Category: Podcasts

How much does lodging affect yield? It all depends on when the crop goes down. Evidence of that is showing up on Ontario yield monitors in the winter barley fields and will be coming to a wheat field near you in the coming week, says Peter Johnson, host of Wheat Pete's Word. The other thing... Read More

Nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous move quite differently though the soil, and understanding how they travel is key to helping growers choose the best application strategies. Phosphorous, for example, tends to be more like a tortoise, moving slowly and methodically. Nitrogen, on the other hand, is the hare, racing quickly through the plant root... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Ken Currah of BASF on white mould in soybeans; Jeanette Gaultier of BASF and Renate Jochum of PRIDE Seeds on how to determine corn stage growth; Dr. John Lauzon with the University of Guelph on how nutrients... Read More

Soybeans are one crop that have had a pretty excellent decade. Managing the crop at the field level is a farmer's job, but ensuring the crop moves freely and on-demand globally is part of what Soy Canada does. Brian Innes is the executive director for Soy Canada, which held its annual general meeting and a... Read More

To pulse producers, grasshoppers represent both a significant challenge and a potential threat. With last year being hot and dry across the Prairies, growers are wondering what the current growing season will hold for these resilient crop consumers. Farmers and agronomists alike hope that the cool, wet spring might keep pulse crops safe from the... Read More

Proper staging is important for understanding how to scout and manage corn, whether for timing fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide or fungicide applications. It's also critical for understanding plant development, and how stressors at different stages can affect results, including yield, cob size, and kernel weight. But the problem is there are multiple ways to measure corn's... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this episode of RealAg on the Weekend. On this weekend’s show, host Shaun Haney discusses the Saskatchewan crop conditions. Haney is then joined by: Dean Dias with Cereals Canada on the GATE project; Kelly Turkington with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on being alert for stripe rust; and, Clint Jurke with... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by Kelvin Heppner and Cereals Canada CEO Dean Dias to discuss the new Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (GATE) announcement. Haney is then joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith, both of RealAgriculture for the RealAg Issues Panel. They discuss... Read More

When all the policy focus on a changing climate has been on slowing or stopping the change from happening, a second aspect has been largely ignored: adaptation. That's the subject of a new policy concepts paper, "Climate Change in Canadian Agriculture: The Context and the Evidence Demonstrate that Policy Should Refocus on Adaptation," penned by... Read More

The Prairie Farmer and Rancher Forum eventually agreed — by consensus — on 36 policy recommendations it wants to see put forward. But that doesn't mean that all the attendees of the forum agreed with each other at the outset. Instead, the forum worked hard to find areas of common interest and support to create... Read More