Welcome to this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio — and you know Thursday means a farmer rapid fire! In honour of International Women's Day on Monday, our panel today includes: Rebecca Archibald of Upper Stewiacke, N.S. who's doing some frost-seeding on the farm and working full time at Truro Agromart; Sandi Brock of Staffa, Ont.,... Read More
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How did one tweet change an entire conversation surrounding butter in this country? What role did social media play in this thing called #buttergate? What can we, as an industry, learn from one consumer-facing issue that literally went around the world? Guest host Lyndsey Smith is joined by digital media strategist Christina Crowley-Arklie for today's... Read More
Welcome to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio! We appreciate you taking time out of your day to drop by. On today's show you'll hear: Brian Innes of Canola Council of Canada and the new market access revitalization program; Mike Bender of Nufarm joins us for a product spotlight; Cyr Couturier, aquaculture scientist at Memorial... Read More
When your family is heavily involved with agriculture and politics, you're sure to have some involvement in either of those areas; or for our guest today, a combination of the two. Alanna Koch, board chair for the Global Institute for Food Security and leader in agriculture, joins us for today's RealAg LIVE! RealAg LIVE! streams... Read More
March means two things in Ontario: maple syrup and red clover. The weather is working okay for the early spring field work to begin in some areas, but maple syrup season is being interrupted by too-warm temps. That said, the warmer weather has many asking about red clover, early nitrogen, and more, on this week's... Read More
John Deere is touting improvements in operator comfort, application quality, and machine uptime with the release of its new 400 and 600 Series sprayers. The 400 Series will include three models: 408R (280 hp), 410R (310 hp) and the 412R (326 hp). The 600 Series will feature two models: 612R (355 hp) and the 616R... Read More
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney Sean Speer, fellow at Public Policy Forum, about how on Canada's Ag Day, both Minister Bibeau and Erin O'Toole are thinking too small; Heather Watson, executive director at Farm Management... Read More
What would you think if your parents told you at 12 you'd be moving to another country on another continent? Well, today's RealAg LIVE! guest embraced what that new country had to offer and ran with it. Joining our host Kara Oosterhuis, Jess Verstappen talks about what led her to a career in agriculture, the... Read More
Imagine trying to gain consensus on policy issues across all Canadian commodity groups and geographies. That's Mary Robinson's job as president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, and she's heading into her second, two-year term after being acclaimed to the role last month. As if the role isn't challenging enough, Robinson has been leading the... Read More