Just two short weeks ago, no one was really sure what was ahead for the COVID-19 virus lockdown and social distancing — but now cities are ghost towns, and grocery store shelves and coolers are suspiciously absent of some key items; beef, pork, and chicken among them. A flurry of retail buying may have emptied... Read More
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What's your nitrogen strategy for winter wheat? When it comes to spring nitrogen applications, the first thing growers need to consider is their planting date, says RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson. That planting date typically correlates with a specific amount of fall growth, which growers can use to guide them in their spring nitrogen applications. On... Read More
With everything currently going on in the world, no one is short of questions — especially in the agricultural sector. Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Marie-Claude Bibeau joined RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney to answer some of the questions you as listeners and readers have asked over the course of the last few days. Check out... Read More
Thanks for making RealAg Radio a part of your day! We've got some great discussions on today's show. You'll hear: Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, on everything going on in the agriculture industry, including your questions! (Thanks again for sending those in). Be sure to listen to the conversation to hear Minister... Read More
If you're a wheat grower, chances are you've heard about thousand kernel weight (TKW) and how you should be using the number to fine-tune wheat seeding rates. Seeding will be here before we know it – now is a great time to figure out TKW on each seeding lot. On this episode of RealAgriculture's Wheat... Read More
Canada's domestic food and agriculture supply chains have been put to the test and (the hoarding of toilet paper, flour, and meat notwithstanding) held up exceptionally well under the sudden panic-buying ahead of the COVID-19 self-isolation directive. Al Mussell, research lead with Agri-Food Economic Systems, says that these supply chains have proven to have a... Read More
Soil moisture extremes over the last few years have caused soil salinity patches to expand in many fields. "Salinity is a water problem, not a salt problem," stresses Marla Riekman, soil management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture and Rural Development, in the video below. While kochia, foxtail barley, and other saline-tolerant weeds are often the symptoms,... Read More
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic ban began impacting trade flows out — and in — to China and other overseas markets, Canada's railways were struggling to catch up from a challenging shipping season. An 8-day strike, closed western lines due to slides, and then the blockades in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people of B.C., meant... Read More
We've made it to Wednesday — it's all downhill from here! On today's episode of RealAg Radio, you'll hear: Mark Hemmes of Quorum Corporation on how COVID-19 is impacting rail movement throughout the country; Leah Olson, newly appointed CEO of the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI), on why she took the role, why she is... Read More
If there's one thing farmers should understand, it's biosecurity — and yet, somehow there are many who aren't taking the physical distancing protocol seriously. Wheat Pete, for one, is having none of it. Of course, the host of Wheat Pete's Word, Peter Johnson, only spend a little bit of time on that topic for this... Read More