Ontario Corn Fed Beef is among the first Canadian partners stepping into the Million Acre Challenge, a regenerative agriculture initiative kicked off with $7 million through the Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Ag (CANZA). The program was highlighted during the GLOBE Food Leadership Summit, where RealAgriculture spoke with Ontario Corn Fed Beef’s John Baker about why... Read More
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On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Angela Straathof, agricultural research strategist, and Lara de Moissac, agronomy programs specialist with Alberta Grains. They discuss setting up on-farm trials, the differences between plot and large-scale trials, their value, and tips for getting the most out of the data! This episode of... Read More
Thanks for tuning into Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio with today’s host Lyndsey Smith! On today’s show, Lyndsey Smith is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist, Peter Johnson, to discuss corn harvest, grain storage, new cereal varieties, and tillage systems with a focus on how changing one practice might require you to make extra adaptations.... Read More
Blackshirt Feeders is reshaping the scale of cattle feeding in the U.S., with an eye to becoming the largest feedlot in operation — by a fair margin — by 2027. Located near Haigler, NE, the Canadian-owned operation currently has 73,000 head on feed, with plans to reach nearly 100,000 head capacity by year’s end and... Read More
Carbon Robotics has broad-acre ambitions for its LaserWeeder concept as the Seattle-based company takes aim at zapping weeds in organic cash crops after success in specialty vegetables. In this report from the Farm Progress Show at Decatur, Illinois, Carbon Robotics' Brett Goodwin shares how the company launched in 2018 and brought its first LaserWeeders to... Read More
Welcome to today’s edition of RealAg on the Weekend with your host Shaun Haney! On today's edition of the show, Haney is joined by: Jake Leguee of Sask Wheat on the need for increased transparency regarding grain and oilseed export reporting; Greg Bartley of Pulse Canada, on connecting global demand to on-farm decisions; Ashley Bruner... Read More
President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, had a full dance card while at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Korea this week, as he met with both U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney within a day of each other. The Trump-Xi meeting resulted in some... Read More
Welcome to RealAg Radio with host Shaun Haney! On today’s edition of the show, Lyndsey Smith and Kelvin Heppner, both of RealAgriculture, join Shaun Haney for the RealAg Issues Panel! The panel discusses: Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Xi Jinping meet in South Korea India applies a tariff on Canadian peas; Sask Crops asking... Read More
Butters Farms near St. Thomas, Ont., isn't your typical cash crop operation. They do grow corn, soybeans and wheat, but the diversified business also produces pumpkins, gourds and ornamental corn for the Thanksgiving and Halloween markets in Canada and the U.S. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, Patrick Butters shares how the farm's... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to the Mind Your Farm Business podcast! In this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by Ursina Studhalter, chartered professional accountant, author of Farming Frontiers substack, and sheep farmer, for a practical conversation on the not-so-glamorous — but absolutely essential — task of farm bookkeeping. From managing receipts to choosing accounting... Read More