The brand-new CR11 New Holland combine made its debut this week at Agritechnica in Hannover, Germany. RealAgriculture's Bern Tobin was there to speak with Lars Sorensen, global product manager for New Holland combines, and captures all the details in the video below. Sorensen says this combine is a complete redesign of the machine, where the... Read More
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On this weekend’s show, guest host Lyndsey Smith discusses: What is costing ag billions of dollars; Red and green lentil markets with Chuck Penner; Federal ag minister Lawrence MacAulay; and, The road to $25 billion with Bill Greuel with Protein Industries Canada. Thoughts on something we talked about on the show? Connect with host Lyndsey... Read More
Thanks for tuning into this Friday edition of the RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio! Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture, Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel, Saskatchewan farmer, and — briefly by Shaun Haney — to discuss a number of topics, including: Bill C-234 and the Senate Shenanigans this week; The importance of the... Read More
Cattle markets have not had a great week. "It's been a tough week, to be very blunt with you," says Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange. "In the cattle markets, it doesn't matter where you are, north or south." For this not-very-rosy Beef Market Update, Wasko starts off where we usually do, with U.S.... Read More
It's the tale of two very different markets when it comes to red and green lentils, with both markets seeing early excitement to the upside earlier this year. But now, Chuck Penner says, red lentil prices have dropped off sharply from the highs, while green lentil prices are strong enough there are new-crop bids already... Read More
Farmers are buying more crop inputs online than they were five years ago, however what's considered "buying online" might surprise you. According to the latest findings of Farm Journal's crop input buying survey, 53 per cent of farmers considered it buying online if they researched a product online and then picked up the phone to... Read More
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and his staff are looking for ways to reduce the federal agriculture budget by three per cent, in line with what's been asked of other federal departments. That's one of the pieces of information gleaned from a one-on-one interview with Minister MacAulay, recorded Thursday, Nov. 9. MacAulay says he never dreamed... 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: Mark Torrey of Woodville, Ont.; Stewart Skinner of Perth County, Ont.; Adam Gurr of Rapid City, Man; and Mike Beckie of Davidson, Sask. Shaun will... Read More
It's not every day that a country music star stops by RealAgriculture (though it does happen now and again, like when Corb Lund joined a LIVE!), so when Shaun Haney had the chance to speak with Brett Kissel, Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter, he went for it. Kissel is in the middle of releasing four albums, all... Read More
Field Bindweed is a heavily-vined, troublesome weed that can cause growers headaches when it gains a foothold in soybean fields. On this edition of the RealAgriculture Soybean School, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs weed specialist Mike Cowbrough looks at control options for the perennial pest in both identity-preserved (IP) and conventional soybeans.... Read More