Category: Podcasts
It's been an eventful start for the new president of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA), as Bob Lowe, a rancher from southern Alberta, was elected to lead the national cattle producer group earlier this month. Lowe, who takes over from David Haywood-Farmer, joined us on RealAg Radio on Rural Radio 147 last week to discuss... Read More
After another hectic week, it is finally time for the Friday edition of RealAg Radio. On today's show you'll hear: Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, with our latest Beef Market Update; Patti Durand of Farm Credit Canada, on tools you can use for family farm succession planning; and RealAgriculture's Lyndsey Smith and host... Read More
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
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
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