The strike at Cargill's beef processing facility at Guelph, Ont., is nearing the two-week mark, forcing cattle to be marketed elsewhere in and outside the province. Around 960 workers at the Cargill facility, which can processes around 1,500 head of cattle per day and represents between 75 and 80 per cent of Ontario's beef processing... Read More
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Cash trade in the south and in Canada was pretty quiet this week, nudging off the start of June versus any real kickoff to the new month. In the U.S., slaughter was down this week too, bumping the cutout price a little in the post-Memorial Day shortened week, says Anne Wasko with the Gateway Livestock... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Thursday edition on RealAg Radio, brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada! On this week’s Farmer Rapid Fire, host Shaun Haney checks in with: Patrick Dunphy of South Pinette, P.E.I.; Emery Huska of Lambton, Ont.; Ron Krahn of Rivers, Man.; and, Rudy Meier of Fraser Valley, B.C. Plus, we... Read More
The wheat market isn't usually the exciting one to watch, but as Ranulf Granville, chief market analyst with Grainfox, says over the last six to eight weeks there's a lot of company that has started to gather on the bullish side making for some excitement. But is wheat really in that much better a fundamental... Read More
It's stroke awareness week! Peter Johnson starts off this episode of Wheat Pete's Word by talking about both volunteering and the importance of catching strokes early. Medical procedures can now reverse almost all of the negative impacts of a stroke if they can be treated within the first four to six hours. Remember the acronym... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by Ranulf Glanville, chief market analyst with GrainFox to discuss the commodity markets. We will also hear some feedback from the audience and don't miss the top ag news stories! Thoughts on something we talked about on the show?... Read More