Shaun Haney is back in the host chair today, asking if you agree with Jean Chrétien's advice on China and Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou. Send your thoughts! Also on today's show: Top ag news with RealAgriculture's Jessika Guse; Machinery sales numbers, with Association of Equipment Manufacturers; and Agronomics across the country with resident agronomist Peter... Read More
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If you are planning on applying a plant growth regulator to your wheat crop, you are most likely aware that proper timing is critical to success. But how do we know when that timing is right to get the most out of your crop? In this episode of RealAgriculture's Wheat School, Jeremy Boychyn, agronomy research... Read More
Glenna Banda has been on the job for just one month, but she has a clear vision of agricultural education in Ontario's classrooms. Banda is the new executive director of AgScape, Ontario's ag in the classroom organization, which has worked with Ontario educators since 1991 to build awareness and understanding of the importance of our... Read More
This edition of RealAg Radio has got some science-y stuff, some recycling stuff, and some rant-y stuff — something for everyone, really. And that's what happens when Lyndsey Smith hosts. News with Smith...and only Smith; Dr. Duizer, with Manitoba Agriculture, on ILT in Manitoba; The importance of words when it comes to animal rights activists;... Read More
What a difference a week makes! While there are still areas struggling to get acres in, many parts of Ontario got enough of a dry window to jam thousands of acres in. The west continues to struggle with a lack of rainfall, though some areas in Alberta got snow. Yes, snow. In this week's Wheat... Read More
Today on the show, Lyndsey Smith and Shaun Haney cover the top ag news stories of the day, and Shaun talks to United Farmers of Alberta CEO Carol Kitchen. Guests will also include Jim Wiesemeyer of Pro Farmer to discuss the latest in global trade negotiations, and Ted Sefried from Zaner AG Hedge on the... Read More
The USDA showed no fear in taking a stand on the projected corn yield in today's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). Whether due to the late planting dates, unfit soil or pollination timing, the USDA adjusted corn yield dramatically to the downside, while leaving soybeans untouched. The USDA dropped the projected corn yield... Read More
Today, on this Agronomic Monday: Flea beetles - Hector Carcamo, research entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, joins RealAgriculture field editor Kara Oosterhuis to discuss flea beetles on the prairies, neonicotinoids, and foliar insecticides. Everything agronomy - FCL's Jack Payne and resident agronomist Peter Johnson talk about too much to summarize, including: the variability in... Read More
Ontario's corn crop — such that it is — is pretty much planted, as most growers are now turning their focus to soybeans. Across the province during the past month, corn was planted into a range of wet, miserable conditions. The question now is how will the seedlings handle the tough going and what can... Read More
Seeing dimpling on your canola leaves? Stem feeding? Chances are, it's flea beetles causing the damage. This year in the southern prairies, flea beetles are becoming a significant issue, most likely in part due to dry conditions. And with neonicotinoids continuing to hit headlines, flea beetle control could become even more difficult in the coming... Read More