Would you look at that, it's national radio day! We can't thank you enough for listening to RealAg Radio, whether that be on Rural Radio 147 SiriusXM or on the playback podcast. On today's show: RealAgriculture's Jessika Guse will have the top ag news stories of the day; Rob Gobeil from the Canadian Ag Safety... Read More
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Canada Beef has launched an export market development (EMD) program aimed to stimulate market development activities and grow market segments in an effort to increase Canadian beef in the export market place, says president Michael Young. "It's a new program that our committee just approved three weeks ago now, and what it does is it... Read More
It's the start of the week and that means it's time for another edition of agronomic Monday on RealAg Radio! Today on the show: RealAgriculture's in-house agronomist, Peter 'Wheat Pete' Johnson joins host Shaun Haney to talk all things agronomy including: wacky weather, corn maturity, spider mites, a compaction day and, of course, as always,... Read More
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
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