Fridays are for the RealAg Issues Panel! This week, host Shaun Haney is joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith. Up for discussion: The usefulness of the Canada Infrastructure Bank; Price transparency of cattle; COVID-19 resurgence and farm family safety; How food security drives farm programs; and, The PMRA's latest herbicide change Plus, there's this... Read More
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Here at RealAgriculture, we truly appreciate you our listeners, so thanks for tuning in. It's already October, and it's a Thursday, which means it's time for a Farmer Rapid Fire! On today's show we'll hear from: Mark Brock from Ontario; Ron Krahn from Manitoba; Danny Ottenbreit from Saskatchewan; Tim Oleksyn from Saskatchewan; and, Kevin Serfas... Read More
Jeff Nonay is a busy guy. He's the owner of Lakeside Dairy just outside of Edmonton, Alta., that has value-added processes that go above and beyond the norm. It's not only a dairy, but also a grain and potato operation, plus there's a direct-marketing beef business and a cheese-making facility on-farm. What does it take... Read More
The Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) have been joined by two other eastern Canadian grain groups, to put further public pressure on the federal government to make adjustments to the AgriStability business risk management program. The three grain groups have launched an online and radio campaign claiming that Canadian grain farmers are going out of... Read More
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his government's $10 billion plan to create jobs and spur economic growth. Through the Canada Infrastructure Bank, the government plan includes five major infrastructure initiatives expected to create approximately 60,000 jobs across the country. As part of the Government of Canada's plan to "build back better," the three-year plan... Read More
Thanks for joining us for our last-day-of-September edition of RealAg Radio, live from the studio at Lethbridge, Alberta. Today's show includes: Top ag news, including the removal of two wheat varieties from the new seed royalty pilot program announced earlier this year; A product spotlight with Jenna Metzger of Climate FieldView, on collecting and analyzing... Read More
It's the last day of September, and we figured we'd end it off with a bang! Today's guest on RealAg LIVE! is really live in studio with host Shaun Haney — Dr. Ross McKenzie. McKenzie is a retired researcher and soil scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, and one of the original go-to's when Haney... Read More
It might be very dry in Ontario, but that means the crop can come off quickly and we can get the 2021 wheat crop locked and loaded. In this week's Wheat Pete's Word, host Peter Johnson has answers to seeding pinch points on meeting soil fertility needs, a few scouting tips on new and old... Read More
Agriculture leads the economy in Saskatchewan, and with the next provincial election slated for October 26, farmers are keen to know each party's agricultural platform. Todd Lewis, president of Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) and farmer south of Regina, joined Shaun Haney recently to talk about the organization's concerns for provincial policies and how... Read More