Today's RealAg Radio is sponsored by RBC, and was broadcast live at Farm Management Canada's Agricultural Excellence Conference. You'll hear: Shawn Hass of RBC Dominion Securities, about how concerned farm or ranch owners should be with inflation; Ryan Riese joins in for an RBC spotlight interview; and Renee Wiatt, research and extension specialist at Purdue... Read More
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Since yesterday was our issues panel, the switch-up for the week continues with a Farmer Rapid Fire on this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear: Tyler Lester of Bloomfield, Ont.; Charlene Whattam of Douglas, Ont.; Gunter Jochum of St. Francois Xavier, Man.; Shaun Dyrland of Kyle, Sask.; and Jason James of... Read More
On this week's episode of Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson talks about damaging wheat plants, upcoming sessions at the Ontario Ag Conference, economic rates of nitrogen, and foliar potash results. Is only one episode a week enough? Some of you say nay. For now, however, one will have to be enough. Have a question... Read More
This story has been edited to include the vote result. With a strike deadline looming on December 6, members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 (UFCW) who work at Cargill's High River beef processing plant have voted against a new contract offer this week. The union that represents over 2,000 workers at... Read More
On this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio, we're tossing it up a bit. You'll hear an ALPINE product spotlight with Ken Brett, regional sales manager in Ontario, and the issues panel comes early this week (instead of on the usual Friday). Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner are on to talk all things Canadian ag including... Read More
The Prince Edward Island Potato Board has expressed its shock over the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) decision to suspend all seed potato exports out of P.E.I., and all potato movement from P.E.I. to the U.S., following a ministerial order announced Monday, November 22. Potato wart is a soil-borne fungus that can lay dormant for... Read More
Horsch's Leeb sprayer is a brand new unit on the market and the features are seemingly endless. To start, a high gear ratio on hubs are heavier built, meaning the Leeb can go up a steeper hill in a higher gear. "It's a 50/50 weight distribution throughout the whole unit, front to back," says Cody... Read More
The dry 2021 growing season will certainly put pressure on the risk for herbicide carryover in 2022, and special attention should be paid to pulse crop planning in that respect. "Growers should look to understand what active ingredients were applied and what crops may be sensitive to carryover," says Sarah Anderson, agronomy manager at Saskatchewan... Read More
For the second consecutive year, Thunder Bay, Ont. dairy farmer Peggy Brekveld will lead the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the province's largest general farm organization. Brekveld was elected president by OFA's board of directors after the conclusion of the organization's annual general meeting on Monday, Nov. 22. Mark Reusser and Drew Spoelstra were re-elected as... Read More
If one crop is good, two could be better. Intercropping and relay cropping is gaining momentum in Ontario and Western Canada, in an effort to maximize yield, decrease fertilizer use, and possibly reduce herbicide and fungicide passes. To explore what the science tells us, we go to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researchers Eric Page at... Read More