If you're on social media, chances are you've seen posts from Dickson Delorme, aka Quick Dick McDick (QDM). His YouTube videos cover his daily life on a grain and cattle farm, while bringing some humour and normality to some of the tougher topics out there. For this Friday edition of RealAg LIVE!, guest host Lyndsey... Read More
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David MacNaughton, who served as Canada's Ambassador to the U.S from 2016 to 2019, says that while the Canada-U.S. leadership relationship is much improved under President Joe Biden, Canada still needs to proceed with caution. Yes, President Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have kicked off their relationship with friendly words of warmth and a... Read More
We've got a Farmer Rapid Fire for you on today's RealAg Radio! You'll hear from: Shawn Shill of Arthur, Ont. who's busy moving grain, doing shop work, and is looking forward to #plant2021; Landon Friesen of Crystal City, Man. who got a sunburn yesterday; A product spotlight with AGI about their sponsorship of the Brier,... Read More
Aquaculture! It's like farming except in the water, obviously, but not a lot of people know that aquaculture shares similar concerns with regular agriculture. It's the farming of seafood, and it's been going on in Canada since before confederation. On this RealAg LIVE! Kara Oosterhuis is joined by Cyr Couturier from the Marine Institute at... Read More
It's been a few years since DOT, the autonomous farm robot now owned by Raven Industries, made waves in the ag industry. Now that it's had a chance to run, how does it fare in the field? Daniel Stefner, fourth year Bachelor of Applied Science agribusiness major student at Olds College, recently joined Shaun Haney... Read More
Welcome to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show we've got a great line-up for you, including: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney; Jan Lambregts, head of RaboResearch, on economic recovery; Wes Anderson joins us for a SWAT Maps product spotlight; and David McNaughton, Canada's former U.S.... Read More
If there's anyone that's knowledgable and passionate about agriculture education, it's Johanne Ross, of Agriculture in the Classroom Canada. For today's RealAg LIVE! Ross joins Kara Oosterhuis for a chat about how AITC-C started, what its goals are, and where it's going in the future. RealAg LIVE! streams every weekday at 3 pm E on... Read More
You can't get to 1000 episodes without first hitting three hundred, and here we are — episode 300 of Wheat Pete's Word! For this week, remember that there's a new number for Wheat Pete for both listening or leaving messages (but we're glad you mostly listen/download it here), plus some solid numbers that back up... Read More
It appears the Biden and Trudeau governments are seeing many issues through a similar lense so far, especially when it comes to fighting climate change, enabling diversity, and a belief in science. Tuesday morning, Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food Marie-Claude Bibeau and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack met virtually, to discuss the importance of the... Read More