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
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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
We now know the terms of dairy farmers’ compensation: each Canadian will give $46 each to dairy farmers over the next 8 years while paying exorbitant retail prices for many dairy products. Eggs and poultry are coming next. And don’t hold your breath because more money given to dairy farmers won’t change much of anything... Read More
It's been a busy week in the beef markets, impacted largely by growing North American beef and pork supplies, spotty feed availability, and the August 9th fire at Tyson's beef processing plant in Kansas. Regular RealAgriculture guest Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange spent some of her week in Calgary, at the Canadian Beef... Read More
Canada's food retailers have been looking to reduce competitive price wars — but it's not enough to ease continued food inflation. That's market analyst Kevin Grier's take on what's happening across Canada's food retail landscape. Earlier this week, Grier joined RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney to discuss his latest Grocery Trade Report and says grocery... Read More
Among the many things that impact farmers and ranchers — railways are fairly high on the list since they have a massive impact on our ability to get products to the port for export. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Book Club podcast, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney joins author Howard Green to discuss his book... Read More
What a week it's been! Markets were wild, two conferences covered, and to top it all off, there was a lot of feedback from YOU the listener. On today's show we'll have: The top ag news with RealAgriculture news lead, Jessika Guse; Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange for this week's Beef Market Update;... Read More
What do Chinese government leaders think of Canada? Can our government correct a policy course that has put Canadian agricultural exports on the ropes and knocked canola and meat out of the globe's most lucrative economy? Earlier this week, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney put these questions to Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier... Read More
Canterra Seeds launched two new varieties of canola this past year, in a move to improve yield and offer enhanced clubroot resistance. Canterra's Shaan Tsai was on location at Ag in Motion, where he caught up with RealAgriculture's Kara Oosterhuis, to introduce both the CS2300 and the CS2600 CR-T. "[CS2300] is our next big yielding... Read More
This week the markets have shown many points of stress, as they react to Monday's USDA report that shocked many farmers and analysts. On RealAg Radio on Thursday, Shaun Haney was joined by Ted Seifried of Zaner Ag Hedge to break it all down. Seifried described Thursday's pricing action as a day that the "dust... Read More