Category: Podcasts

Ontario farmers are well into wheat harvest now, though rain is holding things up, while the west eyes an approaching harvest few are looking forward to. As we shift to thinking about harvest, it also means it's time to think about setting up for success for next year, and that starts at the combine. Joining... Read More

Welcome this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show, you'll hear: Ken Currah, agronomist at BASF, on fungicide strategies in corn; Meghan Vankosky, field crop entomologist at AAFC, Saskatoon, for a chat about pea leaf weevil; Dale Cowan, AGRIS Co-op agronomist, talks about nitrogen fixation in corn; Nate Ort, agronomy specialist at Canola... Read More

Thanks for tuning into today's episode of RealAg Radio. Our guest host, Lyndsey Smith, has a great lineup for you! You'll hear: A Beef Market Update with Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange. A RealAg Issues Panel featuring Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture and Alberta farmer Jeff Nielsen. The panel discusses: Bill C-208, even though... Read More

If you've been following the cattle markets, you'll know that this week the Alberta fed cattle market lost some ground. This kind of behaviour is not exceptionally strange for a July cattle market, says Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange in the latest episode of the Beef Market Update. However, the market lost another... Read More

Thanks for tuning into this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio. On today's Farmer Rapid Fire, you'll hear from farmers across the country: Amy VanderHeide of Coldbrook, N.S.; Nick Dubuc out of southwestern Quebec; Eric McLean of Oak River Man.; Kris Mayerle of Tisdale, Sask. John Kowalchuk of Rumsey, Alta.

The Successors is a RealAgriculture podcast series hosted by Kara Oosterhuis focusing on agriculture from the perspective of the up-and-coming generation. What does it take to make critical decisions? How do you navigate developing a leadership style? Why do we sometimes need to take the advice of others, and understand that tomorrow is another day?... Read More

Thanks for tuning into this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio, brought to you by AGI SureTrack and Ag Growth International (AGI). Today's show features: Glen Lucas, general manager of B.C. Fruit Growers' Association, on the damage to cherries, peaches, and apples from the recent heatwave; An AGI SureTrack spotlight interview with Alicia Cowieson; A chat... Read More

Normally a week or so behind the winter barley crop, Ontario farmers are nosing into the wheat harvest a little early as the two crops are ready at about the same time. From an aphid alert on soybeans, to sneaky root rots, and potash deficiency showing up in corn, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson has the... Read More