Canada's beef cattle industry has made significant, continual improvements on the amount of methane emitted by cattle over the last 30 years. A combination of genetic selection and feeding advancements plus sound scientific research means that Canadian ranchers and feedlot operators have a good story to tell about cattle production. Dr. Tim McAllister, research scientist... Read More
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It turns out that even Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson is mortal, and in this week's podcast you'll likely end up feeling a little sorry for Mr. Johnson, as his voice has fallen victim to the winter woes. Nonetheless, our intrepid host of Wheat Pete's Word still has managed to record this episode and in it... Read More
A majority of senators voted in favour of a twice-amended version of Bill C-234 at third reading on Tuesday night, sending the hollowed-out bill back to the House of Commons. MPs in the Commons previously approved the private member's bill, which would have removed the federal carbon tax from natural gas and propane used on... Read More
It's time for another podcast featuring Wisemeyer and Haney covering all the big agricultural topics impacting farmers and ranchers in Canada and the United States! This week Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture and Jim Wiesemeyer, D.C. policy analyst with Pro Farmer, jump into some issues that really connect and are creating angst in the countryside of... Read More
On this Tuesdays with Lyndsey edition of RealAg Radio, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Tim McAllister with Agriculture and Agri Food Canada on the draft methane and carbon offset protocol for beef cattle; Greg Cherewyk with Pulse Canada on India's removal of tariff on pea imports; Hear a clip from The Agronomists with Nick... Read More
When agriculture is ready for hydrogen-powered tractors, TAFE says they'll be ready to roll. Last month at Agritechnica 23, the India-based tractor manufacturer displayed a prototype hydrogen tractor with a 55 hp Simpson combustion engine. The tractor, which has participated in field demonstrations, has hydrogen tanks strategically positioned behind the seat and under the platform... Read More
Western Canadian soils are generally neutral to slightly basic in pH values. On average, there's plenty of buffering capacity to the soil in the west but that doesn't mean there aren't pockets of acidic conditions. What's more, research is proving out to show that long-term zero-till combined with applied fertilizers is creating an acidic area... Read More
Dealing with herbicide resistant weeds or trying to control weeds without access to certain herbicides really equates to the same thing — finding alternative means to control weeds. For attendees at Agritechnica, that meant a focus on iron, from inter-row and around the plant cultivation, to precision tillage, but also into the spot-spray realm. To... Read More
It’s Agronomic Monday on RealAg Radio! On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist Peter Johnson to discuss: Sulphur management; No-till; and, Carbon emissions. We will also hear some agtech features from Agritechnica including FarmDroid and Combine Settings. Thoughts on something we talked about on the show? Connect with host Shaun... Read More
Ag Growth International (AGI) is well known for its grain storage and conveyance services and technology, but a big part of the company's business in North American and around the globe focuses on its feed platform. At Agritechnica 23, RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney caught up with Noam Silberstein, AGI's senior vice president for global feed, to... Read More