A new Oat Procurement Program from Richardson Pioneer will change which pre-harvest aid products are used on milling oats, which could impact oat producers on the Prairies. Last month, a newsletter to Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) members contained a notice that Richardson Pioneer would be focusing on sourcing Canadian oats that have not been... Read More
Category: Podcasts
On this edition of RealAg LIVE!, host Shaun Haney's guest is Sean Speer, assistant professor of Public Policy at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and former senior economic advisor to Stephen Harper. Shaun and Sean discuss the future of work and the impact on rural communities and agriculture,... Read More
If you remember farming in 1988, this year may seem a little similar, at least for Ontario. That year, the drought broke in mid-July with a torrential downpour — are we in for something like that soon? Well, we won't know for sure for a few days yet, but this week's Wheat Pete's Word does... Read More
All the "knee-high by the first (or fourth) of July" photos have been posted on social media, with the crop looking nice from above; but what's going on below the canopy? Now is the time to check weed populations and assess herbicide performance, says Jeanette Gaultier, senior technical services specialist with BASF, joining us for…Read More
Sheep farmer Sandi Brock might look a little familiar, if you're keen on YouTube and Instagram. The Staffa, Ont. farmer was raised on a dairy farm, worked on a broiler breeder farm, and then eventually chose sheep as the livestock venture to diversify her grain enterprise. Brock learned so much in those first years of... Read More
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! On today's show, you'll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney; Dr. Cristie Preston of Nutrien, on their new fertilizer program in both the U.S. and Canada; Marvin Slingerland of MNP, on the latest government programs for farm support and how... Read More
Wheat stem sawfly can cause a lot of damage to a wheat yield, and there aren't a lot of options to control it. Enter: Bracon sephi, an orange wasp that is less than a quarter inch long. The way that this small wasp attacks wheat stem sawfly sounds like something out of science fiction, but…Read More
It's another Monday, which means it's time to tackle all things agronomy on RealAg Radio! On today's show, you'll hear: RealAgriculture's resident agronomist Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, on the hot dry weather that eastern Canada is facing and the impact it has on wheat, soybeans, and corn ; Scott Meers of Mayland Ag Consulting, on... Read More
July has hit Ontario hot and dry; a continuation of the dry bias, but a welcome change from the unseasonably cool start to the season. While corn and soybean fields aren't as negatively impacted by dry weather this early in the season, much of the wheat crop and spring cereals are either filling or about... Read More
This week's Beef Market Update might be the most positive report we've posted in three very long months. In this week's episode, Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange joins Shaun Haney to catch up on the early summer numbers ahead of a holiday weekend. To start off in the green, Canadian slaughter data for... Read More