We've reached the end of another week! Thanks for tuning into RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear a Beef Market Update from Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, as well as an issues panel with RealAgriculture's Lyndsey Smith, Kelvin Heppner, and Christina Crowley-Arklie of Crowley-Arklie Strategy. They'll be talking about: The U.S. inauguration;... Read More
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We're starting this Beef Market Update off on a positive note: retail demand. Retail sales are looking really strong as we head into the last week (?!) of January — and about a month out of the holiday season, notes Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange. As she explains, there is usually a bit... Read More
It’s been more than 30 years since Caterpillar launched the first tracked tractor for farming. A lot has changed since those first basic tracks and under carriages rolled into farm fields. Most of those early tractors were in the 200 to 400 horsepower range. In the past decade however, many of those smaller tractors are... Read More
What can farmers and ranchers expect from President Joe Biden's administration? Tyne Morgan, host and executive producer of the U.S. Farm Report, joins Shaun Haney for a fast-paced, 30 minute conversation covering what to expect from Biden's first 100 days in office, if ad hoc payments will continue, and commentary on Biden's choices for leadership... Read More
Thursday! We can't believe it's Thursday already. Last week, we diverted away from our Farmer Rapid Fire usual (with farmers still on the show), but this week we're back at it! This week we truly have a coast to coast farmer experience; you'll hear: Katie Keddy of VH Sweet Potatoes at Woodville, Nova Scotia, sweet... Read More
Farmers are getting vocal about the Responsible Grain code of practice, whether it's in support or dissent. Up until now, those voices have primarily been western Canadian in origin, but the code potentially impacts Ontario and points east, too. Crosby Devitt, CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO), recently joined Shaun Haney to help us... Read More
Welcome to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio. Today's show features a "virtual on-location," sponsored by Decisive Farming powered by Telus Agriculture. You'll hear: Garth Donald, manager of agronomy at Decisive Farming for a product spotlight; Blair Rutter, ag policy analyst, on the impacts of carbon taxes on grain transportation and how it funnels down... Read More
For our midweek edition of RealAg LIVE! we're talking farm business and some of the statistics and research that has been conducted. Joining host Shaun Haney is Justin Funk of AgriStudies. SUMMARY Agri Studies is a family business — Funk's father started it Marketing business that helps understand behaviours of farming A young farmer —... Read More
If you're looking for the magic formula to growing great wheat, you've come to the right place. In this week's Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson sums up how the soybean year finished off yield-wise for Ontario, why corn yields failed to impress, and then he digs in to the best crop ever — wheat!... Read More
Thanks for tuning into this Tuesday edition of the radio show. You'll hear from: Garrett Ganden, CEO of Rocky Mountain Equipment, on their privatization just before Christmas and what it means for customers; Crosby Devitt, CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario, and the eastern Canadian perspective on the Responsible Grain code of practice; A product... Read More