Welcome to this Thursday Farmer Rapid Fire edition of RealAg Radio. Today you'll hear from: Peggy Brekveld of Murillo, Ont., who has a cool and uncommon story of getting into farming; Gunter Jochum of St. Francois Xavier, Man., who's spending the day on the drill and the and keeping the hamster wheel turning; Jeff Bennett... Read More
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Whether for feed or food, in a dry season or wet, successful wheat and barley establishment is unique to the crop type. Plenty of farmers are swapping some acres into barley this year, and that added rotation diversity is a good thing says today's RealAg LIVE! guest, Sheri Strydhost, agronomy research specialist with Alberta Wheat... Read More
As government develops policy, draws up a budget, and sets a direction, they do so with input from voices within the government but also from voices outside the Parliament Hill bubble. Katie Ward is the president of the National Farmers Union, and farms near Ottawa, Ont.. She's our guest for today's RealAg LIVE! to talk... Read More
Welcome to the mid-week edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear: Brendan Byrne, chair of Grain Farmers of Ontario, on a federal carbon tax rebate and the Port of Montreal strike; Tami-Jo Brewin of Rowland Farms, which has recently diversified into rodeo stock; Kelly Dobson of LeaderShift, on conflict and how it isn't... Read More
Early spring weather has left some wheat feeling the burn of products applied before cold nights in Ontario. Out west, many farmers are still hoping for moisture before getting rolling for the #plant21 season. For this week's Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson reminds listeners to take fifteen minutes out of their day to phone... Read More
On this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio, we have a show focused on today's StatsCan's acreage report. You'll hear from: Jon Driedger, grain market analyst with LeftField Commodity Research; Matthew Pot, economist and author of Grain Perspectives; Kyle Jeworski, chief executive officer at Viterra, on domestic canola crush demand and development; and, Other news stories... Read More
Canola, wheat, pulse crops, barley, and more acreage numbers were released in Statistics Canada's report today. The numbers are what they are, and hopefully Statistics Canada was able to complete surveys that gave fairly accurate ones. To break it down for us, Neil Townsend, senior market analyst at FarmLink Marketing Solutions, joins Shaun Haney for... Read More
Flea beetles are a common insect pest in early growing canola across the Prairies. There are two important species of concern for canola (and mustard) growers: the striped flea beetle and the crucifer flea beetle. "The feeding is indistinguishable, but the striped flea beetle comes up earlier," says James Tansey, provincial entomologist with Saskatchewan Ministry…Read More
It's a big day when the Statistics Canada acreage report is released for all the major field crops in Canada. To understand if the numbers are above or below expectations, Shaun Haney is joined by Jon Driedger, grain market analyst with LeftField Commodity Research. To start the conversation off, canola acres are up from last... Read More
Within the last month, three grain companies have announced plans to add nearly five million tonnes of canola crush capacity in Western Canada. Richardson first announced a doubling of production to 2.2 million tonnes per year at its Yorkton, Sask. site, then Cargill announced plans to build a new 1 million tonne plant at Regina,... Read More