To the tune of the Y-M-C-A by the Village People, some people (RealAg news lead, Jessika Guse as an example) are humming... "They signed a trade act called..... U-S-M-C-A" The hot topic of the day is the USMCA so RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney and Guse dive right in. They also discuss clubroot being found... Read More
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At one hundred thousand feet the new USMCA (NAFTA 2.0) comes with little change, according to most main stream analysts. For agriculture we know that this is not true. One of the agricultural sectors hit hardest is the Canadian dairy industry through concessions to the United States in this new deal. The concessions are two... Read More
Corn stalks have become a significant management challenge for many growers. Better corn hybrids, higher yields, bigger plants, and fewer corn borers to break down stalks mean more farmers are turning to tillage to tackle crop residue. At Canada's Outdoor Farm Show (COFS), a host of tillage manufacturers and retailers took to a harvested corn... Read More
As RealAg Radio host, Shaun Haney, puts it... "Today's show is jam packed!" Canada's Trade Diversification Minister, the Honourable Jim Carr is on the show today. He talks about CETA's one year anniversary, and if Canada will get the NAFTA deal done. Shaun also asks Carr what's holding Canada back from signing a trilateral deal?... Read More
We're just a year away (or less?) from a federal election, even as deadlines on huge trade deals, such as NAFTA and CPTPP, loom large. As the opposing Conservatives narrow their gap in the polls with the reigning Liberals, Official Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Scheer answers some tough questions on how the Conservatives would... Read More
Your thirty second elevator pitch: We are often told we should have one. For many of us it is hard for us to even stammer out who we are in 30 seconds, let alone talk about something intelligently. Afterwards, we often think we should have said more, but with fewer words. In this episode of... Read More
For those people who like two-track tractors but always thought the ride could be a little better, good news: John Deere agrees with you and is making the cab suspension more operator friendly on its new two-track tractors. RealAgriculture had a chance to talk to Tiffany Turner, product marketing manager, large tractors, for John Deer,... Read More
RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney is working through a huge week on the show, as Thursday's show features Official Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Scheer, talking NAFTA, dairy, rural crime, and broadband. On News with Guse, news lead Jessika Guse and occasional host Lyndsey Smith talk new NAFTA (USM?), reports of fraudulent hog movement in... Read More
What do you do when two busloads of students come to your farm? Well, of course you welcome them, show them around, and feed them lunch. On a rainy day during harvest, students from Saskatchewan Polytechnic came out to the farm of Doyle and Val Wiebe near Langham. All of the farm equipment was lined... Read More
Marcel Kringe has taken his combine remote drop pan and separator east to show Ontario farmers how the innovation can reduce harvest losses. Manitoba-based Kringe, who hatched the idea with a co-worker while working as a custom combine driver, brought the Bushel Plus combine calibration system to Canada's Outdoor Farm Show (COFS) earlier this month.... Read More