Achieving a perfect planting pass requires fine-tuning equipment, fit soil, and patience. To discuss how to get there, The Agronomists' host Shaun Haney is joined by Dale Cowan, senior agronomist for AGRIS Co-op, and Matt Chapple, market development agronomist for PRIDE Seeds. The trio tackle set up, down force, soil conditions, monitoring and so much... Read More
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It's an agronomic Monday here on RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear: Jeremy Boychyn, agronomy extension specialist with Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions, on fusarium seed testing; Ken Currah of BASF, with a clip from Corn School on planting date, depth, and cold weather; and, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, who'll cover a lot of... Read More
The vast majority of Canadian grain has to move to port before being exported, and overwhelmingly the majority of crop that heads west is moved by rail. Keeping tabs on how this complex, integrated logistics system works is Mark Hemmes, with Quorum Corp, Canada's grain transportation monitor. For this episode of RealAg LIVE!, host Kelvin... Read More
Swirling around in the news lately is the Canada Grain Act review, and while it's not the sexiest subject in the realm of ag these days, it's still incredibly important. We're going to make it interesting for you, we promise. Our host Shaun Haney's on for today's Freestyle Friday LIVE! and he's got the docket... Read More
On this Friday edition of RealAg Radio, the show features an issues panel with RealAg's Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner, and going across the border for our third panelist, Jim Wiesemeyer of Pro Farmer. They'll be talking about: Trudeau and Biden meeting for the first time; John Kerry and Jonathan Wilkinson working on a North... Read More
One of the keys to a high-yielding corn crop is even, uniform emergence. Growers can achieve this management goal in early-planted April crops when soil conditions are fit, but what happens when the weather turns bad and soil conditions take a turn for the worst at planting? On this episode of Corn School, Ken Currah,... Read More
On today's RealAg Radio we've got a Farmer Rapid Fire for you! Today's line-up features: Amy VanderHeide of Annapolis Valley, NS, who's working a lot in the woodlot these days; Brianne Brown of Yarker, Ont, and it's her first time on the Farmer Rapid Fire; Wilco van Meijl of Rapid City, Man., who's just on... Read More
Diversifying can mean making a small tweak to an operation, or in today's guest's case, building really big — like 40,000 head of cattle big. Joining us for today's RealAg LIVE! is Kevin Serfas, of Serfas Farms near Turin, Alta,. who just completed a brand new, large-scale feedlot with new cattle in it (today)! RealAg... Read More
Last month, the federal government announced it was launching consultations for a full review of the Canada Grain Act. Producers, grain companies, exporters, and all points of the value chain will have a chance to have their say on what they think should be changed in the act. Brett Halstead, chair of the Saskatchewan Wheat... Read More
In leadership, aggressive behaviour can actually be less harmful to business than passivity. In other words, being unwilling to discuss a problem is actually more detrimental that having an argument about it. But just knowing that doesn't make dealing with conflict any easier says Kelly Dobson, chief leadership officer at LeaderShift. In this Mind Your... Read More