The cost of food, fuelled by inflation levels not seen in decades, is the top "life" issue concerning Canadians. That's the headline emerging from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) 2022 public trust research report, released during the organization's annual summit in Toronto this week. The 2022 findings illustrate that the cost of food... Read More
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Who wins and who loses in the weather lottery all depends on where you live and what business you are in. For those in the farming business, too cold and too dry are usually not good for a winter outlook, but it appears areas of the Prairies that could really use more precipitation may lose... Read More
Alberta's Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation says he has a list of "good stuff that isn't finished yet" that he's planning to tackle following his reappointment to the agriculture post in cabinet by new Premier Danielle Smith. Nate Horner was originally tapped to serve as the province's agriculture minister by Smith's predecessor Jason Kenney in... Read More
Too often, it takes a brush with a serious health issue to spur someone to take better care of themselves. For Amanda Nigg, it took a life-changing event to spur her farm-fit business. On this episode of the Fit Farmer podcast, Fit Farmer meets Farm Fit Momma as Gary Chambers is joined by Nigg to... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! Guest host Kelvin Heppner is joined by Brett Anderson, with Accuweather, on the Canadian winter forecast; Tyler Fulton, with Canadian Cattle Association, on the Canadian government's new methane emissions reduction plan and what it means for cattle producers; and Greg Sears, chair for the... Read More
Wheat and barley growers in Alberta only have a few days left to vote on whether they want to see Alberta Barley and the Alberta Wheat Commission amalgamate into a single organization. Farmers who paid a levy on wheat or barley sales between January 2020 and April 2022 should have received a voting PIN in... Read More
Technology is continuously changing, and along with that is how we implement said technology on farms. For this edition of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Garth Donald of Decisive Farming, and Caleb Niemeyer of Woodrill Ltd, to discuss variable rate applications for seed and fertilizer. This episode of The Agronomists is brought... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! Today’s show host, Lyndsey Smith, is joined by Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson of RealAgriculture, on weird corn, spraying out hay, and record wheat yield for Ontario. Kelvin Heppner hops on for an Edible Bean School featuring Anfu Hou. We will also hear a... Read More
Two herbicides are better than one, right? That's the goal when products are tank-mixed together, but they don't always deliver better weed control when antagonism occurs. Antagonism takes place when two or more herbicides are combined and results in lower weed control than if they had been applied separately. This most often occurs when a... Read More
Higher yields are always a top priority for plant breeders developing new crop varieties, but yield itself is the result of a combination of different factors, including resistance to disease threats, maturity timing, and harvestability. These characteristics are all taken into consideration when screening and developing new edible bean varieties, explains Anfu Hou, bean breeder... Read More