Category: Podcasts

Will it be a cold or warm spring? How much moisture can we expect? It's helpful to know what's in the longer-term forecast to be able to plan the spring field-work accordingly. Brett Anderson of AccuWeather joins guest host Lyndsey Smith for today's RealAg LIVE! RealAg LIVE! streams every weekday at 3 pm E on... Read More

Will there be any precipitation headed our way? Is an early spring frost event coming? These are the weather-related questions that seem to be on everybody's mind in the west. Brett Anderson of AccuWeather joins guest host Lyndsey Smith for today's RealAg LIVE! focused on weather trends heading in to the seeding season. RealAg LIVE!... Read More

Thanks for tuning into this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio. Today's show is a virtual on-location brought to you by Syngenta Canada and Saltro! On today's show you'll hear: Dr. Mario Tenuta of the University of Manitoba, who'll talk about how permanence will apply to carbon sequestration; Abhi Deora of Syngenta joins us for a... Read More

A two-year pilot project that will demonstrate grasslands' carbon-storing power was announced last week by the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association. The project is a follow-up to a previous one, run through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Agriculture Greenhouse Gases program. "We developed the first carbon offsets protocol applicable to Canadian grasslands," says Cedric MacLeod, executive... Read More

As we gear up for what could be an early seeding season in some areas of the Prairies, there's still time to fine-tune the canola seeding and establishment strategy for the year ahead. On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Autumn Barnes with the Canola Council of Canada, and Stacie... Read More

Welcome to this Monday edition of RealAg Radio. Thanks for stopping by. On today's show you'll hear: Dr. Clarence Swanton of the University of Guelph, on how starting clean is critical; Jeremy Boychyn of Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions, to talk about survivability of winter wheat; Autumn Barnes of Canola Council of Canada will talk... Read More

When soil moisture conditions are top of mind in late March, it probably means there's either way too much or not nearly enough. For 2021, huge swaths of the Prairies are dry to very dry, and that's got plenty of farmers and agronomists working on possible strategies for a dry seeding season. From yield targets... Read More

Thanks for stopping by this Friday edition of RealAg Radio. Today's show includes a Beef Market Update with Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, as well as an issues panel featuring Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture, and Andrew Campbell, dairy farmer from Ontario. The trio discuss: Biodiesel; Carbon offsets; Automation in agriculture;... Read More