Category: Podcasts

Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Tyler Schau with AgMarket.Net on spring wheat and oilseed markets; A clip from episode one with Fred Young from our new podcast, the Farm Safety Roundup, with Workplace Safety and Prevention Services; and, Hear the top ag news... Read More

The Farm Safety Roundup is a new podcast series designed to promote health and safety culture to farmers, their families, and their workforce by advancing the conversation on prevention as a powerful tool. In this series, you'll learn strategies to prevent illness and injury, as well as be connected to resources to keep workers safe.... Read More

There are some problems you just can't avoid — like ending up with wheat roots in drainage tile after big yields — but every challenge has a solution and it comes down to making hay while the sun shines. No, not actual hay, as we are in the critical harvest period, but if the soil... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to Tuesdays with Lyndsey on RealAg Radio, hosted by Lyndsey Smith. On the show: Listen to Phillip Harder of University of Saskatchewan on snow melt math; Hear a clip from The Agronomists on the stories stubble tell with Johanna Lindeboom and Doug Moisey; and, Learn about solar grazing with Chris Moore... Read More

Kubota showed off its new precision planters at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ont., earlier this month. The Kubota PP1641TF is an eight-row precision planter with 30-inch spacing designed mainly for corn growers. Kubota product specialist Jeff Fuller says it's a good fit for small- to medium-sized farms, including smaller acreage corn and soybean... Read More

As the growing season winds down, fall provides a critical opportunity for weed management — especially in those soybean fields that are a bit behind in the maturity game. As Ken Currah of BASF explains in our latest episode of the Soybean School, this time of the year the focus is going to be on... Read More

Fall soil sampling is an integral part of planning nutrient application rates for the following crop. Knowing where to sample, how early is too early and why, and what to do about results is the topic of this episode of The Agronomists! Focusing on fall sampling of phosphorus and nitrogen, host Lyndsey Smith is joined... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. In today's episode, host Shaun Haney goes over some feedback from you — the audience! He is then joined by Peter Johnson to discuss a number of topics, including: Gibberella in corn; Corn maturity; Wheat planting depth; and Cutting height on silage. We... Read More

Pulse crops, for the most part, prefer drier conditions; however, the level of drought in some areas of the Prairies over the past few years has been too much for even them. Following multiple years of drought, it becomes more important for farmers to conduct soil tests ahead of planting pulse crops, such as lentils... Read More

Pests, such as corn rootworm, continue to evolve and so does the technology required to control these these yield-robbing insects. At Canada's Outdoor Farm Show earlier this month, Bayer Crop Science launched SmartStax Pro with RNAi technology, a new mode of action to help defend corn plants against the pest. David Kikkert, Bayer Crop Science's... Read More