As beef demand has been strong, both domestically and in the export market, ranchers and feedyards are struggling to find strength in the fed cattle market. While the choice cutout reached $324.18 this week and packer profits have surged, the fed cattle price has not lifted in the same manner, leaving feedyards frustrated. While packers... Read More
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Much of the Prairies has experienced freezing temperatures over the last few days, with a risk of frost not yet out of the forecast. This has growers concerned about cereal tolerance to frost, as well as when and if a pre-emergent application can still happen. Wheat and barley are typically more resilient to cold temperatures... Read More
Welcome to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. We've got an issues panel for you today featuring RealAg's Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner, joined by National PR's Meagan Murdoch. They'll be talking about: Updates on the Canadian Grain Commission reducing fees; CAPI's Big Solutions Forum; Money going to the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity; Update... Read More
Integrated pasture management can include practices such as grazing rotations, herbicide applications, fertility analysis, mechanical brush management, and regular pasture health assessments. Corteva Agriscience wants to use a systemic approach to highlight the soil health aspects of integrated pasture management. Isabelle Thibout, product manager for specialties at Corteva Agriscience, says that soil type, soil fertility,... Read More
Welcome to this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio, which means a Farmer Rapid Fire! You'll hear from: Mark Torrey of Woodville, Ont., where the crops are coming along and the corn in sandy-loam is just about to come out; Mark Huston of Thamesville, Ont., where even the normally wet fields are rapidly drying and he's... Read More
Welcome to the mid-week edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show, featuring guest host Lyndsey Smith, you'll hear: Ashley Davenport, of Michigan Ag Today, talking about the disruption to energy by closing Line 5; Brett Israel, hog farmer and soil health advocate from Ontario; Lexie Hain, executive director of ASGA, about solar grazing; and, All... Read More
As we approach the first long weekend of the summer season, farmers are thinking about relaying winter wheat and barley for forage, protecting N on dry ground, and skipping a pre-emergent herbicide pass. As to whether all or some (or none) of those are good ideas, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson has the answers in this... Read More
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! We appreciate you taking time to join us. On today's show you'll hear: Conservative MP Larry Maguire on levelling the playing field for farm transitions via Bill C-208; Is farm management more important than where you farm? A new segment with MNP's Peter Manness and Kim Gerencser;... Read More