Category: Podcasts

How do you cover acres quickly during planting season with big equipment without causing compaction and compromising yield? Cliff Horst and his brother, Dale, make it happen with a 24-row Harvest International planter and a Fendt 1038 tractor. The brothers farm in Perth County, Ont., and also operate Country Custom Ag, providing custom services to... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio with host Shaun Haney, brought to you by Cargill Marketsense. We will hear from Peter Johnson of RealAgriculture on night crawlers, soil health and much more! Then, we'll hear from John Heard on the new Prairie Nutrient Removal calculator, and an interview Kelvin... Read More

Soybeans can be called the ugly duckling of the crop world. Sometimes slow to emerge, especially under less-than-ideal conditions, soybean fields can look pretty stagey and ragged in late June to early July. However, Ken Currah of BASF says that soybeans can really surprise a grower — both in how quickly an uneven field can... Read More

Agriculture has long struggled to attract and retain enough people at nearly every stage of the industry; from general labour, to skilled operators, to farm management, and in the c-suite. In certain geographies, local job markets have made things even more difficult, as higher paying jobs pulled people away from the farm. But now, just... Read More

"We've always done it that way" isn't always the best approach in farming, and that includes the decision on how much fertilizer to put down with canola at seeding. Canola is sensitive to fertilizer toxicity, especially in dry soil conditions. It's well worth revisiting what's traditionally been considered a safe rate in the seed row,... Read More

There's so much to observe and learn from a well set-up trial. This growing season, we're following a set of trials with Robert MacDonald, manager of agronomic excellence with BASF, looking at several aspects of canola production. Earlier, MacDonald dug into seeding rate and depth differences. In this episode of the Canola School, MacDonald runs... Read More

Happy Canada Day! Thanks for tuning in to RealAg on the Weekend! On this episode, host Shaun Haney gives us a recap of the week, plus hear from Peter Johnson of RealAgriculture in conversation with Eric Watson on his World Record Wheat. Then we will hear an interview with Carlo Dade with the Canada West... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith, both of RealAgriculture, for the RealAg Issues Panel. They discuss many topics, including: StatsCan acreage report; Fireworks; A lack of grocery store competition; and West Coast port workers strike and... Read More

What's the best strategy for applying fungicide in highly variable corn fields where plants range in maturity from three to 10 leaves? That's a question BASF agronomist Ken Currah tackles on this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School. He says that's been the story of many corn fields this year, especially on clay soils where... Read More

While the European Union is ahead of the pack when it comes to applying a carbon tariff to imports, Canada and the U.S. are also looking at implementing border carbon adjustments. Fertilizer will be front and centre, along with steel and cement, when it comes to imports subject to the EU's border carbon adjustment that... Read More