Every once in a while a group with a real passion for something get a chance to get together and talk about what they care about. If you get to be in room with with them, you can't help but feel the energy and, most likely, learn something. The Western Forum on Pest Management (WFPM)... Read More
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Ever since the great recession of 2008, interest rates have been 'abnormally' low. Although there has been noise about rising interest rates, the economic argument has been weak. But the economy is getting stronger, and along with that the argument to raise interest rates is also getting stronger. In this interview RealAg Radio host Shaun... Read More
Have you ever discovered small, misshapen, poorly pollinated corn ears mixed in with a field of impressive, high-yielding cobs? PRIDE Seeds agronomist Drew Thompson received a call in August from a grower telling just this story. When Thompson visited the field he noted that no nutrient deficiencies were apparent (no firing or discolouration) so out... Read More
Today marks the last Friday of October, and as per the "News with Guse" it looks like those in Saskatchewan are nearly complete harvest. 92 per cent of the overall crop is in the bin with soybeans the least advanced at 73 per cent. If only we could solve the vomitoxin levels in the Ontario... Read More
Each fall the Western Forum on Pest Management meets to review the previous growing season. Scientists, researchers, and agronomists get together to compare notes on what happened during the previous growing season. This helps everyone get a better understanding of the issues so that they can help each other help farmers. Dale Leftwich, field editor... Read More
For eight years Kay Kuenker was the only woman on the executive team at Dow AgroSciences. That experience has taught her much about how women and men can work together in the agribusiness executive suite. Today, Kuenker works as consultant with her own company, K2Kinetics. At the recent Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference in Niagara... Read More
To open the show it was a belated two year birthday for RealAg Radio on Rural Radio 147. Its been a great two years and we look forward to many more. Jessika and Shaun discuss the breaking news in which Canada became the fifth country to ratify the CPTPP, making them part of what Shaun... Read More
Ontario ministry of agriculture weed specialist Mike Cowbrough says it's easy to pick on a herbicide when it doesn't meet your weed control expectations. Unfortunately, he says, most growers don't often have an opportunity to compare herbicide programs in their own field using check strips or unsprayed areas to test performance. But Cowbrough does have... Read More
Wednesday's show saw something for everyone in agriculture. Jessika Guse has the top ag news stories of the day including reaction from farm groups on the carbon tax plan, the Bank of Canada raises the key rate by 25 basis points to 1.75% and what would you buy if you won the Powerball of $1.5... Read More
When you don't have something nice to say you're supposed to say nothing at all, but if you've ever met Peter 'Wheat Pete' Johnson you already know that's not his style. Besides, the Ontario corn crop is such a mess there's no way to NOT talk about it. This week's Wheat Pete's Word isn't all... Read More