Thanks for tuning in to this special Thursday edition of RealAg Radio, recorded LIVE! at the National Farm Machinery Show, at Louisville, Kentucky, brought to you by Syngenta Canada. Host Shaun Haney is joined by Tyne Morgan, of the U.S. Farm Report, to discuss supply chain issues, and Marijke Vanderlaan, Syngenta Canada is on to... Read More
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The oat market is somehow managing to garner positive attention, even as "burdensome, massive oat supplies" weigh on the market. Randy Strychar, president of Oatinformation, presented at CropConnect in Winnipeg, Man., this week and says barring a major weather event, it will take 18-24 months to chew through the current large oat supply. But despite... Read More
Farmers and the agriculture industry are still waiting to hear about "What we heard" when it comes to the federal government's fertilizer emissions reduction target. This week, at the Future of Food event at Ottawa, Ont., Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau was quite positive about the timeline of a fertilizer tariff money announcement... Read More
Happy Canadian Ag Day! Thanks for tuning in to this special Wednesday edition of the Farmer Rapid Fire on RealAg Radio! Guest host Kara Oosterhuis is joined by: Rebecca Archibald of Truro, N.S.; Kevin Buchner of Brownsville, Ont.; Ron Krahn of Rivers, Man.; and, Todd Hames of Marwayne, Alta. Thoughts on something we talked about... Read More
It's Canada's Ag Day, and it's time to celebrate the food and farmers you love. How are you celebrating? That's how Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson kicks off this week's Wheat Pete's Word before diving in to the topics and questions of the week, including if cover crops are really going to be dead come spring,... Read More
Happy Valentine's Day! Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio. Guest host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Shawn Schill to discuss land rental agreements and land price direction. Then you'll hear an interview with Kara Oosterhuis and Gerald Stokka, extension veterinarian at North Dakota State University, on cold weather calving and... Read More
Nitrogen can't have all the fun — sometimes we need to bring in the lesser-knowns of the NPKS party. For this episode of The Agronomists, we dive in to the world of sulphur: why crops need it, why farmers have to add it, and how to diagnose and correct a deficiency. Our experts are Colin... Read More
In 2022, the top 20 growers in the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) harvested 50 bu/ac more wheat than the bottom 20 growers in overall yield rankings. What's really surprising, says RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson, is that this gap exists despite there being only a five percent difference in yield potential between the two... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by Peter Johnson, resident agronomist for RealAgriculture, to discuss all things agronomy from maple syrup season, world record yield, soil health, and more! Also hear a farmer panel recorded from the Atlantic Grain Councils meeting... Read More
Cold weather calving is tricky and that can be compounded by rapidly changing weather conditions. Bringing cattle in to a new environment because of cold or wet weather can introduce a new management issue: pathogen spread. Gerald Stokka, the extension veterinarian at North Dakota State University, says that increased snowfall or wet weather means that... Read More