Category: Podcasts

In the last few years, the push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) across several sectors has increased. In 2022, the Government of Canada released their 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan. While this plan includes many different industries — transportation and oil and gas, to name a few, agriculture is also on the list. One of... Read More

There isn't really any more crop in storage than is average for this time of year, says Steve Kell, grain merchandiser with Kell Grain; however, current prices and price outlooks has many farmers less than enthused about pricing '24 crop. Kell notes that prices are 25 per cent lower than last year at this time,... Read More

More moisture for the west and less for the east sounds like a really nice fall forecast and that's quite likely what we'll get in Canada, says Matt Makens of Makens Weather. Makens says that decent harvest weather is likely in store for Ontario, which is good because there are plenty of corn and beans... Read More

Iowa farmers expect to harvest a good corn crop this fall but spring germination issues will likely keep it from topping 2023 crop yields, says Nutrien Ag Solutions crop consultant Jeff Hink. In this report from the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, Hink takes a look at how growers in the state are changing... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio, brought to you by Bayer Crop Science Canada and DEKALB Coat of Farms. Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Matt Makens with Makens Weather on remainder of the fall forecast and a peak into a winter forecast; Steve Kell with Kell Grain on the... Read More

The pressure is on for the Ontario government to back away from a land deal that would see 770 acres of farmland turned into a yet-to-be-determined industrial development. Hundreds of citizens in Wilmot Township near Kitchener, Ont., have posted signs and signed petitions proclaiming they are "unwilling hosts" to the planned development. Farmers — including... Read More

It's time for another episode of Wheat Pete's Word! On this episode, host Peter Johnson has a plan for letting clover grow as long as possible without sacrificing weed control, he explains why plants in the residue swath need more N, and why cereal rye is an answer to fleabane, not THE answer. Have a... Read More

Any farmer can tell you that farming has some very real challenges. The many hours spent alone in a tractor, the sudden disappointment of pests and disease, and being subject to changing environmental conditions can lead to a level of stress that most people outside of agriculture will never fully be able to fathom. So... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesdays with Lyndsey edition of RealAg Radio. Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Kevin Thomason on an Ontario farmland grab and the Fight For Farmland; Hear spotlight interview with Dave Gallant for Canadian Canola Growers Association; A clip from The Agronomists on fall weed control with Rob Miller and... Read More

Field research shows that the best time to tackle tar spot with a fungicide is the VT/RI stage of corn development — when the tassel is visible and silks are emerging. That's the case again this year, says Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness plant pathologist Albert Tenuta. He's been testing fungicide treatments to... Read More