Many of us are full-fledged carnivores, but fewer and fewer Canadians are cutting into a barbecued steak. That's the conclusion of a new Dalhousie University study looking at Canadian attitudes toward plant-based protein alternatives. According to the study, 6.4 million Canadians say they are limiting the amount of meat they eat, and the number will... Read More
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Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) at Lethbridge, Alta., is a big sprawling facility that does a wide variety of research. That being said, they are particularly known for their wheat research, and for good reason. They do innovative work, and the research team has bred many stalwart wheat varieties for Canadian farmers. In this episode... Read More
Its Halloween so there are many reasons to be scared so lets keep it a little more on the brighter side of things. In both cases, beef and hemp producers have reasons to be optimistic as we get closer to 2019. Shaun will run through the tops ag news stories of the day. Joel Hoehn... Read More
Earlier this year, Dr. Peter Sikkema, professor with the University of Guelph and his research team confirmed Group 14 resistance in waterhemp at multiple locations in Ontario. Sikkema's research team, including graduate student Lauren Benoit, has also confirmed waterhemp with cross-resistance to Groups 2, 5, and 9, as well as 14. In this episode of... Read More
Happy Halloween, everyone. Did you corn crop dress up as a high yielding, but also high mycotoxin-infused monster? Do you dress up as a Wheat Pete's Word listener a little tired of hearing about what to do with this corn crop? Well, we only partially apologize, as there are still so many questions about how... Read More
When we think about cyber hacking, things like election tampering or credit card theft likely come to mind. A recent U.S. Department of Homeland Security report, however, focused on the very real threat of breaches and hacking of precision agriculture data. As tough as it has been for some to even conceptualize what data being... Read More
Financial planning and management of your farm business is a year-round activity, but just after harvest is an ideal time to take stock, review where you're at, and begin planning for next year. I think many times in any small business we are energetic on the planning, but fall flat on the follow up at... Read More
On Tuesday's show, RealAg Radio show host Shaun Haney flies solo on a couple fronts. We will have the top ag news stories of the day from across the world of agriculture. This includes should the federal government buy oil tanker cars to possibly takeaway from grain capacity. Shaun also discusses some of the key... Read More
Seed quality from the 2018 harvest was actually quite good, until wet and cold weather stranded crop standing and in the swath. That nasty weather interlude has left many farmers with seed that's in a rather deep dormancy, and it's going to take some time to fully evaluate the quality and germination of seed lots... Read More
On agronomic Monday, we will cover the country and hear the challenges and opportunities for growers. This has brought some major adversity, and growers across the west and east have persevered the best they can by optimizing the variables thrown their way. On today's show we will hear from the following guests: Steph Kowalski of... Read More