Category: Podcasts
It's World Hunger Day, and National Hamburger Day... In today's episode, host Shaun Haney facilitates and introduces discussions around: The top ag news with RealAgriculture's Jessika Guse; CanolaPALOOZA - An update on the upcoming events in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; Planting in Ontario - Barry Senft, CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario, joins for a... Read More
As the rain continues to fall, it's hard to believe that the Ontario winter wheat crop could be suffering from sunburn. But this week at the Exeter Agribusiness meeting, P&H sales and agronomy manager Jeff Jacques confirmed the presence of physiological fleck in wheat fields near Centralia, Ontario. Every summer RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson is... Read More
The good news? The prairies are expected to get some rain. Bad news? It's likely to come after some high temperatures. Drew Lerner of World Weather, Inc. joined RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney for Monday's show, where they discussed what weather patterns farmers are likely to see heading into the end of seeding, and over... Read More
There is a potential change brewing in the weather bound for Eastern Canada in the coming weeks. According to Drew Lerner of World Weather, Inc., what we're looking for is a high pressure ridge to develop in the central United States, cranking the jet stream around. "It'll form a northwesterly flow into southeastern Canada," explains... Read More
Cool, below normal temperatures in Prince Edward Island have set back the potato harvest for some producers. Ryan Barrett, lead agronomist with the PEI Potato Board says as of Friday, May 25, roughly five to six per cent of the spuds were in the ground. "We are a little bit behind schedule. Normally our main... Read More
It's Monday, and in today's episode of RealAg Radio with host Shaun Haney: Everything Weather — Drew Lerner of World Weather, Inc. provides his outlook for summer, and what that might mean for field crops; and, Agronomy Panel - Aaron Stevanus, Jeremy Boychyn, and Peter Johnson talk mental health, sawflies and grasshoppers, drought, delayed seeding,... Read More
Prostate Cancer. Despite its wide-reaching impact, it's often both misunderstood and misrepresented. According to Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC), in 2019 alone, over 20,000 cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in Canada. Robin Speer, spokesperson for PCC adds that 4,000 of those men will lose their lives to the disease. In case you don't feel... Read More