Thursday! We can't believe it's Thursday already. Last week, we diverted away from our Farmer Rapid Fire usual (with farmers still on the show), but this week we're back at it! This week we truly have a coast to coast farmer experience; you'll hear: Katie Keddy of VH Sweet Potatoes at Woodville, Nova Scotia, sweet... Read More
Category: Podcasts
Farmers are getting vocal about the Responsible Grain code of practice, whether it's in support or dissent. Up until now, those voices have primarily been western Canadian in origin, but the code potentially impacts Ontario and points east, too. Crosby Devitt, CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO), recently joined Shaun Haney to help us... Read More
Welcome to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio. Today's show features a "virtual on-location," sponsored by Decisive Farming powered by Telus Agriculture. You'll hear: Garth Donald, manager of agronomy at Decisive Farming for a product spotlight; Blair Rutter, ag policy analyst, on the impacts of carbon taxes on grain transportation and how it funnels down... Read More
For our midweek edition of RealAg LIVE! we're talking farm business and some of the statistics and research that has been conducted. Joining host Shaun Haney is Justin Funk of AgriStudies. SUMMARY Agri Studies is a family business — Funk's father started it Marketing business that helps understand behaviours of farming A young farmer —... Read More
If you're looking for the magic formula to growing great wheat, you've come to the right place. In this week's Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson sums up how the soybean year finished off yield-wise for Ontario, why corn yields failed to impress, and then he digs in to the best crop ever — wheat!... Read More
Thanks for tuning into this Tuesday edition of the radio show. You'll hear from: Garrett Ganden, CEO of Rocky Mountain Equipment, on their privatization just before Christmas and what it means for customers; Crosby Devitt, CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario, and the eastern Canadian perspective on the Responsible Grain code of practice; A product... Read More
Corb Lund may be best known for his singing and songwriting, but he's also a resident of Alberta with strong rural roots. Early last year, the Alberta government quietly changed a coal mining policy that could potentially threaten the drinking and irrigation water for hundreds of thousands of Albertans, and Lund is not about to... Read More
What's the secret to growing those gigantic corn yields that turn a select few U.S. farmers into corn yield contest kings? Purdue University corn guru Dr. Bob Nielsen has been pouring over National Corn Yield Contest data and crop input and management summaries from winners for almost two decades. What has he learned? After all... Read More
Consultations are in full swing for the Responsible Grain code of practice, and the process is facing some bumps in the road. While the initiative is similar to what the beef industry went through with the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, it's not the same; and many farmers are expressing concern over whether or not... Read More
Jenneth Johanson farms in an atypical growing region at Lac du Bonnet, Man., about 100 km northeast of Winnipeg. She farms on productive land where the eastern Prairie meets the Canadian Shield, some of which is classified as organic soil: peat. Farming on peat has its challenges: it has low water holding capacity, it's high... Read More