It's day one at Manitoba Ag Days held in Brandon, Man. and that's where you'll find RealAg Radio host, Shaun Haney. As today's show is sponsored by Nutrien Ag Solutions, you'll hear from Gary Topham, who's the manager of agronomy service's for Manitoba with the company. Also on today's show, news lead Jessika Guse will... Read More
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Although the wheat market is often considered a stagnant one, it is in fact growing, says Marlene Boersch, owner of Mercantile Consulting Ventures. The market only seems stagnant because supplies have been growing as fast as demand. This may be changing, however, as Russia's — one of the world's largest wheat exporters — upward trend... Read More
When most people hear the term biotechnology they think GMOs. It's important to know that biotechnology is much more than just GMOs because understanding this helps us to understand how scientists are helping to provide food for the seven billion people on the planet. In this episode of the Wheat School, Dr. Harpinder Randawa, research... Read More
What would agriculture look like without livestock? It may sound like an extreme idea but it's one farmers and all stakeholders in the entire agriculture value chain need to contemplate, says Dr. Robin White, an assistant professor of animal and poultry sciences at the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Over the decades,... Read More
Katie Dilse has infectious enthusiasm that can easily get a room full of people engaged. She's a farmer, a truck driver, and lives in the least populated county in the United States, so you might not think public speaking would also be added to her long list of duties. But once a person listens, and... Read More
Are you ready to take on the week? RealAg Radio host, Shaun Haney is and in true Monday fashion, today's show is all about agronomy! Guests include: Katie Dilse, a farmer from North Dakota who was recently in Saskatchewan at CropSpere to explain how a producer needs to keep things in perspective and to remember... Read More
Planting depth, down force, row cleaners and closing wheels — they’re all key considerations when setting up your planter, says corn agronomy guru Ken Ferrie. At the CropSmart 2019 conference held at Kitchener, Ont., last week, Ferrie, the driving force behind Crop-Tech, one of North America’s leading independent agronomy firms, spent almost seven hours sharing... Read More
What a difference a couple of years make. It was not that long ago Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SaskPulse) was sitting on a $30 million surplus and the projection was for the surplus to just get bigger and bigger. Now, after what may have been the most disruptive year in Saskatchewan's pulse growing history, reducing the... Read More
With so much uncertainty in the major soybean markets, canola prices continue their sideways movement, largely because the big trading funds are simply staying out of the market for now. Even if the U.S. and China resolve their trade issues, will we see a big uptick in the canola market? That remains to be seen,... Read More
To round out the week, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney invites well-known Ontario agronomist Paul Sullivan, along with producers Bruce Hudson and Colin Kelly on the show to talk about issues that are impacting their farm or agronomy businesses, and what they're looking forward to for the upcoming 2019 season. In this episode of RealAg... Read More