Welcome to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear an issues panel featuring Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith, both of RealAg, as well as Meagan Murdoch of Hill + Knowlton Strategies. They'll be talking about: Hot weather and deteriorating crop conditions in the west, and heavy rains happening in the east;... Read More
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It's well-known that canola does not like heat during flowering. As soon as daytime highs rise beyond 30 degrees C — as we're seeing through the current heat wave in Western Canada — the plant can become heat stressed, which leads to blasting and aborted pods. High temperatures can essentially cause a breakdown in communication…Read More
Some farmers practice strip till in their cornfields, some plant corn in twin rows, while others plant multiple hybrids. Then there's Mike Strang — he does it all in the same field and even adds cover crops to the management mix. On this episode of The Sharp Edge, Strang, who farms with his family near…Read More
Recent weather events in parts of Ontario have really flattened some wheat crops. There's an awesome crop out there, but harvesting it will now be much more difficult. In this episode of the Wheat School, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson talks about combine set-ups, the possibility of applying a pre-harvest burndown, and is later joined by…Read More
Welcome to this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio! And since it's a Thursday, that means a Farmer Rapid Fire. On today's show you'll hear: Shawn Schill of Arthur, Ont., where the crops are looking good with just-in-time rains; Ron Krahn of Rivers, Man., where the excess rain from last year is really helping out this... Read More
And just like that it's the end of June. Thanks for tuning into RealAgRadio. On today's show, brought to you by AGI and Farmobile, you'll hear: Liberal MP Wayne Easter, soon to be retired, will talk about his career in politics, his history with the National Farmers Union, and what's next; An AGI SureTrack product... Read More
Lodged crops, flooded crops, and burning crops — there's no shortage of crops under stress this week in Canada. Of course, there are also some tall, fast-growing corn crops, and in this week's Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson is covering the top agronomy questions of the week. From available nitrogen causing some issues to... Read More
With all eyes in the grain market paying close attention, the USDA delivered a bullish acreage report on Wednesday morning. The department estimated U.S. corn acres at 92.7 million acres — up from 91.1 million in the March planting intentions report, but still just over a million acres lower than the average pre-report trade estimate... Read More
We know that planting a soybean crop is half the battle in getting good yields, but once it's growing and the potential is there, how can growers protect soybean yield potential? In this Soybean School episode, Ken Currah, agronomist at BASF, joins Bernard Tobin in the field at Oxford County, Ont., to talk white mould,…Read More
On today's edition of RealAg Radio, you'll hear from: Ashley Knapton, forage agronomist at Corteva, on her journey to her current role; Kim Gerencser of MNP on farm debt and having a plan; Keith Munro of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, on the wild pig situation in the province; and The top ag... Read More