Welcome to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio! Sitting in the host seat today is RealAgriculture's Kelvin Heppner. You'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day, with a focus on B.C., and the struggles and destruction people and farmers are working to get through; Henry Braun, Mayor of Abbotsford, on the cost of... Read More
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Plow might be a four-letter word, but plenty of Ontario farmers are reaching for the primary tillage tool as a way to manage rutted fields this fall. What are the trade-offs when using the plow? For that answer, you'll have to listen well towards the end of this episode of Wheat Pete's Word; and in... Read More
How could precision planting technology impact Ontario winter wheat yields? Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs cereals specialist Joanna Follings and RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson are back with a final report on precision planting trials Follings conducted on her home farm at Ayr, Ont. RealAgriculture first visited the site in September 202o when... Read More
Updated to include comments from B.C.'s minister of agriculture. The Fraser Valley of B.C. accounts for over 75 per cent of dairy production in the province, and the area has been hard hit by the "atmospheric river" earlier this week. There are several hundred dairy farms in and around the flooded Sumas Prairie area outside... Read More
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio. It is certainly a jam-packed one you won't want to miss. On today's show, you'll hear: Jesse Meyer, farmer in the Peace Region of Alta., on his experience with currently being stuck on the side of a highway in B.C., as the disastrous flooding continues; Carla Kaeding... Read More
We're not about to let some technical difficulties keep us from having The Agronomists go live! In this episode, storm-stayed Tom Wolf and mall-Santa-ready Jason Deveau join host Shaun Haney for an engaging conversation about new sprayer technology, the rate of commercialization, and strategies for effective product application in the face of possible shortages in-season.... Read More
Soybean harvest in Ontario is wrapping up as growers roll through a 2021 crop that won't break any records but will deliver solid yields. The province's corn crop, however, appears poised to smash the average per-acre yield and be one for the record books. As combines continue to soldier on through November, growers are turning... Read More
Welcome to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear: Leighton Blashko, senior technical service specialist at BASF, talks canola storage considerations on a recent Canola School episode; A clip from last week's episode of The Agronomists, featuring Dr. Merrin Macrae of the University of Waterloo, and Dr. Jeff Schoenau of... Read More
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) says they are calling on the province to reject proposals by the Saskatchewan Growth Coalition which is calling for lower rural municipal tax rates for resource and processing industries. Scott Owens, APAS board member and farmer at Maidstone, Sask., says that the proposal would decrease the amount of... Read More
The temperatures may be headed downwards and winter is on its way, but beef cattle prices aren't going to be following that trend. "We've had another super week in the U.S. in terms of cash trade," says Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, in this week's Beef Market Update. "Last week the market started... Read More