Hooray! We made it to Wednesday. On today's episode of RealAg Radio: Host Shaun Haney brings you the top agriculture news stories of the day; Nutrien has a product spotlight; and, RealAgriculture's Lyndsey Smith joins Haney to chat about day one of the Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Conference. Have feedback on the show? Connect... Read More
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Harvest is a stressful time of year — things have to get done, but it's not a time for cutting corners when it comes to farm safety. That's the message Rob Gobeil, health and safety specialist for the Canadian Agriculture Safety Association (CASA), shared when he visited with RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney earlier this... Read More
Costco Canada is asking producers for more, high-quality Canadian beef. Chris Tindall, AGMM fresh meats for Costco, presented to attendees of the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Calgary last week, discussing how industry can build alliances with producers, the needs of the beef industry, and the desire to grow availability of AAA and Prime beef.... Read More
It's not very often one would see lego at a farming event; but, at this year's Ag In Motion (AIM), held just outside of Saskatoon, Sask., one very creative lego piece couldn't go unnoticed. Luke Silinski of Ag Tech Steam, created a scaled-down version of the autonomous machine Dot, and had the model on showcase... Read More
Would you look at that, it's national radio day! We can't thank you enough for listening to RealAg Radio, whether that be on Rural Radio 147 SiriusXM or on the playback podcast. On today's show: RealAgriculture's Jessika Guse will have the top ag news stories of the day; Rob Gobeil from the Canadian Ag Safety... Read More
Canada Beef has launched an export market development (EMD) program aimed to stimulate market development activities and grow market segments in an effort to increase Canadian beef in the export market place, says president Michael Young. "It's a new program that our committee just approved three weeks ago now, and what it does is it... Read More
Did you know that soil helps to remove carbon dioxide from our atmosphere, helps to clean water as it percolates through, and is filled with living organisms? Our soil and its health isn't just imperative to agriculture — but to many other aspects of our ever-growing population. Jim Tokarchuk, executive director with the Soil Conservation... Read More
It's the start of the week and that means it's time for another edition of agronomic Monday on RealAg Radio! Today on the show: RealAgriculture's in-house agronomist, Peter 'Wheat Pete' Johnson joins host Shaun Haney to talk all things agronomy including: wacky weather, corn maturity, spider mites, a compaction day and, of course, as always,... Read More
As there's many moving parts in agriculture, some may forget what's happening in the background when it comes to policy. It might be surprising to some that farmers in other countries as close as the U.S. and as far as Africa deal with similar issues on both a large and small scale. At the inaugural... Read More
As an industry, agriculture rarely makes it into mainstream media. When it does, many within agriculture lament that it's a negative story, heavily biased, or poorly researched and too basic. Toban Dyck is someone who wears many hats. He serves as director of communications for the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers, but he's also a... Read More