In the Beef Market Update this week, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange and RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney start the conversation with the good news that the U.S. fat cattle market in the south and the live market in the north appear to be gaining some ground, coming off of the early September lows. That being... Read More
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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. 650 grain workers at the Port of Vancouver have been on strike since Tuesday, and now, workers at the Port of Montreal... Read More
Much has transpired in the weed control world over the past 40 years and Brian Woolley has seen it all. With farming roots in Port Dover, Ont., the Syngenta Canada territory sales representative is getting ready to close the book on a 40-year career in weed control. In this interview with RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin, Woolley... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio’s Farmer Rapid Fire, brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada! Host Shaun Haney checks in with: Steve Twynstra of Alisa Craig, Ont.; Aaron Hargreaves of Brandon, Man.; Chris Bauer of Lake Lenore, Sask.; and, Lee Markert of Vulcan Alta. Also hear from western agronomist... Read More
The USDA will roll out its latest production report this coming Monday, and farmers and analysts alike are hoping it provokes some market action to the upside. Scott Shelladay, host of The Cow Guy on RFD-TV, says that next week's report will be crucial to grain market moves, markets that have been weathering news of... Read More
When planting a grain crop in the spring and caring for those plants throughout the summer, farmers look forward to the full bins that harvest typically brings. Sometimes drought, hail or pests get in the way, leading to crop yield potential that isn't worth taking for grain. This is where having a mixed operation or... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Scott Shelladay the CowGuy from RFDTV to talk markets; Stewart Oke, Director with Alberta Grains on the impact of the strike at the port of Vancouver; Brodie Berrigan and Todd Lewis of Canadian Federation of Agriculture on their... Read More
Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson has got so many agronomy answers this week, and two very important reminders. First off, check in with someone you haven't talked to in a while, it may be a really warm memory for years to come, and, second, if you've ever seen a young person driving a tractor on the... Read More
The provincial grower groups from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and even Ontario have ponied up funds to support the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange, kicking off the $100+ million funding campaign. News of the support came last week, and reaction has been mixed, as is often the case when producer groups commit large funds to a project.... Read More
Not only is there a valuable crop to bring in, harvest is also the time of year for gleaning plenty of new information and insights into different and new varieties of edible beans — how they yielded and performed in different geographies and conditions. In this new Edible Bean School episode, Dennis Lange, pulse specialist... Read More