Farmland in British Columbia and Quebec increased the most in value in 2020, with Alberta rounding out the top three according to Farm Credit Canada's annual farmland value report. Despite COVID-19, on average, Canadian farmland values increased by 5.4 per cent, following a just-slightly lower 2019 value of 5.2 per cent growth. Land in British... Read More
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Welcome to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. We've got an issues panel for you on today's show, where you'll hear RealAg's Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner, along with Christina Crowley-Arklie of Crowley-Arklie Strategy. They'll talk about: Predicting the "new normal" for agriculture; Who's going to pay for the COVID-19 relief packages; International trade commission... Read More
For anyone that knows Shaun Haney, they know he's someone who is constantly thinking and evaluating what is going on around him. What has he been thinking about this week? On this RealAg LIVE! we've got a special "Freestyle Friday" where Shaun has an interactive chat with the audience, mixed with clips on his topic... Read More
If Canada celebrated Auto Industry Day, the Prime Minister and national leaders would boast of our modern technology, our ingenuity and automation, our global competitiveness and production figures, regardless of where we rank in the world order. But on Canada's Agriculture Day, politicians celebrated small, quaint, pastoral perceptions of agriculture, as opposed to owning the... Read More
Welcome to this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio — and you know Thursday means a farmer rapid fire! In honour of International Women's Day on Monday, our panel today includes: Rebecca Archibald of Upper Stewiacke, N.S. who's doing some frost-seeding on the farm and working full time at Truro Agromart; Sandi Brock of Staffa, Ont.,... Read More
How did one tweet change an entire conversation surrounding butter in this country? What role did social media play in this thing called #buttergate? What can we, as an industry, learn from one consumer-facing issue that literally went around the world? Guest host Lyndsey Smith is joined by digital media strategist Christina Crowley-Arklie for today's... Read More
Yield enhancement networks (YEN) for wheat have taken root in Canada and could play an important role in helping increase yields for the cereal crop. Many Ontario growers were first exposed to YEN in 2020 at the SouthWest Agricultural Conference (SWAC). These networks are the brainchild of the research scientists at ADAS, a UK-based independent... Read More
Welcome to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio! We appreciate you taking time out of your day to drop by. On today's show you'll hear: Brian Innes of Canola Council of Canada and the new market access revitalization program; Mike Bender of Nufarm joins us for a product spotlight; Cyr Couturier, aquaculture scientist at Memorial... Read More
When your family is heavily involved with agriculture and politics, you're sure to have some involvement in either of those areas; or for our guest today, a combination of the two. Alanna Koch, board chair for the Global Institute for Food Security and leader in agriculture, joins us for today's RealAg LIVE! RealAg LIVE! streams... Read More
March means two things in Ontario: maple syrup and red clover. The weather is working okay for the early spring field work to begin in some areas, but maple syrup season is being interrupted by too-warm temps. That said, the warmer weather has many asking about red clover, early nitrogen, and more, on this week's... Read More