Category: Podcasts

Corn growers who dodged the tar spot bullet last season are unlikely to be nearly so lucky this year, as the disease has been identified in southern Ontario and conditions are conducive to its spread. Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson has that discussion on this week's edition of Wheat Pete's Word, plus an insect alert, an... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio with host Shaun Haney! On today's show, catch: Jon Driedger, LeftField Commodity Research, with analysis of today's WASDE report and a market outlook on the major grain and oilseed markets; Greg Northey of Pulse Canada on the impacts of the port strike on agriculture... Read More

Corn, soybean, and wheat futures all dropped on Wednesday following the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's July supply/demand estimates. The USDA did not reduce its production estimates to the extent analysts were expecting due to dry conditions in the U.S. Midwest and the markets reacted to the downside for August soybeans and the... Read More

When talking soil, often the topic focus is on soil type, nutrients, moisture, or microbiology. But what about soil structure? As Steve Larocque, Alberta farmer and founder of Beyond Agronomy explains in this Soil School episode, the physical types of soil can't be changed, whether it be sand, silt, or clay. However, how land is... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this “Tuesdays with Lyndsey” edition of RealAg Radio! On this episode, we will hear from Rene Roy with the Canada Pork Council about the strike impacts to meat at port, as well as Deb Campbell, Agronomy Advantage, in the latest Soybean School on using the SWAT Cam in soybeans. As... Read More

True armyworms hungry for grassy plants, including wheat, have arrived in large numbers in parts of the Prairies this summer. The pest, which migrates north as a light brown moth, arrived in Manitoba during the last week of May, explains John Gavloski, entomologist with Manitoba Agriculture, in this armyworm-focused Wheat School episode filmed at the... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio with host Shaun Haney. We will hear from Peter Johnson of RealAgriculture on a glyphosate study, different varieties' performance, ag policy in France and much more! Then, we’ll hear a clip from a Canola School with Chris Manchur of the Canola Council of... Read More

Research has repeatedly shown corn's yield potential starts declining if plants don't emerge within a tight timeframe, but dry conditions following planting can wreak havoc on best-laid plans for uniform emergence. If one in six corn plants is two leaf stages behind the rest, expect a four per cent yield reduction, says Morgan Cott, agronomy... Read More

Many growers apply a T3 fungicide on winter wheat in Ontario to protect the crop against fusarium head blight and get one step closer to achieving high grain yields. But a strange thing happened on the way to harvest in 2023, as many fields across the province experienced severe leaf tip burn after fungicide application.... Read More

Welcome to the Canola PODcast, sponsored by InVigor® hybrid canola from BASF. In this episode, we delve into the topic of managing canola diseases, including clubroot, blackleg, and verticillium stripe. Joining us for this informative discussion are three Senior Technical Services Specialists with BASF: Allison Bishop, Leighton Blashko, and Jeanette Gaultier. In this episode, we... Read More