Larry Dyck is trying to make tough soil a little less tough. It may sound like a simple objective, but it's been a 40 year journey for the cash cropper, who operates Campden Grain with his son Ben, near Campden on Ontario's Niagara peninsula. Dyck, a member of the Ontario Soil Network, first started no-tilling... Read More
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September is for back-to-school and new beginnings, and here at RealAgriculture, we promised a return to our LIVE! Q&A program in the fall. And here we are, on the cusp of a federal election, rolling out what you can expect for this next season of livestreaming. On Friday, September 10th, tune in at 3 pm... Read More
There's growing concern about a federal excise tax that will greatly impact Canada's craft distilleries. A campaign, called "Lift Canada's Spirits," is a coalition of small to large distilleries whose goal is to reduce the excise tax on the first small annual volume of spirits produced to be more in line with domestic, craft beer... Read More
Welcome to a Thursday Farmer Rapid Fire edition of RealAg Radio! On today's show you'll hear from: Alex Brown, of Shubenacadie, N.S.; Keith Currie, of Collingwood, Ont.; Dwayne Leslie, of Poplar Point, Man.; Jim Wickett, of Rosetown, Sask.; and Andrea Stroeve-Sawa, of Taber, Alta. Thoughts on something we talked about on the show? Connect with... Read More
Members of the Ontario Soil Network are inviting complete strangers onto their farms — virtually, of course. Mel Luymes, communications and community director of the Ontario Soil Network, says that the Soil Road Trip allows farmers, researchers, or just those who are curious, to tour up to 100 fields and discover what each farmer is... Read More
Does it pay to invest in weed control in a dry year? When soil moisture is scarce, one way to help conserve it is to prevent weeds – they can rob the precious resource from emerging and growing plants. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Soybean School, we travel to the BASF research and development site... Read More
Welcome to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio, guest-hosted by Lyndsey Smith today. On the show you'll hear: Mel Luymes, with Ontario Soil Network, who talks about an online soil road trip; An InVigor product spotlight with Nicolea Dow, farmer from Portage la Prairie, Man.; A clip from the most recent episode of The Agronomists,... Read More
September first marks the beginning of meteorological fall, but that doesn't mean that summer is over. The growing season is still chugging along, and this week's agronomy update even includes an insect outbreak alert (just when you thought it was safe to put the sprayer away!). In this episode of Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter... Read More
A collaborative program between six major crop commissions will look at the role of wetlands and their ecosystem services, over three years. "We're very excited this year that we have a collaborative program to monitor Alberta's wetlands," says Nevin Rosaasen, policy and program specialist with Alberta Pulse Growers. "What we're looking for is, first off,... Read More
Under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) is the host of the current wheat research cluster, a five-year agreement from 2019 to 2023. Collaborative funding between Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and producers is funnelled into the cluster to support industry-led research, explains Lauren Comin, director of research at Alberta Wheat and... Read More