What a week! Reaction continues to pour in over the new USMCA trade agreement, and RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney discusses the week that was with Ontario field editor Lyndsey Smith and Jeff English, public relations manager with ThinkShift. They also get into which holiday is better, Thanksgiving or Christmas. Hear how that conversation started... Read More
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When it comes to testing seed, you're after many answers, but the bottom line is always "Is this seed fit for use?" When it comes to soil, you don't have the choice on whether or not to use it — but you can use soil sampling and testing to inform your management and put a... Read More
It's almost the Thanksgiving long weekend in Canada which means most of the RealAgriculture staff are preparing for copious amounts of turkey and pumpkin pie. Speaking of, RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney, reveals to news lead, Jessika Guse he believes Thanksgiving is the best holiday. Guse strongly disagrees and says Christmas trump's Thanksgiving by far.... Read More
The phone is ringing off the hook at PAMI. Some very difficult questions are being asked by farmers as a result of the late harvest and the cool, damp weather. There are no easy answers, of course, but luckily PAMI has done a lot of research over the years and although they can't change the... Read More
Increased access to the Canadian dairy market through the newly minted United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) will not be a boon for U.S. dairy farmers. That's the early verdict from Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "I think the dairy producers are not going to look at their... Read More
Janice Tranberg has been named president and CEO of the Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association (ACFA) and National Cattle Feeders’ Association (NCFA). Announced Wednesday, Tranberg will take over from Bryan Walton the current president and CEO of both organizations. Walton is set to retire in the early part of next year. As Walton has been with... Read More
It's Wednesday, early October, and time for an occasional host on RealAg Radio! Ontario field editor Lyndsey Smith stick-handles this edition of the show, featuring: News with Guse with Jessika Guse, where you'll hear about some CEO and CFO moves, support for hog producers, and about a neat little saliva test for cattle; Steven Gillis,... Read More
There are not one, but two Alert! Alert! Alert! segments in this week's Wheat Pete's Word, and that's just how she goes in a wet, snowy, long, drawn out harvest. Host Peter Johnson is talking wheat storage woes, mycotoxin trouble, and strip tillage tips and tricks in this early October edition of the Word. You'll... Read More
Canadian canola producers are among the most efficient when it comes to cost-of-production — with the exception of seed costs— but Canadian growers also receive slightly lower on-farm prices than canola and rapeseed producers in other parts of the world. "We're basically leading, together with Ukrainian producers, in cost-of-production," explains Joerg Zimmermann in the Canola... Read More
Soybeans have been on a wild ride the last few days, riding news of high stocks, news of the U.S./Mexico/Canada trade agreement (USMCA). What's a farmer to do? RealAg Radio host, Shaun Haney spoke with Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist at INTL FCStone Inc., to talk soybeans' recent woes. “I think that there's a lot... Read More