On Wednesday's show, with host Shaun Haney: Top ag news, with Kelvin Heppner, including new packaging for animal crackers (seriously), possible progress on NAFTA negotiations, and reported details about tariff war compensation for U.S. soybean growers. Rocky Talk — Chad Moskal of Rocky Mountain Equipment on combine optimization and how the settings are important not... Read More
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Harvest is an exciting time as we see the hard work of the growing season pay off, but it started on a somber note for the friends and family of Brian Williams — a farmer at Milestone, Sask. who passed away last week. Milestone Mayor Jeff Brown says it's a tough time for the small... Read More
Spring wheat yield and protein reports are starting to come in as combines are rolling across the prairies. All spring and summer the reports from the field have been about variability. This continues into harvest, says Dwight Nichol of DLN AgVentures at Gravelbourg, Sask: "It's variable. It's the same here as it is across the... Read More
Because blackleg has been around for a long time, it often doesn't get the attention it deserves. So we're shining the spotlight back on this old foe in this episode of Canola School, with Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist Warren Ward and RealAgriculture Saskatchewan field editor Dale Leftwich. They cover the continued importance of... Read More
On Tuesday's show, with host Shaun Haney: similarities between farm succession planning and trade talks — both require clarity for progress top ag news with Kelvin Heppner, including a NAFTA update, Outback Guidance sale, grain elevator fire in Crystal City, and more Conservative associate shadow ag minister John Barlow on whether supply management will come... Read More
The time is now for the federal government to take action and help livestock producers affected by dry conditions with a tax deferral program, according to Todd Lewis, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS). Lewis notes feed shortages are top of mind for most producers and there's plenty of uncertainty right now... Read More
Talking with your family about farm succession needs to happen sooner rather than later, emphasizes Darrell Wade, president and founder of FarmLife Financial. Wade's key message at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in London, Ont., was to start the succession conversation early. As he explains in the video below, his family didn't, and when a... Read More
On Monday's show, with host Shaun Haney: Crystal MacKay of the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity joins Shaun to discuss the role farmers play in building public trust in agriculture in light of recent events in the news and on social media Trish Meyers of Federated Co-op, based in Saskatoon, on variable crop conditions and... Read More
Semi-dwarf varieties of wheat that were introduced during the Green Revolution changed farming in many parts of the world, and changed the way people could farm. Before these shorter varieties came along, if you were lucky enough to grow a big crop, it would probably lie down. New semi-dwarf varieties didn't lodge as easily, enabling... Read More
On Friday's edition of RealAg Radio: Shaun Haney and Kelvin Heppner discuss the latest ag news, including President Trump's comments on NAFTA and ag commodity prices, Deere's earnings, and a report that U.S. seed companies Stine and Beck's are asking the EPA to restrict dicamba use. JP Gervais, chief economist with Farm Credit Canada, discusses... Read More