Category: Podcasts

As much as the 2023 growing season and following marketing year are highly unlikely to be as wild as 2022, there's still plenty of unknowns and volatility ahead. Neil Townsend, analyst with FarmLink Marketing Solutions, says there were definitely head-scratchers in the 2022 season — like when wheat prices shot up, then dropped, then settled... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Thursday edition of the Farmer Rapid Fire! Today’s show is brought to you by Pioneer Seeds Canada. Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Ryan Barrett of Kensington, P.E.I.; Todd Hames of Marwayne, Alta.; Kristjan Hebert of Fairlight, Sask.; and Dave Walton of Wilton, Iowa. As well, don’t miss the... Read More

When it comes to the Canadian cattle industry, 2022 may not be quiet as reviled as 2021 and its extreme drought, but it's unlikely to rank in the top five best years for many. While the year definitely shows well in the cattle prices category, it's the profit and loss statement that really tells the... Read More

As the calendar winds down, so too does the work week and the routines of week in and week out. And so it is with the host of Wheat Pete's Word, Pete Johnson, as he offers this, the last Word of the year. For this week's podcast, Johnson has a little agronomy and a lot... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio, with host Shaun Haney. You'll hear: Neil Townsend of Farmlink Marketing Solutions, on the commodity markets and a look at 2023; Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, with a Beef Market Update; and, Pierre Petelle of CropLife Canada, on the impacts of the... Read More

This month, representatives from nearly 200 countries, met in Montreal for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. The goal of this COP15 was to hammer out an agreement on conservation and biodiversity protection. Pierre Petelle, president of CropLife Canada, says that going in to the meeting,... Read More

The final tally hasn't been published yet, but 2022 will go down as the new record high year for soybean yields in Western Canada, mainly southern Manitoba. Statistics Canada's latest provincial estimate came in at 43 bushels/acre, up from 27 bu/ac in 2021 (see graph below), but Dennis Lange, Manitoba Agriculture's pulse specialist, says he... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio, with host Shaun Haney. Haney is joined by Bernard Tobin and Kara Oosterhuis, both with RealAgriculture, to discuss a year-in-agronomy review and a look ahead to 2023 for farmers in Canada. Thoughts on something we talked about on the show? Connect with host Shaun... Read More

Get ready for our year-end wrap-up of The Agronomists! For this episode, host Lyndsey Smith asks the panelists from across Canada what the top weather, disease, insect, and weed challenge were for the 2022 growing season. To cover everything from flea beetles, surprising yields, and noxious weeds, our special guests are Jeremy Boychyn of Alberta... Read More

Planning for the next generation to potentially take over or deciding what comes next for your farm business can be very tricky. Not as tricky as not having a plan, however, so even if the farm business is pretty young, it still pays to ask some key questions. Trevor MacLean, a partner with MNP's agriculture... Read More