Automated feed pushers save time and reduce workload. These robots can free dairy producers from the constant grind of pushing feed back within reach of their animals. It's a win/win, as having feed within reach of the animals is just part of the recipe for higher feed intake and great milk production, too, notes Gravin... Read More
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It was a big day on the show today as Jessika Guse celebrates her first three months at RealAgriculture. Prime Minister Trudeau lays out the details of his federal carbon tax plan, Bayer suffers setback in its California court case and 4-H designates some award winners. Saskatchewan farmer Kristjan Herbert joins the show to chat... Read More
Welcome back to the work week and to host Shaun Haney, as he returns to the mic after a fun family vacation in the UK. Today's a special episode of RealAg Radio as Norm Flore Manager of Agronomic Services with Nutrien Ag Solutions joins Shaun as a co-host. For today's show, the pair discuss what... Read More
In agriculture, women are under represented in leadership roles. How do we change that? For Cargill, one of the world's largest agribusinesses, change comes in the form of a commitment to achieve gender parity in management by 2030. The goal is to have women occupy 50 per cent of leadership roles in the organization at... Read More
Agronomist Peter Johnson has been visiting cornfields and elevators to get a handle on the extent of vomitoxin levels in the Ontario corn crop. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Corn School, Johnson discusses Ontario's recent Grain Corn Ear Mould and Vomitoxin (DON) Survey, and notes that some samples coming off the combine have tested as…Read More
This month, the University of Saskatchewan awarded more than $8 million towards research projects. Large amounts to the tune of $200K, even $375K surely grabbed most peoples attention, but my eyes shifted more towards Jacqueline Toews's research. Toews has been awarded $17,500 in scholarship money to continue her research on the efficacy of grazing cattle... Read More
It's Fri-YAY, and somehow RealAg Radio fill-in Lyndsey Smith made it an entire week of the show without doing one sheep story. So, you're welcome. On today's show, however, there are several very cool stories all featuring, as luck would have it, women. On this show you'll hear Jessika Guse not once, but twice, with... Read More
With a little luck, RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson believesOntario farmers could still plant one million acres of winter wheat this fall. In this episode of RealAgriculture's Wheat School, Johnson says it's not too late to plant wheat in most of the province. Late-planted wheat can still deliver strong yields, but growers have to pay strict…Read More
What do beagles have to do with hog barns? Very little and yet everything (see tweet below). It would seem that not much is off limits when Lyndsey Smith hosts RealAg Radio, but at least she manages to connect to actual farming at some point. On Thursday's edition of RealAg Radio, you'll hear: Jessika Guse... Read More
When it comes to communicating in the workplace — men and women don't typically speak the same language. According to Sherry Waddingham, president of Mindshift, a Toronto-based workplace communications company, men tend to be more assertive, competitive, look to problem solve and are poor listeners. Women on the other hand, are less assertive, look to... Read More