It takes heaps of management to grow perfectly-sized, quality sweet potatoes. Katie Keddy, of Valley Harvest Sweet Potatoes in Nova Scotia, shares how her farm grows this neat crop, plus strawberries for propagation, blackberries, and raspberries. Listen to Keddy (@VHsweetpotatoes) in conversation with host Kara Oosterhuis below (with a special guest voice appearance by producer... Read More
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The new virtual Ontario Agricultural Conference received strong reviews during the first week in January, and Ontario certified crop advisors have picked up the education baton and delivered another win this week for ag extension. Ontario Certified Crop Advisors (CCA) chair Deb Campbell says it's tough to replace the face-to-face interaction and learning that farmers... Read More
It's a Windy Wednesday over here in Alberta, where Shaun Haney is hosting RealAg Radio live in the Lethbridge studio. On today's show, sponsored by Federated Cooperatives, you'll hear: Craig Klemmer of Farm Credit Canada (FCC); A product spotlight with Ian McDougall of Federated Cooperatives Limited (FCL); RealAg's Kelvin Heppner on the Saskatchewan commodity annual... Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many things, including our relationship with our food system. For the first time in several generations, there were empty grocery store shelves due to disrupted supply chains. What impact has this had on the farm and food conversation and public trust? In this RealAg LIVE!, Shaun Haney is joined by... Read More
This week's Wheat Pete's Word kicks off with a quick explanation and an update on host Peter Johnson's "extra 15 minutes" concept. The agronomy questions keep rolling in, and this week, Johnson puts off some of the wheat questions and instead tackles some sulphur questions, forage questions, and questions on spring cover crops. Have a... Read More
The agriculture industry loves its iron and the upcoming trends in equipment manufacturing are an exciting prospect. Al Cervero, senior vice president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, recently wrote an article titled Five Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2021, and also joined Shaun Haney on RealAg Radio. First up is how the equipment industry... Read More
The topic of soil health has gained a tremendous amount of followers over the last ten years. There's a large, dynamic community devoted to the topic, too — from farmers and researchers, to consultants and extension specialists. Dr. Abbey Wick, extension soil health specialist and associate professor at North Dakota State University (NDSU), recently presented... Read More
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! On today's show you'll hear from: David Przednowek, director of sales and marketing for CN Rail, on grain movement with the strong markets lately; Matthew Pot, economist with Grain Perspectives, on the latest WASDE report; and, Al Cervero, of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, on upcoming equipment... Read More
Struggling with what to make of the markets lately? Moving the market, in this moment, is the latest WASDE report; and to help break it down for us is Jon Driedger of Leftfield Commodity Research, joining host Shaun Haney for today's RealAg LIVE! Tune in for a new LIVE! Q&A every weekday at 3 pm... Read More
Clean fields and fit soil will kick the soybean crop off to a strong start, but there's so much more to big yields than warm soil. In this episode of The Agronomists we go to Ontario's soybean specialist Horst Bohner and Manitoba's pulse specialist Dennis Lange to hone in on three major factors that determine... Read More