Tuesday's edition of RealAg Radio, with host Shaun Haney: Top ag news, with Lyndsey Smith Crystal MacKay, Canadian Centre for Food Integrity, on actress Natalie Portman's comments about animal agriculture and the influence of celebrity Sylvain Charlebois, Dalhousie University, on why he doesn't think Canadians boycotting American products would be productive Ted Siefried, Zaner Hedge,... Read More
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It was a hairy day in the markets on Tuesday, with the trade battle between China and the United States playing a major factor. On Monday night, President Donald Trump informed the U.S. Trade Representative to look at tariffs on an additional $200 billion in imports from China. This is double his original threat of... Read More
Actress Natalie Portman was a guest last week on the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," talking about a new film that she narrates called "Eating Animals." As you may expect by the title of the movie, it is a narrow view of today's food production. Portman's comments (see below) on Colbert's show definitely initiated a... Read More
Winter wheat can yield up to 45 percent more than spring wheat, so why don't more Western Canadian growers crank up the seeder and get more in the ground before the snow flies? Winter wheat is grown across the Prairies, but unless there is a large amount of a certain class grown, it's difficult for... Read More
Each June, SaskWheat holds its semi-annual meeting at Canada's Farm Progress Show at Regina. It's a chance for the board to meet with the farmers they represent and for all attendees to hear from interesting speakers on timely topics. Dallas Carpenter, communications manager for SaskWheat, says they had an interesting and informative meeting planned for... Read More
On this episode of RealAg Radio, host Shaun Haney has a stellar line up to cover Agronomic Monday's hot topics. But first, we have to lay in to the latest celebrity to rake farming across the coals... From spot spraying weeds with a drone (is this the future?), to what you can expect from Western... Read More
If ever you've tried to communicate something you've learned or something you've experienced, you may have realized quickly that being an engaging communicator is actually quite difficult. Some are born with a talent for riveting storytelling, others work diligently to learn new ways to capture the audiences' attention. And some, like Peter Johnson, are an... Read More
When you look at the scope of Canadian agriculture, the discovery of a handful of wheat plants containing an unapproved genetically modified trait growing on a remote site in southern Alberta last summer is a testament to the rigour of the Canadian regulatory system. First and foremost, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says none... Read More
Relatively few cases of clubroot have been confirmed in Saskatchewan, but with many documented cases just to the west in Alberta an obvious question emerges – has Saskatchewan been good or has it been lucky? In this episode of Real Agriculture's Canola School, Errin Willenborg, research director with SaskCanola, discusses the status of the clubroot... Read More
Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan was launched in 2015 to foster conversations with people in Saskatchewan about food and farming. We recently had a chance to catch up with Clint Monchuk, Executive Director with Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan (FFCS). Farm and Food Care had its origins in the Food and Animal Council (FAC). When... Read More