofmann of Schulte says that he is thankful that the days of hand-picking are long past as he discusses the Spartan... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to RealAg on the Weekend! On this show, host Shaun Haney discusses the mayhem in Ottawa this past week. Haney is then joined by: Aaron Goertzen with BMO on some of the key trends impacting agriculture in 2025; Hear a clip from the latest Mind Your Farm Business with Eugene Ng... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! Hear the Beef Market Update with Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange. Host Shaun Haney is then joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith, both of RealAgriculture, and Tyler McCann with Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) for the RealAg Issues Panel! They discuss... Read More

Effectively controlling grassy weeds in a grass crop is always a challenge, and one that Dan Dall, regional commercial manager for the U.S. Central Plains, and Bailey Jenks, regional commercial manager for the Pacific Northwest, both with Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS), know all too well. Dall explains that the CoAXium wheat production system offers farmers... Read More