Exports are so important to the Canadian beef industry, and early 2020 was shaping up to be a record year for global demand. Then, COVID-19 happened. Statistics Canada recently released the January to March numbers for Canadian beef exports, and as Brenna Grant, manager of research services for CanFax, explains, there is evidence of COVID-19... Read More
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It's the Thursday edition of RealAg Radio — so you know what that means! It's time for a Farmer Rapid Fire. On today's panel, you'll hear: Daryl Tuck of Alta.; Daryl Fransoo of Sask.; Jeff Elder of Man.; Ken Schaus of Ont.; Scott Persall of Ont.; and Billy Beaudry of Que. Also, you'll hear the... Read More
Many farmers are familiar with consulting economic threshold charts when it comes time to control insects, but many may be surprised to learn that there are economic thresholds for other pests, too. Gregory Sekulic, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, explains in this Canola School episode that although spraying is an important tool,... Read More
The federal government has been criticized for its handling of China both diplomatically and on trade. That said, Canada is a tiny country economically, and it's rather difficult to throw weight around when you don't have it. Dr. Gordon Houlden, director of the China Institute at the University of Alberta, says that some of China's... Read More
Are Ontario farmers doing a better job of getting phosphorus to stay put on their farms? Over the past decade, farmers, agronomists, researchers and governments have ramped up efforts to reduce the amount of phosphorus leaving farm fields and creating environmental challenges in areas such as the Lake Erie and Sainte-Claire watersheds. University of Waterloo... Read More
Today's RealAgRadio line up includes: Brenna Grant, manager of research services for CanFax, to explain beef export numbers in light of the U.S. president's comments about cattle imports; Gordon Houlden, director of the China Institute with the University of Alberta, on all things China and Canada; and Host Shaun Haney has the top ag news... Read More
The very word "sustainability" can be a bit of a lightning rod within agriculture. What is it? What does it really mean? What value does it have? Carlo Dade, with the Canada West Foundation, says that there is real value in the term and the practices to achieve sustainable production, but that Canadian agriculture is... Read More
Alfalfa is so cool, it can run ice in its "veins." Or at least, that's the best explanation we've got for the crop making it through extremely cold weather earlier this month. In this week's Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson discusses both alfalfa and wheat's adaptability, swapping corn varieties based on the calendar, inoculating... Read More
It's what we like to a call a M-uesday here at RealAgriculture, as we get back into the work week! We hope you all had a wonderful May Long/May 2-4 weekend in Canada. On today's episode of RealAg Radio, you'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney; Angela Bedard-Haughn,... Read More
As Canada celebrates Victoria Day, fieldwork is going full-steam ahead. For this Agronomy Monday on RealAg Radio, we've got: Improving canola seedling survival and resilience, with Russell Trischuk; Growing soybeans for high-protein forage, with Clare Kinlin; Estimated corn emergence based on CHUs, with Dale Cowan; and, A deep-dive into soybean best management practices, with Horst... Read More