Can cities play a major role in serving the agriculture industry? Calgary, Alta. has the potential to become a major agricultural hub —like St. Louis, Missouri, or Salinas, California — but not without its own set of challenges. Our guest today on RealAg LIVE! is Mary Moran, president and CEO of Calgary Economic Development. RealAg... Read More
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Welcome to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! We appreciate you taking time to tune in. Today's show features an issues panel with RealAg's Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner, joined by Alberta farmer Jeff Nielsen. They'll be talking about: Implementing tech on the farm; What's going on between Canada and India with regards to vaccines... Read More
When it comes to field work in either spring or fall, time is money. To speed up the process, Brandt Industries rolled out the new HP Torsion Harrow last fall and is currently moving units to dealers for #plant21. The new implement comes in 100- and 120-feet widths, geared to the larger producer who needs... Read More
Normally on a Thursday we'd have a Farmer Rapid Fire for you, but today's RealAg Radio show is just a bit different — it's a virtual live on-location with Syngenta Canada! It's a great show, and yes, you'll still hear from farmers. In today's show: A recent conversation with Tyne Morgan, host of U.S. Farm... Read More
You've maybe heard of, or like our host Shaun Haney have had the chance to visit an anaerobic biodigester facility, but generally the information out there is few and far between. Coming at the livestock and manure management from another angle, our guest for today's RealAg LIVE! is Jennifer Green of the Canadian Biogas Association.... Read More
Welcome to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio, sponsored by Farm at Hand by TELUS Agriculture! On today's show you'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney; Kristjan Hebert, farmer at Moosomin, Sask., on incorporating data into your decision-making; A product spotlight with Brendan McCaffery, product manager at Farm... Read More
Meet Paul Klaesi of Fepro Farms near Cobden, Ont., a pioneer in cold weather biogas generation. Klaesi and his family came to a Canadian dairy farm from Switzerland in 1990. At the time, Klaesi had been looking into biogas generation, but shelved the idea while he built the farm in Canada. By 2000, he felt... Read More
Mice, flax, a birthday, and what's supposed to be the sole topic of today's conversation: markets. There's a lot to cover in market talk lately. Making the markets make sense with Kara Oosterhuis for today's RealAg LIVE! is Brian Voth of IntelliFARM Inc. RealAg LIVE! streams every weekday at 3 pm E on Youtube, Facebook,... Read More
We know you're just itching to get into the field, and there's a light at the end of this tunnel! We're starting to get more sunny days and that can provide 11 degrees of temperature difference, according to our curious host. In this episode of Wheat Pete's Word, Peter Johnson covers manure questions of all... Read More
The continued growth of wild pig populations in Western Canada has Ontario regulators working to identify the extent of the problem in the province, and root out the invasive animals before populations establish. Wild pigs are defined as pigs that are not contained and can be found outside fences, says Bree Walpole, a senior policy... Read More