The wheat is coming off, and the number of drills out in Ontario fields planting cover crops is astonishing. There are clouds of dust everywhere — from a twenty-foot drill seeding oats, to a floater broadcasting cover crop seed with the fertilizer, Ontario farmers are adopting cover crops in a big way. Many think every... Read More
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We're finishing off the first full week of August with a bang, apparently, as trade tensions and tariffs between Canada and the U.S. escalate, and Canada gets caught in another China-U.S. spat, this time over technology. What does it all mean for agriculture? For this episode of RealAg Radio, host Shaun Haney is joined by... Read More
Many Canadian ag exporters may have wished that they had hedged the dollar a bit more. The Canadian dollar has climbed recently, making its way back to pre-COVID levels, around the US$0.755 mark. It's hard to know what to expect for the second half of 2020. Jon Driedger of LeftField Commodity Research recently joined Shaun... Read More
How is it Thursday already? Those long weekends can really throw the timing off. But you know what today means — Farmer Rapid Fire here on RealAg Radio. This Thursday's segment brings together: Murray Froebe from near Carman, Man.; Scott Keller from New Norway, Alta.; Corey Loessin from Radisson, Sask.; and, Ken Schaus from near... Read More
Every corn plant doesn't make a cob, every cob can add extra rows, and nearly every kernel can be pollinated...or not. Each of these yield estimate factors are impacted by different management, explains Greg Stewart, agronomy lead for Maizex Seeds, in this Thursday edition of RealAg LIVE! Of course, Mother Nature has the final say,... Read More
There was a time not that long ago that you could hear Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner banter back and forth nearly daily on RealAg Radio. In this LIVE! segment, we're reliving those days as Kelvin Heppner hops into the guest seat for this 30+ minute chat about the latest ag news, trends in earnings... Read More
Welcome to our midweek edition of RealAg Radio! On today's show, we're going to take a deep dive into the markets! You'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney; Jon Driedger from LeftField Commodity Research, his take on the large crop of canola and spring wheat across the prairies... Read More