It's time for T3 fungicides to control fusarium head blight in Ontario's winter wheat, but growers may also have another troublemaker in the cereal crop that they'll need to tackle this time of year. There have been growing reports of cereal aphids in the Ontario winter wheat crop this spring, and growers need will to... Read More
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It's Thursday, which means it's time for a Farmer Rapid Fire! Join host Shaun Haney as he "travels" across the country to see where farmers are at in the growing season. On today's panel, you'll hear: Kevin Serfas of Turin, Alta; Jesse Meyer of Peace River, Alta; Danny Ottenbreit of Grayson, Sask; Ron Krahn of... Read More
Soil compaction is always going to be a hot topic following a trying harvest season. That holds true for much of the eastern Prairies and northern U.S. states this spring. Aaron Daigh, assistant professor of Soil Physics at North Dakota State University says that the 2019 growing season started off wet in the spring, which... Read More
Over the past month I've been asking commodity analysts and economists to speculate on whether we would see a $0.65 or $0.75 dollar first. All but one analyst replied — generally with great resolve — that $0.65 was the correct bet. That is not looking to be the case at at this point, as the... Read More
We've reached midweek and on today's RealAg Radio show you'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with your host Shaun Haney; Christina Crowley-Arklie with the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity, talking about a new campaign trying to shed light on our Canadian food system; and, Tom Steve, general manager for Alberta Wheat... Read More
Weed control questions, millipede feeding, and a crusting quandary — it must be early June! This week's Wheat Pete's Word is a little longer than usual because there is just so much going on and so many great questions rolling in. Host Peter Johnson has got the answers this week to everything from tufted vetch... Read More
The four western Canadian provincial hog producer groups are asking three major pork processors for a larger cut of the value of each hog. The boards of directors for the B.C. Pork Producers Association, Alberta Pork, Sask Pork and Manitoba Pork Council have sent a letter to Maple Leaf Foods, Olymel, and Donald’s Fine Foods... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to RealAg Radio on this Tuesday afternoon! On today's show, you'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney; Lorne Hadley, executive director of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency (CPTA), on an interesting case dealing with seed genetics in Kazakhstan, and how they tried to steal... Read More
What's bugging your crop? (See what we did there?) Scott Meers, independent agronomist and founder of Mayland Ag Consulting joins RealAg LIVE! host Shaun Haney for an informative and fun chat all about counting bugs. Well, not really. Also not all insects are bugs. Scott would want us to say that. Check out the video... Read More
With June arriving this week, corn is rushing ahead and growing rapidly. Now's the time for growers to get out and scout fields to identify planting issues, determine yield potential and start fine-tuning your management plan, says Kinburn, Ont., agronomist Paul Sullivan. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School, Sullivan notes that stand assessment and... Read More