Category: Podcasts

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio, with host Shaun Haney. Haney is joined by Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson, RealAgriculture’s resident agronomist, to discuss the top lessons learnt at the Manitoba Agronomy Conference and reflecting on 2022 overall. We will also hear a couple clips: one with Bern Tobin and... Read More

The full brunt of the 35 per cent tariff on Russian-sourced nitrogen in 2022 didn't just equal millions of dollars paid by Canadian farmers, it also put a spotlight on the challenges of some global trade flows. Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) commissioned StoneX to explore the issue, and author of "Farmers Need Fertilizer," Josh... Read More

Now in its third year, the Alberta Wheat and Alberta Barley Plot2Farm program is turning out some excellent data regarding questions on nitrogen management, the timing of plant growth regulators, and seeding rates. Jeremy Boychyn, agronomy research extension agronomist with the commissions, says the field-scale, on-farm research program provides producers with the framework to implement... Read More

Strong culture and core values are the foundation of a well-functioning team. This applies to business, sports, and, yes, families. When business meets family, as often is the experience for farmers, family members need to work together to define the core values of their operation. In this episode of The Mind Your Farm Business podcast,... Read More

When it comes to improving soil health and carbon sequestration, cover crops have been heralded as a key practice. But research to prove out the impact is coming to a rather underwhelming conclusion on cover crops' ability to actual build organic matter. Gabriel Popkin has published a report on the Food & Environment Reporting Network... Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Josh Linville of StoneX, talking about the Farmers Need Fertilizer report for Grain Farmers and fertilizer trade flows. Haney is then joined by Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner, both of RealAgriculture, and Meagan Murdoch of... Read More

Some fertilizer pricing decisions and applications for the 2023 crop have already been made, but there's plenty to be priced between now and April. For a look at current and future fertilizer markets, we go to Josh Linville of StoneX, and start with the apparent lull in prices — is this a temporary reprieve from... Read More

The Alberta government has launched a five-year Economic Development in Rural Alberta focused on key issues for rural Alberta. The plan includes economic development-enabling infrastructure, rural business supports and entrepreneurship, support for labour force and skills development, marketing and promoting rural tourism, and rural economic development capacity building. In the audio below, Nate Horner, Minister... Read More

There’s a lot of excitement in the canola industry about surging demand on the horizon as new crush plants are built in Western Canada. As canola agronomists and researchers gathered in Saskatoon last week for the Canola Week conference, sitting up front, as excited about and invested in the future of the crop as anyone... 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: Gunter Jochum of St. François Xavier, Man.; Brett Israel of Mapleton, Ont.; Ethan Wallace of Seaforth, Ont.; and Mike Shewchuk of Blaine Lake, Sask. As well,... Read More