The Successors is a brand new RealAgriculture podcast series hosted by Kara Oosterhuis focusing on agriculture from the perspective of the up-and-coming generation. What does it take to be an effective communicator? What do public speaking and agriculture have in common? Why is it crucial to shift how we communicate with consumers as attitudes change?... Read More
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The winter wheat in Ontario is ready to be staged for fusarium head blight (FHB), and with such an impactful disease, we figured it was important to bring some guests on to talk about it! Taking us on this journey with host Lyndsey Smith is Joanna Follings, cereal specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,... Read More
Welcome to another Agronomic Monday here on RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear: Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson talks about fungicide timing in the east, water quality, and more; A Climate FieldView product spotlight with Chapin Bell; and, Ryan Benjamins of Benjamins Agronomy Services, talks about soybean establishment and plant stand evaluations. Thoughts on something... Read More
Welcome to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. We've got an issues panel for you today, featuring RealAg's Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith as well as Toban Dyck, Manitoba farmer and columnist for the National Post. They'll be talking about: New ag policy framework; The cyber attack on JBS; Water woes; and, Scorching weather. Thoughts... Read More
Several reports of poor regrowth on second- or later-year alfalfa in the Niagara and other Ontario regions seems to be caused by one culprit: alfalfa weevil. Agronomists are reporting scouting fields that have already reached threshold for the pest (see photos below). Because of early season heat, some established fields of alfalfa were cut relatively... Read More
Welcome to this Thursday, Farmer Rapid Fire edition of RealAg Radio! On today's show you'll hear from: Terry Philips of New Liskeard, Ont., who farms an hour south of the 49th parallel, and is dealing with huge re-plant numbers; Drew Spoelstra of Binbrook, Ont., where the fields are pretty dry but most of the crops... Read More
Several converging factors are putting the squeeze on the cattle value chain and industry dynamics, and the recent cyber attack on JBS has added another layer of disruption to an already stressed system. JBS announced the hacking, possibly Russian in origin, earlier this week. The cyber attack meant the company ceased slaughter in several plants,... Read More