On Wednesday, the 43rd Parliament of Canada returned after a one month prorogation by the governing Liberals and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. To begin the latest session, Governor General Julie Payette delivered a nearly hour-long speech to offer our first peek into the legislative priorities and issues of focus for the parliament session. Conservative leader... Read More
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The last week hasn't been kind to the Ontario grain crop as a light frost caused heavy damage to many edible beans, some soybeans, and corn. More than that, we're in the heart of optimal winter wheat planting timing and conditions are dry — what's a farmer to do? To answer that question, plus so... Read More
The Canadian dollar trended higher through the summer and has returned to the range that a lot of analysts thought it would hover around for the bulk of the year prior to the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. While it's declined slightly since the start of September, the loonie is back to trading around US$0.75... Read More
It’s time for Day 6 of the virtual Ontario Diagnostic Days! This week we’ll look at effective sprayer applications with a focus on fungicides. We’ll call on Ontario researchers and extension specialists to tackle everything from identifying disease and selecting control products to evaluating spray coverage and choosing the right application method. The line-up includes... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to RealAg Radio. Today's show is all about markets and trade, with a good helping of news thrown in there, too. You'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with your host Shaun Haney; Matthew Pot, economist with Grain Perspectives, joins us to talk markets; and, Claire Citeau, executive... Read More
Are we anywhere near managing for African swine fever? On this edition of RealAg LIVE!, host Shaun Haney is joined by Dr. Egan Brockhoff of Prairie Swine Health Services, to talk about this devastating disease and what Canada and its trading partners are doing to keep the virus out of North America. Don’t miss the... Read More
Will precision planting winter wheat pay for Ontario growers? That's a question RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson and OMAFRA cereals specialist Joanna Follings are determined to answer with a new research trial they planted last week at Follings' home farm at Ayr, Ont. At the 2020 CerealSmart conference last February at Kitchener, Ont., Michigan State University... Read More
It's Agronomic Monday, and we've got a great agronomy lineup for you here on RealAg Radio. On today's show, you'll hear: Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, RealAgriculture's resident agronomist, on the several nights of frost in Ontario, and what some of your options are in the aftermath; Dr. Joy Agnew of Olds College, on crop storage,... Read More
Canadian Beef Advisors (CBA) — a cooperative community made up of the national organizations representing the entire beef production chain — rolled out its national beef strategy 2030 goals at the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef annual general meeting recently. Tyler Bjornson, chair of the CBA, says the vision around the national beef strategy is... Read More
A light frost of minus 1 or so this early in the year shouldn't have impacted Ontario grain crops like it has, but here we are. "It hurt way more than I ever anticipated," says Peter Johnson, RealAgriculture agronomist. Eastern Ontario was much harder hit with colder temps over several nights, but in southwestern Ontario,... Read More