It’s time for Day 6 of the virtual Ontario Diagnostic Days! This week we’ll look at effective sprayer applications with a focus on fungicides. We’ll call on Ontario researchers and extension specialists to tackle everything from identifying disease and selecting control products to evaluating spray coverage and choosing the right application method. The line-up includes... Read More
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Thanks for tuning in to RealAg Radio. Today's show is all about markets and trade, with a good helping of news thrown in there, too. You'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with your host Shaun Haney; Matthew Pot, economist with Grain Perspectives, joins us to talk markets; and, Claire Citeau, executive... Read More
Are we anywhere near managing for African swine fever? On this edition of RealAg LIVE!, host Shaun Haney is joined by Dr. Egan Brockhoff of Prairie Swine Health Services, to talk about this devastating disease and what Canada and its trading partners are doing to keep the virus out of North America. Don’t miss the... Read More
Will precision planting winter wheat pay for Ontario growers? That's a question RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson and OMAFRA cereals specialist Joanna Follings are determined to answer with a new research trial they planted last week at Follings' home farm at Ayr, Ont. At the 2020 CerealSmart conference last February at Kitchener, Ont., Michigan State University... Read More
It's Agronomic Monday, and we've got a great agronomy lineup for you here on RealAg Radio. On today's show, you'll hear: Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, RealAgriculture's resident agronomist, on the several nights of frost in Ontario, and what some of your options are in the aftermath; Dr. Joy Agnew of Olds College, on crop storage,... Read More
Canadian Beef Advisors (CBA) — a cooperative community made up of the national organizations representing the entire beef production chain — rolled out its national beef strategy 2030 goals at the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef annual general meeting recently. Tyler Bjornson, chair of the CBA, says the vision around the national beef strategy is... Read More
A light frost of minus 1 or so this early in the year shouldn't have impacted Ontario grain crops like it has, but here we are. "It hurt way more than I ever anticipated," says Peter Johnson, RealAgriculture agronomist. Eastern Ontario was much harder hit with colder temps over several nights, but in southwestern Ontario,... Read More
Chop and grind in the markets isn't really the kind of headline you want to hear for the beef markets, but maybe chop and grind means good things for prices. "U.S. markets trading about a buck higher than how they closed the end of last week, so $103, $104 in the north, heading the right... Read More
Sustainability is a key topic in the beef industry right now, in both production and marketing. What makes sustainability all that more complex, is that it has so many different definitions depending on which part of the supply chain you belong. RealAgriculture founder and RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney recently moderated a panel discussion on... Read More
Thanks for tuning into Canada's only agricultural-based radio program across the country! Of course, thanks to our American listeners as well — we're a North American show! It's Friday, which means it's time for a RealAg Issues panel. On today's show, you'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney;... Read More