Thanks for tuning in to this special Monday edition of RealAg Radio, recorded at the BASF InVigor Series game — Winnipeg Goldeyes vs Kansas City Monarchs — on Saturday. Guest host Kelvin Heppner is joined by Dan Chase, director of sales and marketing with the Winnipeg Goldeyes to discuss the league and organization and some... Read More
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Palmer amaranth, the aggressive and highly competitive pigweed species that U.S. farmers have been tussling with for almost 30 years, has been found in Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs weed specialist Mike Cowbrough says DNA testing has confirmed that a plant found in a Wellington County field is palmer amaranth. He... Read More
On this weekend’s show, guest host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Tara Mulhern Davidson of Lonesome Dove Ranch, on enduring drought and business risk management programs; Megz Reynolds with Do More Ag on harvest stress; and Breanne Tidemann with a discussion on herbicide resistant wild oats, what now? Plus hear what details we have on... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to the RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio! Today's host Lyndsey Smith is joined by RealAgriculture’s Kelvin Heppner and an Ontario farmer Andrew Campbell. They discuss a number of topics, including: Trade relations between Canada and India; Six new countries join BRICS; If Trudeau should run again; and, Some interesting Stats... Read More
Brian Grete, editor of Pro Farmer, uses one word to sum up this week's crop tour: hot. But it's not crop yield that's sizzling, but the crop itself. Extremely hot temperatures followed the team of nearly 100 field scouts on the four-day tour of seven states collecting over 1800 corn and soybean samples, he says.... Read More
Tara Mulhern Davidson has been ranching for over 15 years, and has had to manage through several severe droughts in the last five. The perpetual dryness is weighing on planning for the long-term, she says, but there's also the every day challenges of working with a living commodity. Davidson's Lonesome Dove Ranch is based at... Read More
How can farmers diagnose soil fertility issues? What tools can identify nutrient deficiencies and best manage variability across fields and farms? On this episode of RealAgriculture's Soil School, Bernard Tobin visits Southwest Crop Diagnostic Days at the Ridgetown College campus, University of Guelph, to report on three soil testing and mapping technologies — GroundWork, SoilOptix... Read More
What does black electrical tape have to do with protecting your state of mind at harvest? For Megz Reynolds, during a particularly bad harvest, covering up the yield monitor with it was a small boundary she set to help ease her mind and focus on the task at hand. It may seem small, but small... Read More
Picture this: You're headed out to the sprayer and the wind starts to blow. The knee-jerk reaction is to cancel all spraying operations for that particular time, right? Not necessarily. There is definitely such thing as too much wind to spray; however, some wind turbulence is not all bad. So says Tom Wolf, founder of... Read More
It’s time for another edition of the Farmer Rapid Fire on RealAg Radio, brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada! Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Billy Beaudry of St-Hyacinthe, Que.; Gerrit Herrema of Uxbridge, Ont.; Tyler Bartmanovich of Glenlea, Man.; and, Daryl Tuck of Vegreville, Alta. Plus, hear from southern Ontario field agronomist John... Read More