On Thursday's edition of RealAg Radio: A wild day in the wheat market due to a confusing report about exports from Ukraine Ontario launching its own court challenge against the federal carbon tax Opposition to Canadian Grain Commission's plan for $130 million surplus Ag Minister Lawrence MacAulay wraps up trade mission to Argentina and Chile... Read More
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Dylan Sher grew up in the city but he has always had an interest in farming. Sher's interest in farming eventually brought him to the University of Guelph, where he studied agricultural business. While he was studying, he started to think about how people could be brought closer to the farmers that supply their food.... Read More
What if you could just point your phone at a weed and the phone would tell you what you were looking at? At one time it was a huge breakthrough to be able to take a picture of a weed and send a text message to an agronomist. It still is in fact, but sometimes... Read More
Ever consider applying manure on corn in-crop using drag hose application? Many growers are scared off by the idea of dragging a hose over growing corn plants, but if your timing is right you can limit population loss, reduce compaction, and increase nutrient use efficiency, yield, and profitability. That’s the message Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,... Read More
On the August 1 edition of RealAg Radio: The start of a new month and crop year means there's a flurry of news to talk about, including BASF closing its deal with Bayer, the Canadian Grain Commission announcing plans for its $130 million user fee surplus, the Flax Council of Canada restructuring, Henk Schuurmans' inspiring... Read More
The Canadian Grain Commission has announced its first expenditure to draw down its $100-plus million user fee surplus that it collected from farmers from 2013 to 2017. The CGC says it will invest $4 million over the next five years in enhancing its Harvest Sample Program. Producers who submit wheat samples to the program starting... Read More
As a first-timer heading to the Canadian Beef Industry Conference (CBIC) in London, Ont. in less than two weeks, it excites me to see the vast amount of topics covered in the three-day conference. Everything from best transport practises, breeding, and how knowing what the packer wants can help you as a producer in the... Read More
Harvest is somewhat paused with all the rain and storms rolling through Ontario. Once wheat is ready, it's time to roll, roll, roll, but what happens when you're held up by weather? Peter 'Wheat Pete' Johnson tackles that, plus top tips on salvaging drought-stressed corn, and choosing cover crops, in this week's Wheat Pete's Word.... Read More
Now is the time to check canola fields for symptoms of clubroot, as a new streak of cases have been found in Manitoba over the last few weeks. The clubroot map for the province will likely be changing this fall, as the soil-borne disease has been found in a new municipality, says Holly Derksen, field... Read More
Tuesday's edition of RealAg Radio, with host Shaun Haney: A tribute to plant breeders Top ag news with Kelvin Heppner: Has Canada really been frozen out of NAFTA talks?, soybeans rally on reports of China-U.S. discussions, new stats show record oil shipments by rail, Deere buys Argentinian sprayer company, and more. Sylvain Charlebois of Dalhousie... Read More