The first three months of the calendar year aren't historically much to write home about for the cattle markets, and this first week of January 2024 is living up to the ho-hum expectation. There's still plenty to be watching, however, and Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange says that ample supplies of beef are definitely... Read More
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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 Lyndsey Smith checks in with: Mark Huston of Chatham-Kent, Ont.; Philip Shaw of Dresden, Ont.; Tamara Carter of Lacadena, Sask; and, Sarah Weigum of Three Hills, Alta.; Plus, we will... Read More
Every market functions under supply and demand. To varying degrees, as demand increases, so do prices — if supply stays the same. If supply stays the same or grows but demand drops off, prices fall. It's a simplified explanation and in the real world several factors play into the total demand, total supply, and the... Read More
It's Wednesday but it's time for our “Tuesdays with Lyndsey” edition of RealAg Radio. Today, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Brian Voth of IntelliFarm to discuss the cost of production, as well as the canola and wheat markets looking ahead to the '24 growing season; Kevin Grier on the price of food and competition;... Read More
The market doesn't care about your feelings. It's a hard truth but a good one to remember when hesitating on pricing some crop or booking inputs. Why? Well, as Brian Voth of IntelliFarm explains, farmers can be comfortable paying higher prices for fertilizer to ensure they have it on-farm, but hesitate to lock in a... Read More
Happy New Year! What an incredible start to the year with the launch of the Professional Women's Hockey League. Toronto lost, but so did Ottawa (in OT) on January 2. Not the greatest start for Ontario teams, but host Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson will take it. On to agronomy, this week's challenge is to think... Read More
Bobcat skid-steer loaders have found a home on North American farms and the manufacturer is hoping its compact wheel loaders can follow the same path to sales success. In this report from Agritechnica, Bobcat loaders product manager Jiri Karmazin says the company's new L95 compact wheel loader will be available to U.S. and Canadian farmers... Read More
Hello January! Thanks for tuning into this Agronomic Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist Peter Johnson to discuss: The Ontario Ag conference; The power of goal setting; Organic matter; and, The joy of wheat after peas. Thoughts on something we talked about on the... Read More
Keeping it simple has been a key to 35 years of market leadership for MacDon's FlexDraper headers. In this report from Agritechnica, MacDon product support specialist Myles Shastko tells RealAg's Shaun Haney that while some competitors have tried to "reinvent the wheel", the Manitoba-based company has opted to focus on the consistent, dependable performance delivered... Read More
Jason Deveau, application technology specialist with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and Tom Wolf, co-founder of Agrimetrix — and both of Sprayers 101 — are BACK for this episode of Exploding Sprayer Myths! If you're cleared to fly a drone, spraying product with a drone is easy peasy, right? Actually, that's a... Read More