Usually when a farmer considers using a planter in Western Canada, it's to plant canola crops, not pulse crops. But there are those exploring that option in Alberta. Scott Gillespie, independent agronomist with Plants Dig Soil Consulting, has been working at scaling up plot trials he first saw at Farming Smarter. In this episode of... Read More
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A certain caterpillar that blew in on the wind may be wreaking havoc in your cereal crops. John Gavloski, provincial entomologist for Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development, joined Kara Oosterhuis for this episode of Wheat School to talk all things armyworm. Armyworm is different from bertha armyworm in a few ways: their preferred food is... Read More
Holy moly, it's somehow the last Monday in July already. Where has the time gone?! To start off the week, we've got a great lineup on RealAg Radio for you. On today's show, you'll hear: RealAgriculture's resident agronomist Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, on the drought situation that many eastern Canadian producers are facing, as well... Read More
Just like that, another work week has rolled by, which means it's time for a RealAg Issues Panel on RealAg Radio! On today's show, you'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney; A RealAg Issues Panel with Shaun Haney, RealAgriculture's Lyndsey Smith, Jeff English of ThinkShift, and Andrew Campbell,... Read More
Thursdays here at RealAg Radio mean only one thing: Farmer Rapid Fire! Host Shaun Haney is checking in with a group of farmers from across Canada that we last heard from about six weeks ago, including: John Wiebe Dykstra from Salisbury, N.B., where it's been very dry for the maritimes this year; Eric Dietrich from... Read More
It's not traditionally a time of year where we see big boosts to several crop price complexes, but what about 2020 has been normal? In this grain market Q&A LIVE!, Brian Voth, of IntelliFarm, sits down with sports-starved host Shaun Haney to talk corn, canola, soybeans, ethanol, baseball, spring wheat and more! Don’t miss RealAg... Read More
Grow great wheat! It's a catchy slogan, sure, but HOW do you grow great wheat? In this episode of the Wheat School, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson is fired up about the synergistic relationship between wheat inputs. "As we add all these fungicides, we add more nitrogen, we add these plant growth regulators, how does that... Read More
Living with extended family can be hard enough; adding work, money, and legacy to the mix makes it nearly impossible. But it doesn't have to be this way, and Jolene Brown, farmer, speaker, and author, joins this RealAg LIVE! to talk about the trials and tribulations of farming with family. Brown is entertaining, real, and... Read More
Wheat yield results are starting to trickle in from across Ontario, and the verdict is... pretty good! In this mid-July edition of Wheat Pete's Word, host Pete Johnson covers off what seems to have contributed to yield and what didn't seem to hold the wheat crop back. Plus, there are some insect pressures to watch... Read More
Throughout the pandemic there's been some struggle with meat supply chains and consumers getting the products they want. A new app developed by Lyndon Lisitza, Meatocracy, may just be the timely solution to widening the supply chain bottleneck. "The purpose of the app is very simply to bridge the gap between livestock producers and consumers... Read More