Category: Podcasts
Alberta-based Renn Mill Center Inc. and Wisconsin based H&S Manufacturing Company Inc. – both manufacturers of feed processing, hay, and forage equipment – have announced a distribution agreement. The agreement states that Renn will help expand H&S's equipment availability in Western Canada and Australia, while H&S does the same for Renn in the U.S.. “Our... Read More
When a shipment of pork arrived in China testing positive for the feed additive ractopamine, the Canadian Pork Council saw it as a red flag. "We have a ractopamine-free certification program that involves basically the producer's decision not to use it, and then a whole process to ensure that the animals do not come in... Read More
Today, on the show: Top ag news with RealAgriculture's Jessika Guse; William Greuel, Protein Industries Canada, on the latest funding announcement; and, Former Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Gerry Ritz, with his insight on the latest from China; Gary Stordy, Canadian Pork Council, on the specifics around the meat suspension. Have feedback? Story idea? Send... Read More
Launched at Canada's Farm Progress Show, Meridian's 13-inch swing-away auger has a few changes besides its diameter. According to Rob Reimer, director of sales for the company, the auger sees an extended hopper size, increased capacity (nearing 13,000 bushels), and a change to its base. "We've added a 4-foot flighting piece at the bottom, so... Read More
Alberta-based farmer Lynn Dargis spent much of Canada's Farm Progress Show on the other side of a booth, bringing attention to her recently unveiled grain pricing platform. Farmbucks, launched at the end of February, collects, sorts and displays grain prices in real time, with its newest version (2.0) offering price history lines, price alerts, geographic... Read More
Though there is still much to know about prions and prion diseases, we've come a long way since the first case found of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a domestic cow in Canada, and the launch of the Alberta Prion Research Institute. "I think we have come quite a ways," says Kevin Keough, executive director... Read More
Today's RealAg Radio comes at you from a carnival-like atmosphere at CanolaPALOOZA at Lacombe, AB. In today's episode, hear from: Debra Hauer, Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council, on their recent roundtable, changes around temporary foreign workers, and more; Jay Whetter, editor of Canola Digest, on the issues impacting canola this year; and, Viterra's Terence Koshman,... Read More
How the mighty have fallen. Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, host of Wheat Pete's Word, has laryngitis and can't record the podcast this week. He's very sorry, and is resting and trying to get well as soon as he can. In the meantime, he was a guest on Monday's RealAg Radio program, where he tackled a... Read More