What's your strategy when scouting a newly emerged soybean field? When Agromart Group agronomist Steph Kowalski walks into a soybean field this time of year, the first thing she looks to assess is final emergence and population. "It's important to know how well we got that seed into the ground," Kowalski tells RealAgriculture's Bernard Tobin... Read More
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It's a Fun Friday — and World Milk Day — edition of RealAg Radio, with host Shaun Haney, featuring: Latest on how ag groups and manufacturers are responding to the tariff back-and-forth between the U.S. and Canada, Deere's lawsuit against AGCO, and more — today's news with Kelvin Heppner Anne Wasko joins Shaun for an... Read More
There's no shortage of news to discuss on Thursday's show, hosted by Shaun Haney, including: The U.S. government confirming it will apply steel and aluminum tariffs to imports from Canada, the EU and Mexico, with all three quickly responding with plans for retaliation — is this the start of a trade war? Brian Innes, president... Read More
Hot, humid weather across much of corn-growing areas of Ontario has the crop adding a leaf stage about every four days. As corn pops in to that 4-leaf to 5-leaf stage, it's time to get some dust on the boots and check three key aspects of early crop establishment: plant health, weed escapes, and planter... Read More
Wednesday's edition of RealAg Radio, with host Shaun Haney leading things off talking about superstitions that may or may not bring rain. From there: Top ag news with Kelvin Heppner, including the quick resolution to the CP Rail strike; NAFTA news; new farm income and debt info; and Ag Minister MacAulay's comments on farmers' support... Read More
As the calendar inches ever closer to June, host of Wheat Pete’s Word and resident agronomist, Peter Johnson, is tackling your top agronomy questions for side-dressing N, fusarium nozzle selection, and early season weed control in this week's edition. From two strategies for planting edible beans into dry ground, to the first of the hay... Read More
What started as a fascination with craft distilling and a chance discussion about dumping skim milk has evolved into a tasty new business at Almonte, Ontario. Neal McCarten is director of operations for Dairy Distillery, and it was his family's farm background that led to a discussion with Omid McDonald, founder and CEO, about how... Read More
Tuesday's show, with host shaun Haney, featuring another jam-packed line-up of guests and topics: Top news stories, with Kelvin Heppner, including reaction to the Canadian government's plan to buy the Trans-Mountain pipeline, the looming strike at CP Rail, Bayer-Monsanto gaining U.S. regulatory approval, Chrystia Freeland's latest trip to Washington, and more. Chad MacPherson of the... Read More
With India closing its border to pulse imports late last year, China is seizing the opportunity to buy competitively-priced protein and ramping up its imports of peas from Canada. The value of pea exports from Canada to China was up 42 percent in January to March of 2018 versus the same period in 2017, according... Read More
Our Agronomic Monday (and Memorial Day in the U.S.) line up includes: Agronomy panel with Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson and Syngenta agronomist Steve Johns discussing spring weed control, super dry spring soils and much more; Rebecca Lee and Brian Gilroy of the Canadian Horticultural Council on what's happening in the very diverse Canadian horticulture industry... Read More