Category: Podcasts

Approval of a biotechnology reform bill in the European Parliament last month has been hailed as a major breakthrough toward allowing "new genomic techniques," such as gene-editing, to be used in crop breeding in Europe. The bill still faces an uphill battle to become law across the European Union, but the vote was one example... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this episode of RealAg on the Weekend! On this weekend’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by: The 2024 outlook for beef producers from the Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index data; A spotlight interview with Kaeley Kindrachuk with SaskCanola on the top notch farming trials; Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture on his... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith, both of RealAgriculture, for the RealAg Issues Panel. They discuss a number of topics including: Canada and U.S jobs numbers; What a Conservative government might mean for ag policy; Doug Chorney's retirement and... Read More

Precision Planting says it wants to create a new product category with its CornerStone planting system. “CornerStone really is everything but the planter bar,” says Caleb Schleder, Precision Planting's director of technical services and support. At the Commodity Classic earlier this month in Houston, Texas, he shared how the company set out to build a... 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: Peggy Brekveld of Thunder Bay, Ont.; Brett Israel of Mapletown, Ont.; Scott Perkin of Elgin, Man.; and, Andrea Stroeve-Sawa of Taber, Alta. Plus, we will... Read More

Thanks for tuning into this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio, brought to you by Koch Agronomic Services. On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by: Tyler Schau with AgMarket.net on the wheat and canola markets; Bryce Geisel with Koch Ag for a spotlight interview on protecting nitrogen; Hear some Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index data... Read More

Before the invention of autonomous tractors all the intelligence needed to operate the machine and implements sat squarely in the tractor seat — the farmer controlled all aspects of the operation. In the case of tillage, for example, the farmer monitored the speed of the tractor and when the cultivator clogged they were there to... Read More

How did March begin where you are? If it came in like a lion does it leave like a lamb? Chances are slim, as Old Wives' Tales aren't usually very dependable, but we'll soon find out as wicked weather hit the west but Ontario is nearly a month ahead of the calendar. For Peter "Wheat... Read More