It seems the only certainty in the ag industry is knowing there will always be a level of uncertainty. Knowing this, Agricultural Economic Insights (AEI) have designed a tool to help farmers forecast commodity prices within specific timeframes, share their predictions, and even get a payout if they are the most accurate. David Widmar, with... Read More
Category: Podcasts
The Successors is a RealAgriculture podcast series hosted by Kara Oosterhuis focusing on agriculture from the perspective of the up-and-coming generation. How do you find your place on the farming operation? What can you do to keep the lines of communication open? What can a peer group provide to both you and your career? Fiona... Read More
Drought, offshore import shortages, and labour disruptions are among several factors CN Rail is juggling as the railway continues to work in overdrive to ensure products and commodities get to where they need to be. Many people likely think of trains running westbound bringing goods to the coast, however in recent times, where it seems... Read More
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here's to hoping you have the luck of the Irish on your side this year. Speaking of lucky...it's time for this week's Farmer Rapid Fire edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show, you'll hear: Mark Burnham, of Ont.; Bruce Holmquist, of Sask; Sukhpaul Bal, of B.C.; and Wilco Van Meijl ,of... Read More
Fertilizer suppliers and retailers are scrambling to sort out the impact of the Canadian government's sanctions on fertilizer from Russia and Belarus, including shipments that were paid for and loaded prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Fertilizer has historically been one of Canada's largest imports from Russia. Approximately 660 to 680 thousand tonnes of nitrogen... Read More
After being back on the road and attending several trade shows filled with machinery, one thing is certain — combines aren't getting smaller, and neither are the headers. Kevin Forth, tactical marketing manager for Fendt, was on hand at Commodity Classic at New Orleans, Louisiana, to showcase the latest addition to the Fendt IDEAL combine... Read More
As producers start to prepare for the upcoming seeding season, equipment manufacturers are also preparing for what could be another successful year for their industry. Despite all of the challenges that came with the pandemic, including persistent supply chain shortages, the ag equipment industry has seen strong sales over the course of the last two... Read More
It's not easy to get a handle from an economic perspective on what some of the outcomes and the impacts are of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It's already caused inflationary pressure, as Russia becomes cut off from the rest of the world, but as Kevin McNew, chief economist at Farmers Business Network (FBN), explains,... Read More
It is somehow WEDNESDAY already! Welcome to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio. You'll hear: David Przednowek of CN Rail, on the performance of the railways, and the why's behind some of the numbers when it comes to rail cars; Robert Gobeil of the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), on Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, and... Read More
The electrical current that makes the global supply chain run is reliability and predictability. If ever someone had "unplugged" that current, it's now. Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soybean Transportation Coalition, says that the past few weeks and few years have been a real eye-opener for some, that what happens half-way across the globe... Read More