After years of dramatic gains, southwestern Ontario farmland values have settled into a more level market, according to the latest Valco Consultants land values report. Valco partner Ryan Parker has been compiling the Southwestern Ontario Land Values report annually since 2010. He says the recent slowdown was almost inevitable given shrinking margins on the crop... Read More
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Canadian farmers are entering the 2026 production year with heightened caution, according to the January results of the Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index. Shaun Haney and Justin Funk breakdown the latest results from the CFSI gathered from more than 570 producers, in this 16th iteration of the survey since launching in 2022. Three-quarters of respondents said... Read More
On this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Joanna Follings, cereal specialist, and Christine O'Reilly, grazing and forage specialist, both of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness to talk about revving up forage stands, particularly winter triticale, for use as feed, a cash crop, cover crop, and even a... Read More
Nutrien Ltd. has started the process of unifying its wholesale and retail sales operations, bringing them together on a single sales platform. Going to back to 2018 when Nutrien was formed through the merger of Agrium and PotashCorp, the company has operated separate wholesale and retail channels, with the wholesale business supplying fertilizer to large-scale... Read More
It's time to rethink how we fund plant breeding. While much of Canadian agriculture has evolved to meet today’s demands, the model for funding plant breeding is lagging—and risks falling behind entirely. That’s the concern raised by Jason Reinheimer, global head of cereals and pulse research at Limagrain Field Seeds, in this episode of the... Read More
The Alberta government has expressed concern following a federal announcement that could see several Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) research stations shut down, including the Lacombe facility. Speaking at the Crossroads Crop Conference in Edmonton, Alta., Alberta’s assistant deputy minister of primary agriculture, John Conrad, says the province is still absorbing the news but is... Read More
GSI’s VersaLoop chain conveyor has been helping farmers move and store grain for more than a decade, and a new model promises to help growers handle even more grain, faster. The new 15,000-bushel-per-hour, 14-inch GSI VersaLoop chain conveyor will help farmers speed through harvest with increased capacity, says GSI product manager Shaun Sutton. In this... Read More
Canada’s relationship with the United States is entering a far more consequential phase than a typical trade dispute, and how Ottawa responds could reshape North American geopolitics for years. On this episode of the Frontlines podcast, RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney is joined by Jacob Shapiro of Bespoke Group to unpack Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent foreign... Read More
CLAAS is introducing several updates to its Lexion combine lineup for 2026, including the addition of a smaller model. Speaking with RealAgriculture at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show at Saskatoon, Terry Siebert, regional product supervisor of CLAAS, says the company is expanding its portfolio by adding the Lexion 8500 as the new bottom-end machine.... Read More
Welcome to this week’s Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio brought to you by FP Genetics! For today’s show, host Lyndsey Smith is joined by Peter Johnson to discuss how the weather impacts profitability, lodging risks, and cereal nutrition. Chad Yanchycki, of FP Genetics, also joins Smith for a spotlight interview. Thoughts on something we... Read More