What are farmers across the country up to? Let's find out! On today's Farmer Rapid Fire edition of RealAg Radio, you'll hear: Mark Brock of Chiselhurst, Ont; Patrick Dunphy of P.E.I.; D.C. Jensen of Swift Current, Sask.; and Jeff Elder of Wawanesa, Man. Thoughts on something we talked about on the show? Connect with host... Read More
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Happy Wednesday and hope June is is off to a great start! We have another great show for you on RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear from: Ted Seifried with Zaner Ag Hedge Group; Ryan Bonnett with a Stoller Enterprises product spotlight; We'll also be talking to farm groups who have concerns regarding cross... Read More
Although ground meat, such as beef or pork, is a single-ingredient food product, proposed regulation changes by Health Canada could require front-of-package labelling warning of the food's saturated fat content. Single-ingredient foods, such as eggs, vegetables, and fruit, are usually exempt from some labelling requirements, under Health Canada. Other countries that have implemented front-of-package regulations... Read More
If you're the happiest farmer in the world right now, you might be in Alberta, or maybe Ontario, as both regions got some much needed and timely rain respectively. For southern Manitoba and eastern Ontario, however, conditions are either get-the-seeder-stuck wet or make-the-wheat-pink wet. Early heat this season is pushing some insect populations higher than... Read More
Several organizations that represent grain farmers from across Canada are raising concerns about the federal government's push to add environmental incentives or criteria to business risk management (BRM) programs, such as crop insurance, AgriStability, or AgriInvest. As part of the negotiations for Canada's next five-year agricultural policy framework, federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau is urging... Read More
Drought conditions are adding insult to injury for some cattle producers who considering tough decisions if pasture conditions don't improve soon. Producers Jocelyn and Travis Wasko, who own XTC Ranches and Bar 4 Bar Ranches near Eastend Sask., are going into their third year of drought conditions and say they continue to employ a "take... Read More
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio. Thanks for taking time to tune in, wherever you are listening from. On today's show, you'll hear: Cam Dahl of Manitoba Pork, on how trade with the U.S. must be deemed a priority; Damon Johnson of Parametrics.Ag with a product spotlight on their canola heat blast insurance;... Read More
When we think of a wet year, we think of disease. Throw in a cereal crop, and what's the disease we think of? Fusarium head blight or FHB. Here to teach us all about FHB management including control timing on this episode of The Agronomists is Dr. Kelly Turkington, plant pathologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food... Read More
It's Monday, and it's time to talk agronomy here on RealAg Radio! You'll hear: Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, RealAgriculture's resident agronomist, to shed light on everything he's seeing in the east; Marvin Talsma of Climate FieldView, with a product spotlight; Jeremy Boychyn of Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions, with an update from the west; and... Read More