Category: Podcasts
A wide range of new concepts were on display in Canada's Farm Progress Show's Innovation showcase hall this month. A total of 22 inventions were submitted to the show this year, with one innovation winning gold, and two others tied for the sterling award. Saskatchewan-based Precision AI was one of the two sterling award winners.... Read More
Tuesday's RealAg Radio is all about pests and policy — but perhaps not the pests you commonly think of. On this episode, host Lyndsey Smith speaks with: Jessika Guse, with the news; Sylvain Charlebois, about the national food policy; Ryan Brook, about wild hogs in Saskatchewan; and, Bern Tobin asks Albert Tenuta about what farmers... Read More
Morris Industries' new air drill is seeing some additional attention from the team, as the company strives to improve producer productivity. Unveiled last year at Canada's Farm Progress Show in Regina, the Quantum drill is available in widths of 40 to 70 feet, and, like all drills, its productivity is limited by its width and,... Read More
A new innovation unveiled at Canada's Farm Progress Show kills weeds without herbicides. Instead of chemically terminating the plant, the unit simply overcooks them with steam. "We produce steam at up to 200 to 300 degrees celsius and it kills everything that it touches," says Ron Gleim, founder and president of the company behind X-Steam-inator,... Read More
A new fertilizer spreader launched by Amazone, and shown at Canada's Farm Progress Show, may grab the attention of producers looking for an upgrade. The spreader, which can be used as a trailed unit, or mounted onto a self-propelled unit, uses a drop-point as a shutter to control how wide the granular fertilizer is spread.... Read More
What do you get when you put an agronomy geek in charge of Agronomic Monday? A whole lot of fun! Well, maybe fun is a stretch, but today's show, hosted by Lyndsey Smith, includes: Paul Hermans, of Corteva Agriscience, talking seed storage, risk management of hybrid availability, and digital agronony; Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson shares... Read More