Chances are, if you live in Ontario, it's wet, cold, or a combination of both in your neck of the woods and farmers are itching to get out and plant. Not to worry, you're not alone according to Peter 'Wheat Pete' Johnson in this episode of the Word. Johnson says there are a lot of... Read More
Category: Podcasts
It's not often the RealAg content team gets together in real life, but when we do, it's time to record an entire RealAg Radio show! On today's show the content team of Shaun Haney, Jessika Guse, Kara Oosterhuis, Bern Tobin and Lyndsey Smith (just missing Peter Johnson!) tackle: Trade and Canada's unenviable position; Whether the... Read More
For today's RealAg Radio show, host Shaun Haney speaks with: Rob Miller, technical development manager for BASF, explains why to not skip burn down; Ken Currah, business representative and agronomist with BASF, discusses how to protect your alfalfa yield and quality with fungicides; Jason Lindgren, of Nufarm Canada, speaks with RealAgriculture's Lyndsey Smith about crop... Read More
In this week’s Beef Market Update, Gateway Livestock Exchange’s Anne Wasko joins host Lyndsey Smith to talk about fed cattle markets, Canadian beef production demand, protein markets, and price insurance. "Usually by May, we can safely say in about eight or nine years out of ten, you've likely placed the highs for our fed cattle... Read More
Wrapping up day five of hosting the show, Lyndsey Smith might have out-done herself with today's lineup. From two RealAggies, and on to a beef market update, planting review, and a frank discussion on animal rights activists, this is a show you don't want to miss. You'll hear from: New (but not new) field editor... Read More
Several Ontario producer groups and at least one lawyer are sounding the alarm on animal rights activists getting off scot-free in the province. Livestock producer groups are speaking out after a court decision this week to drop charges against an animal rights activist who recorded her trespassing on a Lucan-area hog farm multiple times in... Read More
Whether you're spraying fungicides on corn, soybeans or cereals, the application can deliver a solid return on investment if it suppresses disease and builds and protects yield potential. The story is the same for alfalfa, says BASF business representative and agronomist Ken Currah. He says livestock farmers are looking for yield and protein to make... Read More
It takes a certain boldness to ask a very visibly pregnant woman to leave her job of several years for a risky, completely new role. But in late 2011, Shaun Haney knew he needed an editor and writer full time to take a fledgling RealAgriculture to the next level. That person was Lyndsey Smith, then... Read More
Lordy, lordy, Lyndsey's forty, and to celebrate she's hosting the RealAg Radio show. On this edition, you'll hear from: Jessika Guse, with the top ag news of the day, including the locations of two hog processing plants that have had their export licenses revoked by China; Guse, again, with a special bonus Buying or Selling?... Read More
Economic health. Physical health. Environmental health. These are all factors we consider when looking at our overall health on the farm, but how often do we take a look at our mental health? We all know that farming is stressful, especially since it involves unpredictable variables such as weather, markets, and family. Farmers across the... Read More